pterodashtyl's review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

bookwormymegan's review against another edition

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4.0

ENGH 350

paperbookmarks's review against another edition

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4.0

Read for Renaissance Lit module. I was really looking forward to reading this play because my tutor said it was similar to John Webster. He was definitely right; THE CHANGELING is fast paced, dark and definitely dramatic. The characters draw you into their complex works and Middleton and Rowley's exploration of women at the time is both contradictory and spot on. I didn't quite like it as much as Webster, but I really did enjoy it & would love to see it performed.

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4.0

Enjoyed this one! It was very Middleton-esque, but there was something else to it that I really enjoyed!

Read for ENGL 3015: Renaissance Drama
Read for ENGL 4606: Marriage and Adultery in Early Modern England

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3.0

Next on:
Sunday, 20:00 on BBC Radio 3

SynopsisA new radio production of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's Jacobean classic, set in Alicante, Spain, in the 1920s.

Beatrice-Joanna is due to marry Alonzo e Piracquo, until she falls in love with Alsemero and seeks the help of her father's man, De Flores.

Beatrice-Joanna ...... Anna Madeley
De Flores ...... Zubin Varla
Vermandero ...... Nicky Henson
Tomazo de Piracquo ...... Alex Hassell
Alonzo de Piracquo ...... Alex Blake
Alsemero ...... Simon Muller
Jasperino ...... Nigel Hastings
Diaphanta ...... Liz Richardson
Isabella ...... Catherine Bailey
Alibius ...... Philip Fox
Lollio ...... Stephen Hogan
Antonio ...... Piers Wehner
Franciscus ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
Pedro ...... Rhys Jennings

Directed and adapted for radio by Jeremy Mortimer.

ygraines's review against another edition

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4.0

middleton's tragedy is caught up in the performative, making a spectacle of murder and madness; his characters are not of flesh and bone but the ivory and ebony of chess pieces, enacting a grotesque semblance of life as they are moved across the board to their inevitable destruction.
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