Tag Archives: Drama

Tartuffe, by Moliere; Published by the Arion Press

Posted on February 3, 2017 by J. Davis

“To be flawlessly monstrous is, thank heaven, not easy.” “Life, happily, will not have it.” (Trigger warning: Politics…but, hey, it’s Moliere!)

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The Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare 450th Birthday Finale

Posted on June 8, 2014 by J. Davis

April of this year 2014 marked the 450th anniversary of the birth of the great bard, William Shakespeare. It also marked the completion of the Folio Society’s mammoth Letterpress Shakespeare series. Begun in 2005 with Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King … Continue reading →

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Porgy and Bess; Published by the Arion Press

Posted on December 28, 2013 by J. Davis

When I think of Porgy & Bess, I immediately hear the song Summertime in my head. That’s the power of the associative property of music. Granted this is an opera, so music is implied, but I’ve never been to an … Continue reading →

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Tennessee; published by David Bruce Smith Publications

Posted on January 21, 2012 by J. Davis

I remember reading The Glass Menagerie in high school. At what point in high school, and whether it made an impression on me, I don’t recall. But I don’t think I ever read anything else by him before being given … Continue reading →

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