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| Title | : | Arsenic and Old Lace |
| Author | : | Joseph Kesselring |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 104 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2002 by Chappell Plays (first published 1939) |
| Categories | : | Plays. Classics. Drama. Fiction. Humor. Theatre. Mystery |
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The last couple of years, I've made an effort to fit in a few classic plays between novels and am still amazed at how much I enjoy them. Of the 15 or so I've read, I do believe ARSENIC AND OLD LACE has taken over first place on my favorites list.The old Brewster ladies are really a hoot! Home is Brooklyn and Martha and Abby are set in their ways with their cadaverous routines, but just as sweet as can be (hehehe) as they welcome prospective lodgers in for a glass of their own special blend of elderberry wine.
Nephew Teddy (Roosevelt that is) resides in the Brewster home too CHARGING around reeking havoc blowing his bugle as he plans attacks on the enemy often retreating down (the cellar) to Panama to dig locks for the canal.
Did I mention that insanity runs rampant in the Brewster family?
Nephew Mortimer often shows up to check on the "old gals" and Teddy, but it's not until he begins searching for the misplaced envelope that trouble really starts to brew!
Wonderfully funny! Superb Ending! (hehehe)
If you have a couple spare hours or need a break from a chunkster you're reading or just need a few laughs, I highly recommend ARSENIC AND OLD LACE!
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| Original Title: | Arsenic and Old Lace |
| ISBN: | 0856761222 (ISBN13: 9780856761225) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mortimer Brewster, Jonathan Brewster, Dr. Einstein, Teddy Brewster, Abby Brewster, Martha Brewster |
| Setting: | United States of America |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 23537 Users | 177 ReviewsEvaluation Containing Books Arsenic and Old Lace
Very funny! I can't wait to see the movie now.this was a funny book with a dark humor comedy sense. The actors made the characters funny and dumb at sometimes and its a really really funny play. I didnt really understand all the concept by reading the play, but watching it, i understood it and loved it. i laughed so much. espicially about the Boris Karloff part and how everyone thinks that the grandmothers are innocent, and how Teddy thinks that he is Teddy Roosevelt and thinks the cellar is the panama canal.
ABBY. His name's Hoskins - Adam Hoskins. That's really all I know about him - except that he's a Methodist.MORTIMER. That's all you know about him? Well, what's he doing here? What happened to him?MARTHA. He died.MORTIMER. Aunt Martha, men don't just get into window seats and die.ABBY. (Silly boy.) No, he died first.MORTIMER. Well, how?ABBY. Oh, Mortimer, don't be so inquisitive. The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it.MORTIMER. How did the poison get in the wine?MARTHA.
A charming and tasteful little play. Unfortunately, the plot gets stretched out too thin. Not enough content to last as long as it does. By the end, its lost a lot of its original gusto. But besides that, it's pretty entertaining and sometimes funny.
Basic plot: two little old ladies while away their golden years by taking care of their nephew Teddy and actively pursuing their charity work. Never mind that Teddy thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt and their charity work consists of poisoning little old men.This is one of the most wonderful bits of dark humor I've ever read. It's laugh-out-loud funny (even when just reading it) and still manages to be creepy. Oh the irony, oh the death, oh the references to Boris Karloff...I just got done reading
This is such a wonderful idea for a couple of assasins to play with. They did a great job with the film also.
read and analyzed for lighting design.i enjoyed the plot twists and the elements that subverted expectations. i would really like to see this onstage, as with all the plays i read. martha and abby are my favorite characters although i wish there were more differentiations between them; they act like one person.
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