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2.0 out of 5 stars
Unsatisfactory, Yet Noble Attempt at a Great Life, January 25, 1999
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This review is from: Campion: A Play in Two Acts (Paperback)
St. Edmund Campion: Scholar, Historian, Orator, Actor, Playwrite, Director, Jesuit, Confessor, Martyr, and Saint. A biographic play about this extraordinary man should include all these, but unfortunately Buckley and MacGuire's play is clogged with far too many scenes, and far too many of them are too brief for us to get to know the great soul of the saint. The play is enormously well researched, and one can definitely learn something by reading this piece, yet in an artistic sense this play quite obviously borrows matieral from Robert Bolt's "A Man for All Seasons." While I am glad to see at least an attempt to bring themes of religion and sacrifice into the modern theatre, Edmund Campion's story more likely is suited for an epic screen story than it is for the confines of a full-length play.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent research, February 23, 2002
This review is from: Campion: A Play in Two Acts (Paperback)
Buckley and MacGuire provide an excellent and very well reseached piece about Campion.
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