Michael Dirda has an excellent column in The Washington Post about the pleasures of reading plays. Like me, he likes works that can be read in a couple of hours.
I’d love to say we’re on the same wavelength, but I hadn’t heard of half the plays he recommended. (He made George Bernard Shaw’s In Good King Charles’s Golden Days sound intriguing.)
I have been reading plays, though. I set out to read the 33 surviving plays written by the Greek tragedians in 2024. Rhesus was the last one, which raised the question about a project for 2025.
I thought I might look at some Georgia writers. Or I might go back for another look at some Texas writers.
Frank Dobie, who taught a course on the literature of the Southwest, said people ought to know something about the place they call home. But he also thought it was a horrible mistake to study the memoirs of cowboys who rode the range while neglecting the wonders of the world’s literature.
I guess I’m trying to find a balance.
If you have suggestions, please post a comment or drop me a line at hebertaylor3@gmail.com.
• Source: Michael Dirda, “Want to read something different? A play’s the thing”; The Washington Post, Nov. 29, 2024. It’s here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/11/29/reading-plays-pleasure/
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