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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
As good as Arsenic and Old Lace and Odd Couple,
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This review is from: Lettice and Lovage: A Comedy (Paperback)
It's pretty much hard to do anything really good through the limited opportunities stage peformance provides.That's why great theatre is so rare. But a quick read of this 90 page delight will convince any reader that Peter Shaffer (of Amadeus and Equus fame) has produced a rightful equal to Arsenic and Old Lace not to mention Odd Couple. In this story we meet Lettice or Letitia a very creative tour guide who's improvisional skills at informing visitors about the "true story" of the historical locations she exhibits serves her well in other areas of her life. Like all theatre of the absurd, where crazy characters are permitted to run riot, we are delighted and uplifted by Lettice's stories and her very being. For readers and theatre goers who've heretofore stopped their Shaffer appreciation with Amadeus and Equus, I highly suggest this wonderful masterpiece.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Modern Comedic Classic,
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This review is from: Lettice and Lovage: A Comedy (Paperback)
Peter Shaffer hit a home run with this marvelously witty play. I saw it on Broadway before reading it and thought it was truly worthy of Maggie Smith's talent. In reading the play I have found a greater apprecition for the piece. I great tribute to comedic leading ladies!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Winning piece of heartfelt, smart, charming writing,
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This review is from: Lettice and Lovage: A Comedy (Paperback)
Lettice and Lovage is a very pleasant and mildly subversive comedy, very literate and easy to read-Shaffer is a great writer-and proves intelligent and enjoyable.Mostly a two-hander, Lettice is a somewhat eccentric lady who guides Preservation Trust homes and sites, ever enjoyable with a sense of the grandiose, embellishing to the point of distraction. Lotte is her boss and agitated at her flippant use of the tour guide soapbox, a woman trapped in a staid job. They prove to be fast friends, and ultimately come together only to be driven apart for reasons I won't mention here. The point is, Lettice and Lovage is a smart, enjoyable read. It's subversive nature speaks to the death of culture, the end of English greatness and beauty for the sake of beauty, not to mention the power of the theatre and arts to be advantageous and educational in otherwise un-artistic places.
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