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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “Poetry should be read aloud, and plays should be seen to be truly appreciated. However, the reading of these four plays (No Exit, The Flies, Dirty Hands and The Respectful Prostitute) is an excellent introduction to the existential thought of Jean-Paul Sartre. The first play, No Exit, portrays...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“the flies is a brilliant existential synopsis of man's relationship to "god" embedded into an ancient greek myth parody.”
withoutrelevance wrote this review Wednesday, December 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“iadul e/sunt ceilalti oameni.”
dorin d wrote this review Thursday, November 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I love this book!!! Fell in Love with No Exit, and the last play was good too!!!”
Candice X wrote this review Monday, November 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“These plays seem to be arranged in order of best to worst (though even "worst" isn't bad). No Exit was brilliant and clever and exciting, everything I'd hoped it to be. The Flies, which is a retelling of my favorite myth of Orestes' murder of his mother and his subsequent torment, is told in an excellent new perspective. The third, Dirty Hands, is the longest, and expands on the theme from the other two that a person is defined by his/her own choices, though one can be defined by the choices of others. The final play is The Respectful Prostitute, which I thought was okay, but not as interesting as the other three. ”
Chase H wrote this review Saturday, September 12 2009. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Excellent! Wanted to get this for many, many months and it didn't disappoint. No Exit was best of the four plays and recommended for anyone interested in plays and the theory that "Hell is other people", some interesting quotes and a brilliant ending that leaves you thinking. "The Flies" a reworking of the Electra/Orestes story was almost as good as "No Exit", whilst "Dirty Hands" was enjoyable but required more thought. "The respectful Prostitute" was o0kay, but too short to imagine it being performed on stage. Great collection.”
James wrote this review Saturday, August 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Excellent. ”
Kamlesh N wrote this review Wednesday, August 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Hell is other people.”
Happy Epsilon wrote this review Saturday, June 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Reading "The Flies" (and writing about it for Cary Libkin's History of Dramatic Literature class) began my lifelong relationship with Aeschylus. ”
Mark F wrote this review Sunday, March 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
