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Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :

Not the movie(s) but a play he did, raising money for something I never asked about. He and his friends hold about 2-3 plays a year on a volunteer basis the first was a play by Terry Prachet I think which was some kind of combination of Hamlet, MacBeth and soemthing else.

And so his second play is Earnest, I found it cleverer and funnier then the first one. The conversation with their cynical satyr were encredible (like "make love to your wife if she's pretty and someone else's if she's plain").

The verbal sparring matches between Algermon and Ernest I've found to be brillient and the ending once it started underway slightly predictable (but that's me I can 75% of the time predict the ending).

A good see if you live somewhere in the Hudson, Montreal West, Quebec, Canada area.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

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He and his friends hold about 2-3 plays a year on a volunteer basis the first was a play by Terry Prachet I think which was some kind of combination of Hamlet, MacBeth and soemthing else.

Probably Wyrd Sisters.

Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :

indeed.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

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The conversation with their cynical satyr were encredible

Satyr?

And, please, you're hurting the language! [Wink]

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

That has to be one of my favorite stage plays.

Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :

Why not? Satire/satyr I'm pretty sure the word satire came from satyr. neh?

Who cares if I hurt it if I get results?

My brother and his troupe did an amazing job.

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

It's really a great play. I can always tell when someone has read/seen it because they can pronounce my name correctly on their first read. Either that, or they'll smile knowingly at me when I tell them my name. (My name is Cecily, for those of you who don't know.)

It's funny, but I don't think either of my parents has read or seen the play! [Smile]

They got the name from somewhere else. And I have to admit that when I read the play for the first time I said to myself "Gwendolyn and Cecily? Like that pair of girls in the Odd Couple?" [Big Grin]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

How do people mispronounce "Cecily"?

Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :

I saw the newest version of the movie in english class and thought it was hilarious.