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A review by ellacgoose1
Harvey by Mary Chase
2.0
a friend of mine watched the film adaption of this play yesterday which prompted me to read the play. my friend included the following quote in his review which i happened to like as well -
"harvey and i sit in the bars and we have a drink or two and play the jukebox. soon the faces of other people turn toward mine and smile. they are saying "we don't know your name, mister, but you're a lovely fellow." harvey and i warm ourselves in all these golden moments. we have entered as strangers - soon we have friends. they come over. they sit with us. they drink with us. they talk to us. they tell about the big terrible things they have done. the big wonderful things they will do. their hopes, their regrets, their loves, their hates. all very large because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. i introduce them to harvey. and he is bigger and grander than anything they offer me. when they leave, they leave impressed. the same people seldom come back - but that's envy, my dear. there's a little bit of envy in the best of us - too bad, isn't it?"
"harvey and i sit in the bars and we have a drink or two and play the jukebox. soon the faces of other people turn toward mine and smile. they are saying "we don't know your name, mister, but you're a lovely fellow." harvey and i warm ourselves in all these golden moments. we have entered as strangers - soon we have friends. they come over. they sit with us. they drink with us. they talk to us. they tell about the big terrible things they have done. the big wonderful things they will do. their hopes, their regrets, their loves, their hates. all very large because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. i introduce them to harvey. and he is bigger and grander than anything they offer me. when they leave, they leave impressed. the same people seldom come back - but that's envy, my dear. there's a little bit of envy in the best of us - too bad, isn't it?"