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desertgrandma · 01-11-2009, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Just read tonight, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Actually, we read it out loud with a group, myself, my three kids, my sons girlfriend and my wife. Various people were doing it at various times so we each took various if not several parts. My son was hilarious as Gwendolyn. And, my 12yo daughter read the Miss Priss part.

I seemed to play all the servants. But, in the third act I got a lead part of Jack to read.

This play was a very funny read [out loud]. I don't usually like reading plays due to the format. But, with someone reading each part it was much entertainment. And, since it was a play, only took several hours... we started on the way to diner so there was a bit of an intermission.

BOb

That sounds like a lot of fun!

zelda_pinwheel · 01-11-2009, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Just read tonight, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Actually, we read it out loud with a group, myself, my three kids, my sons girlfriend and my wife. Various people were doing it at various times so we each took various if not several parts. My son was hilarious as Gwendolyn. And, my 12yo daughter read the Miss Priss part.

I seemed to play all the servants. But, in the third act I got a lead part of Jack to read.

This play was a very funny read [out loud]. I don't usually like reading plays due to the format. But, with someone reading each part it was much entertainment. And, since it was a play, only took several hours... we started on the way to diner so there was a bit of an intermission.

BOb

what a great idea. i love that play ; i can't read it without laughing (i would have been terrible in your read out loud version), it must have been a really fun way to discover the story.

nekokami · 01-11-2009, 11:57 AM

I wish I could get people in my family to do that!

Last night I started The Three Musketeers by (of course) Alexandre Dumas. I can't believe I've never read this before. It's hysterical. Perhaps it helps that I read Steven Brust's tribute not-quite-parody, The Phoenix Guards, so all the characters seem familiar. (I've never even seen any movies based on the story. Though I have seen some anime in which some characters were loosely based on the Musketeers.)

The version I have is horrible in terms of formatting- straight Project Gutenberg text. I'll have to get a better version from our collection here at MR. (I think I'm safe in assuming that there is one.)

pilotbob · 01-11-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

what a great idea. i love that play

It was actually my son's girlfriends idea. She is a budding thespian and one of her teachers introduced a play (this play I think) to the class this way.

My son (not the one with the girlfriend) is taking his English 4 class online (virtual school they call it) and he had to finish his/an exam by midnight that night and he hadn't read the play (yes he is a typical put it off till the last minute teenager). So, after we were done he took the exam and we were all able to "help" him a bit. (The exam also covered The Freedom Writers and Hamlet).

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

; i can't read it without laughing (i would have been terrible in your read out loud version), it must have been a really fun way to discover the story.

Believe me, some of us had trouble too. I was laughing like a maniac when they just started and I was only listening mostly to Jack and Algy in the first act. The people at Friday's must have thought I was nuts.

Lady Blackwell's initial interview with Jack is LOL funny fer sure.

BOb

pilotbob · 01-11-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I wish I could get people in my family to do that!

Actually, now that we have done it once. I am thinking I want to do it again many more times. Would you all recommend more Oscar Wilde plays?

BOb

pilotbob · 01-11-2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

what a great idea. i love that play ; i can't read it without laughing (i would have been terrible in your read out loud version), it must have been a really fun way to discover the story.

Actually, what made it pretty awesome was my two sons and my son's girlfriend all have iPod Touches with Stanza installed. So, they all downloaded the play from PG (via WiFi in about 2minutes) to read it from. This is the REASON for copyright expiration and public domain.

(I was surprised that feedbooks didn't have it. Yes, I noticed it is here to but Stanza doesn't easily integrate with mobilread. Unless there is a Stanza feed from MR I am not aware of.)

BOb

tompe · 01-11-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Last night I started The Three Musketeers by (of course) Alexandre Dumas. I can't believe I've never read this before. It's hysterical. Perhaps it helps that I read Steven Brust's tribute not-quite-parody, The Phoenix Guards, so all the characters seem familiar. (I've never even seen any movies based on the story. Though I have seen some anime in which some characters were loosely based on the Musketeers.)

I read it recently for the first time and I had read Phoenix Guard three times before reading The Three Musketeers for the first time and it was a strange experience. I liked it a lot but I think Steven Brust do the good things better so I will soon re-read his books again.

Jellby · 01-11-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

The version I have is horrible in terms of formatting- straight Project Gutenberg text. I'll have to get a better version from our collection here at MR. (I think I'm safe in assuming that there is one.)

There are several, in English, French, different formats...

zelda_pinwheel · 01-11-2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellby

There are several, in English, French, different formats...

not that jellby would know anything about them, of course.

astra · 01-11-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

The version I have is horrible in terms of formatting- straight Project Gutenberg text. I'll have to get a better version from our collection here at MR. (I think I'm safe in assuming that there is one.)

I believe Harry_T has created a one volume trilogy.

# The Three Musketeers
# Twenty Years After
# The Vicomte de Bragelonne (or Ten Year After)

JSWolf · 01-11-2009, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Yes, I'm a liberal, and usually very open minded, but I refuse to read this book, even for the entertainment value:

Anne Coulter's Guilty:Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America

(if the moderators think my statement is too political, please delete this post)
(I should have posted this on the list of 10 books not to read)

I saw an interview with Coulter recently. She is a nut case (IMHO). Her views are just way out in left field.

lilac_jive · 01-11-2009, 01:45 PM

I'm trying to decide to read right now. Got a stack of library books I should go through.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-11-2009, 01:48 PM

Currently reading a paper cookery book - Madhur Jaffrey's Eastern Vegetarian Cooking

JSWolf · 01-11-2009, 01:56 PM

The eBook I started recently is The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman. It's quite good so far.

nekokami · 01-11-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Currently reading a paper cookery book - Madhur Jaffrey's Eastern Vegetarian Cooking

I have several of her cookbooks. Great stuff. Yum!

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01-11-2009, 11:57 AM	#1263
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I wish I could get people in my family to do that! Last night I started The Three Musketeers by (of course) Alexandre Dumas. I can't believe I've never read this before. It's hysterical. Perhaps it helps that I read Steven Brust's tribute not-quite-parody, The Phoenix Guards, so all the characters seem familiar. (I've never even seen any movies based on the story. Though I have seen some anime in which some characters were loosely based on the Musketeers.) The version I have is horrible in terms of formatting- straight Project Gutenberg text. I'll have to get a better version from our collection here at MR. (I think I'm safe in assuming that there is one.)

01-11-2009, 01:45 PM	#1272
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I'm trying to decide to read right now. Got a stack of library books I should go through.

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