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Post by joem on Oct 10, 2016 22:36:34 GMT
I wouldn't mind about The Mousetrap being a long runner, if only it thrilled and was a good production of a good play. It is none of those. Has there ever been a thrilling Agatha Christie on stage, full of unbearable tension? I suspect not. I saw a decent "Cards On The Table" once with Gordon Jackson it. But these plays are what they are, everything has its style or genre or authorial mark. I have yet to see a play by Shakespeare which doesn't rely heavily on iambic pentameter. At the end of the day we either accept they are (or were) popular for whatever reason or we decide that the millions of people who've enjoyed Agatha Christie are unmitigated fools.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Oct 11, 2016 8:20:54 GMT
Or both.
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