Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) [Import] [Paperback]

Ann-Marie MacDonald (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Random House of Canada, Limited (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0676971695
• ISBN-13: 978-0676971699
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,172,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is 100% pure genius!, August 19, 1999

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Karen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (Paperback)

From all the non-musical plays I've heard, seen, or read, this play is the most inventive, most creative, most hilarious play I've ever read. Macdonald's unexpected twists and turns of Shakespeare's OTHELLO and ROMEO AND JULIET made me howl with laughter almost all the way through. Act I is a bit bland, but understanding that Macdonald wanted to set the whole story as to what would come ahead. But when Acts II and III come along, you'll howl with laughter when you see lots of sex jokes, cross dressing, and straight madness. I would compare it to Japanese anime's RANMA 1/2, to anyone who is familiar with it. I don't want to spoil the story, so I won't type a synopsis, but I will tell you, don't pass this play up because you won't know what you're missing!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY PEE-YOUR-PANTS FUNNY, October 25, 2001

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"papayabanana" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (Paperback)

"Goodnight, Desdemona (Good Morning, Juliet)" is the funniest play I have ever read or seen. I am currently playing Constance in a high school production of the play, and the more we go along, the more we discover about the play. Upon first reading, it is an absolutely hilarious twist of Shakespeare's "Othello" and "Romeo and Juliet." But reading it a second, and even a third time will reveal subtle innuendos and wordings (warning: LOTS of sexual innuendos in this play!) that contain so much wit and humour that your respect for Anne-Marie MacDonald will grow with every scene. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. If you can familiarize yourself with the plots of both "Othello" and "Romeo and Juliet" before reading or seeing the play, then your enjoyment will increase, because you will have a basic understanding of how the characters have been re-interpreted. OH MY GOODNESS -- READ THIS PLAY!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Just High School Theater, January 6, 2005

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D. J. Cole (Morgantown, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (Paperback)

Two reviewers from HS drama clubs, and one comparison to Japanese anime. Don't let that mislead you into thinking this is some lightweight juvenile fluff. It is more in the line of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. As someone who has loved reading and watching Shakespeare's plays for over 35 years, I am delighted to see Ann-Marie MacDonald not only play with Shakespeare but do it intelligently. Amidst the linguistic and theatric whimsey there are some true and serious observations and the best explanation yet of why some characters in Shakespeare's tragedys are such idiots. Who says learning can't be great fun?