Keely and Du [Paperback]

Jane Martin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 77 pages
• Publisher: Samuel French Inc Plays (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0573694907
• ISBN-13: 978-0573694905
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #751,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you question what is right and wrong, December 28, 2005

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Rachel "mertuil2008" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keely and Du (Paperback)

One day I asked my drama teacher if I could borrow his copy of Keely and Du, he lended it to me, he had already told my class the entire story and how the book ended but I still really wanted to read it. Once I started reading it I could not stop for a second, it was one of the best plays I've read. Once it got to the climax of the story, I was caught completely off guard, my teacher had already told me the climax, but because of the way the story was written I still was able to be surprised at the ending.

The story is that a woman is kidnapped in front of an abortion clinic and forced to carry her baby to term, while being held she is forced to meet her rapist who asks for her forgiveness. This story makes you really think about whether or not abortion is right, but it presents both sides, and it never tells you what is right and what is wrong.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST See Or Read For Everyone, June 15, 2000

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Mira (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keely and Du (Paperback)

Keely and Du is one of the best plays out there. I was lucky enough to be involved in a performance and was to be able to see it several times over. It deals with abortion, which is one of the most difficult and emotionaly charged topics out there. I found it very fair to both the pro-choice and the pro-life views. Maybe the pretense is a little odd, but the lines are so fabulous, and really emotional. All of the characters are sympathetic, except for Cole. Ms. Martin has done a really fantastic job with Keely and Du. I'm sorry that some people have seen bad performances of it - directors who hire bad actors for this should be shot. I cannot recommend this enough.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not one to miss!!!, January 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Keely and Du (Paperback)

After reading this play and then seeing it performed on the stage I have to say it is one of the most thought provoking and powerful play's I have seen.

This play concentrates on the relationship between two women one for abortion one against. If you do not look into the text and see the undercurrents and emotions running just under the surface you can get to hung up on small details that are only in the play to try and give it some placing and context. When you begin to analyse the text you realise that the words may seem meaningless at first but look at how they are said, and compare them to other parts of the play, and you not only get great insight into the personalities of these two people but begin to see how a relationship develops between the two women although they are dramatically opposed. The people being portrayed are just normal everyday people so an over complicated, over emotional dialogue would just not fit the situation and end up more like and episode of Beverly Hills 90210. If you want a thought provoking play that shows you both sides of a hard subject then don't miss this one.