Category Archives: Drama

Pre-Reading Notes on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (by Bethany)

Posted on July 31, 2013 by lfpbe

You may have noticed that I am taking my own sweet time with the A.P. Challenge. This is only partially my fault, since when we started this challenge back in June of 2012 I was mostly unemployed. Beginning in January … Continue reading →

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On a day that looks more like February than April, I finally finish up February’s AP Challenge: final thoughts on King Lear (by Jill)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by badkitty1016

Shakespeare has never been an easy thing for me to write about, not ever.  I once fell asleep on my computer keyboard trying to write a paper about Shakespeare.  Or maybe that was Faulkner.  Let’s say it was Shakespeare.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Pre-Reading Notes on King Lear (by Bethany)

Posted on February 25, 2013 by lfpbe

We’ve already told you about the time the human cruelty in Light in August made Fr. Murphy throw up. Now I’m going to tell you about the time Fr. Murphy got angry because the human cruelty in King Lear DIDN’T … Continue reading →

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Pre-Reading Thoughts on Shakespeare’s King Lear, February’s AP English Challenge. Yes, I’m posting this before finishing my The Portrait of a Lady review. (by Jill)

Posted on February 23, 2013 by badkitty1016

I read King Lear once in college and I actually remember the gist of the plot and the names of many of the characters, which is more than I can say about the first Shakespeare play we read for the … Continue reading →

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Putting the “fun” back in dysfunctional: Jill’s review of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Posted on January 25, 2013 by badkitty1016

Bethany suggested last month that we take a literary field trip to Eugene O’Neill’s country home outside Danville.  I thought that sounded like a great idea, and not only because there’s a really good independent bookstore in Danville I’ve been … Continue reading →

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AP English Challenge: Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, at long last (by Jill)

Posted on January 14, 2013 by badkitty1016

Hedda Gabler is one of those evil but interesting characters we like to talk about here on Postcards from Purgatory.  And along with being kind of evil, Hedda has a bonus streak of crazy.  The crazy ones are the best … Continue reading →

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The AP English Challenge Continues: Jill Reviews Ibsen’s A Doll House

Posted on January 11, 2013 by badkitty1016

My feelings about Heinrik Ibsen’s A Doll House are not as deeply rooted or as passionate as Bethany’s.  It has not been a tale I have thought much about over the past eighteen and a half years.  I found nothing … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Ibsen’s The Master Builder (by Bethany)

Posted on January 8, 2013 by lfpbe

After Act I, I thought The Master Builder was going to be my least favorite of the four Ibsen plays in this book. After I read the whole play, it was my favorite. How did this change happen? I’ll explain. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler (by Bethany)

Posted on January 5, 2013 by lfpbe

I am rarely compelled to write plays. My ideas usually always come to me as either novels or short stories. I wrote poetry a long time ago, and once, recently, a sonnet came to me fully formed and I wrote … Continue reading →

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Even Funnier Than Seven: Thoughts on Ibsen’s The Wild Duck (by Bethany)

Posted on January 2, 2013 by lfpbe

When Jill and I were in high school, there were still a few movie theatres that showed double features. Tthey paired two movies, and you could see one or the other or both for the cost of one ticket. For … Continue reading →

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