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The only complete trilogy to survive from the ancient Greek theater is here presented in the first sound recording of all three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. In the Oresteia, Aeschylus dramatizes the myth of the curse on the royal house of Argos. The action begins when King Agamemnon returns victorious from the Trojan War only to be treacherously slain by his own wife. He ends with the trial of their Orestes, who slew his mother to avenge her treachery--a trial with the goddess Athena as judge, the god Apollo as defense attorney, and, as prosecutors, relentless avenging demons called The Furies. The results of the trial change the nature of divine and human justice forever. ... Read more

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Lucid and thought-provoking production of the trilogy
Imagine yourself a member of an audience sitting in a Greek amphitheater over 2,000 years ago, caught up in the ebb and flow of a tragic drama unfolding before you, hanging on every word proclaimed by the larger-than-life masked actors who move across the stage--now lamenting in unison, now pitted against one another in angry confrontation--and you will get a sense of what it's like to listen to this 2007 full-cast audio production of Aeschylus's tragic trilogy, The Oresteia.It is an event.An event that draws you in and holds you focused on murder and mayhem and their come-uppance.An event that marches inexorably toward a restoration of the balance in the universe.

This adaptation by Yuri Rasovsky (and under his expert direction) captures not only the characters, the story line, and the tone of this tragic sequence but also its quintessential sense of time and place.No bad deed goes unpunished--especially when it involves killing one's own family.The performances are clear and straightforward, and Rasovsky's orchestration of them brings out the themes that weave their way through all three plays of the trilogy.Never intrusive, the device of using electronic distortion to enhance several of the voices serves, among other things, to distinguish gods from mortals, and is well within the spirit of the larger-than-life masks with built-in megaphones used in Greek theater.

This Hollywood Theater of the Ear production is a thoughtful and thought-provoking, as well as enjoyable, rendition of the plays.

Superb final act
All told, very good version of the plays.Some may question the choice of certain actors or the choice of using distortion, most likely electronic, to enhance certain characters, but the plays do work.

The final act, The Eumenides, comes off particularly well.At the very end the chorus is sung to a marvelous melody that comes quite by surprise, providing an amazing lift to the play. ... Read more

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Set in Brooklyn, this gripping mystery begins when attractive, level-headed Sylvia Gellburg suddenly loses her ability to walk. The only clue to her mysterious ailment lies in her obsession with news accounts from Germany. ... Read more

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It's a pityfest, really
I started looking at this a few years ago in a college class. I thought it was far-fetched and self absorbed then, and my recent viewing hasn't changed much. It is just not authentic or believable.

Global tragedies, local repercussion
Arthur Miller is a play writer who used to analyze big tragedies in its particular repercussion in the lives of his characters. In his work the historical factor is very important, but for how it transforms particular lives. In his last play "Broken Glass" this is not different. The main character Sylvia Gellburg has her legs paralyzed because of the news she reads in newspapers on the Jews being murdered and humiliated in Germany.

Her physical problem affects all her family and strikes her husband, Phillip Gellburg, biggest shame: being a Jew. He has avoided mentioning it all the time, afraid of prejudice and ashamed of his people. However, when Sylvia problems surface, the man must come to terms with something he has denied his whole life. At this point, Miller is discussion not only one's identity, but also the denial of one's heritage. The two characters, Sylvia and Phillip, are the beginning and end of a specter.

Following his tradition of global and local, Miller brings to the Gellburg's home a tragedy that is happening oceans apart and reflecting in their lives. Here, the writer does not fantasize, just like Philip Roth's magnificent "The Plot Against America". Both works have the same historical background, and discuss the same theme. But while the play investigates how the event destroys one home, the novel sees a whole nation being affected.

As it is usual, Miller has populated his play with believable characters. From the dubious doctor Harry Hyman, to Sylvia's dumb sister Harriet, "Broken Glass" surfaces with regular people that could be met on the streets.

Broken
"Broken Glass" is a thriller set in 1938 that personifies the fear that Hitler caused Jews in America.While this plot seems compelling, the story falls a little flat it other areas.This is far from Miller's best work.

