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lexarobinson's review
challenging
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
askirmishofwit's review
4.0
An absolutely bonkers Jacobean play that slips into farcical moments of theatrical brilliance. I would love to see this performed, if only for the scene in which Languebeau brings out the 'ghost disguise' whilst trying to seduce Soquette! This is a different treatment of ghosts, but an interesting one with respect to the ghost as a traditional, Senecan device within revenge tragedies, especially when compared to, of course, Shakespeare's [b:Hamlet|1420|Hamlet|William Shakespeare|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351051208s/1420.jpg|1885548].
This ghost, and indeed the play, seems to advocate patience as the best form of revenge because all that are meant for bad ends will ultimately come to the bad ends they deserve, a suggestion of divine providence which maybe Hamlet himself might have considered.
This ghost, and indeed the play, seems to advocate patience as the best form of revenge because all that are meant for bad ends will ultimately come to the bad ends they deserve, a suggestion of divine providence which maybe Hamlet himself might have considered.
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