When Sylvia suddenly looses the use of her legs, medical origins are unexpected.Yet as the story evolves, we find the cause to be psychological.It is suspected that a fear of the Nazi's treatment of Jews in Germany has caused her paralysis.However, there was something more.Sylivia has lived in a marriage with her husband Phillip that feels empty.They have not consumated their marriage in twenty years when their last child was conceived.Sylvia was raised in a family that coddled her and made her feel secure.Her marriage lacks all of the qualities of the family she was raised in.In a twist that seems out of place, Phillip suddenly dies in the last scene just as he promises to change for Sylvia.This happens just moments after she walks again.

In so many ways, this work does not seem to have the fingerprints of Arthur Miller.The characters are one dimensional and forced just for the sake of discussing one of Miller's most comfortable plots, anti-Semitism.Many of Miller's later works are disappointing.This fits that category.

Enjoyed the tape version of this book...
Arthur Miller's play, BROKEN GLASS is an interesting psychological mystery set in Brooklyn in 1938 . . . it is about a 45-year-old woman who suddenly loses her ability to walk . . . there is no medical reason why this is happening; the only clue lies in her growing obsession with news accounts from Germany.

What I liked most about the taped version BROKEN GLASS was the cast, which included Lawrence Pressman, Linda Purl, JoBeth Williams, and the late David Dukes (who I had really liked as an actor) . . . this work was put out by a group called L.A. Theatre Works, which features full-cast productions of complete plays . . . my only regret is that I haven't come across too many other things they've done; i.e., that are available from my local library.

Audio CD Version
I listened to an Audio CD version of the play and I regret to say that I found it unmoving. The Brooklyn accents of the characters seemed to fade in and out on occasion and they deep dark revelationsabout their personal lives seemed to be revealed without much emotion most of the time.

I really had high hopes for the drama but felt it was more gimmick than gripping. ... Read more

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The only complete trilogy to survive from the ancient Greek theater is presented here in the first sound recording of all three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides.

In The Oresteia, Aeschylus dramatizes the myth of the curse on the royal house of Argos. The action begins when King Agamemnon returns victorious from the Trojan War only to be treacherously slain by his own wife. It ends with the trial of their son, Orestes, who slew his mother to avenge her treachery--a trial with the goddess Athena as judge, the god Apollo as defense attorney, and, as prosecutors, relentless avenging demons called The Furies. The results of the trial change the nature of divine and human justice forever.

Also included is an excerpt from Blackstone's dramatization of The Odyssey, in which Agamemnon's brother Menelaus learns of the events of The Oresteia from Proteus, the sea god. ... Read more

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Very good and a surprise at the end
Very good version of these plays.At the very end of the trilogy, at the conclusion of The Eumenides, you will find an amazing musical rendition of the final chorus composed by John Baker. ... Read more

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It's Slob versus Neatnik as poker buddies Felix and Oscar suddenly find themselves bachelors again and innocently decide to share an apartment. ... Read more

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Ordered the Wrong One . . . But kept it anyway!
Was looking for the FEMALE version of Neil Simon's hit, but ended up with the original.Came in record time, excellent condition, and a really funny work, so I kept it.The mistake was mine . . . but it turned out great anyway! :)

The Odd Couple, Female Version
The book was fine, but I was completely dissatisfied with the shipping.I paid for expedited shipping and it took 9 days to arrive!I finally resorted to a hard search (with the help of a very kind librarian) of every library in Dallas, Richardson and Plano to find a copy of the book.One day after finding it at a library almost 30 minutes away, your book arrived.I expected that "expedited shipping" would be considerably faster.I will not purchase from this seller again.

The Original "Odd Couple"
Being a huge fan of "The Odd Couple" television series, I finally decided to read the play on which the TV show is based. THE ODD COUPLE, which premiered in 1965, was Neil Simon's first big success. His writing is consistently amusing and often flat-out hilarious; I laughed especially hard during the first scene, in which Oscar Madison and his poker-playing friends are trying to prevent Felix Unger, just thrown out of his home by his wife, from committing suicide! This "episode" was, of course, the starting point for the TV series, but unlike the show, the play has a single plot: Felix and Oscar get together, quarrel, date the Pigeon sisters, quarrel again, and ultimately "break up." Though the play is a comedy, there are interesting parallels to A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE in Oscar's poker games, particularly the one in the last scene during which Felix leaves. THE ODD COUPLE is an excellent example of Simon's wit. Next, I would love to see it onstage!

Classic American Comedy.
Before the movie, before the television series, before all the spin offs, there was just the play. The story is a classic spin on the buddy plot. Oscar Madison is a successful sports writer who happens to be best friends with Felix Unger, a newswriter for CBS. Each week Oscar has five of his buddies over for a Friday night game of poker. However, on one fateful night Felix fails to appear in time for the game. It turns out Felix has just been thrown out by his wife and has no place to go. Feeling sorry for his old friend, Oscar invites Felix to stay with him and be his roommate.What ensues is a classic Neil Simon look at friendship that will endure for ages.

Odd Couple
When you pair David Paymer and Nathan Lane as Felix and Oscar in the OddCouple, you are in for a comic tour de force that over stretches itsmaterial.With a supporting cast which includes Dan Castellaneta andYeardley Smith (both from The Simpsons) and Linda Purl, the cast is almostperfect. This production is a little too visual in a few of its jokes.However, on the whole, it unscrupulously grabs the audio listener by hisears and shakes him with laughter. ... Read more

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When her friend, the famous English actress and fierce abolitionist Fanny Kemble Butler, pays a call, plantation owner's wife Ann Fraser begins to realize how immoral the institution of slavery is. ... Read more

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Where Shadows Go
I had a hard time locating this book because it was out of print.I ordered this from Amazon and had it two later.I will order all hard to find novels at Amazon.com

Good Sequel
This book is the sequel to "Bright Captivity", which began the saga of Anne Couper Fraser, her marriage to John Fraser of England, and her years spent in London.This books opens with the return of the Frasers to St. Simons Island.If you are have read other Eugenia Price books, you will be re-acquainted with the McKays of Savannah, the Goulds of St. Simons and others.The Coupers were one of the noble families of the Georgia Coast in the mid-1800's.Anne's life is one of great love and great sorrow.I came to love her as a sister throughout the trilogy.Sometimes I wanted to shake her -- mostly I wanted to sit and have a long talk.You will also enjoy her relationship with her "Eve", whose devotion to Anne is complete.I highly recommend this book, and the entire Georgia Trilogy, to fans of Eugenia Price and anyone else who enjoys fiction based on real-life people from our past.I hated for the third book to end.

Dealing with death
Without realizing the focus of the book, I found the beginning a bitdepressing.Eugenia Price, though, showed the mercy of God toward thosewho mourn.Anne Couper Fraser is prepared through the grief of others toface her own personal tragedy.She grows in selflessness as the bookprogresses, gaining strength from God and learning to comfort others. Excellant read on the whole with information divulged through dialog, notlengthy thought sessions.

I loved it!
I found the love between Anne and John to be a thing of beauty and maybe something we don't know much about now-a-days.Devoted love that puts the other person first is not emphasized much in our new modern age!I wouldlike to have seen John's struggle with slavery and/or the military come tosome resolution but the scene of his death left me in tears.It remindedme to appreciate my own family members while they are here.I would haveno problem at all recommending this book to anyone looking for a nice longnovel to cuddle into a comfy chair with. Thanks Eugenia Price!

luke-warm
This book skips around alot in my opinion. Although Anne has finally gotten John to return to her childhood home and settle down she is very troubled by his restlessness. John on the other hand is plaigued throughthe entire book with inner conflicts- his love for Anne which keeps him onthe island, his immense longing for the military, which he adores, and hishate for having to be a slave owner. These troubles keep up with John and,in my opinion are never really solved. I think Anne and John's immense lovefor each other is the only thing good about the book. And even that isshattered at the end. I was very disappointed when I finished this book.Some advice-Don't read the sequel! ... Read more

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In Developing Educational Leaders, the authors present their groundbreaking work with learning communities in educational leadership preparation programs, resulting in a working model for leadership development. In a readable text with practical hands-on examples, this volume: - Bridges the gap between theories of learning communities and their application in university settings. - Contrasts the differences between settings that merely lend the appearance of a learning community and a true learning community. - Brings together the individual and community benefits that result from the learning community setting. - Demonstrates how values-based leadership can be developed and implemented. - Provides a conceptual framework, including guidelines for using cohort structures within educational administration programs. ... Read more