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| Original Title: | Arsenic and Old Lace |
| ISBN: | 0856761222 (ISBN13: 9780856761225) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mortimer Brewster, Jonathan Brewster, Dr. Einstein, Teddy Brewster, Abby Brewster, Martha Brewster |
| Setting: | United States of America |
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The last couple of years, I've made an effort to fit in a few classic plays between novels and am still amazed at how much I enjoy them. Of the 15 or so I've read, I do believe ARSENIC AND OLD LACE has taken over first place on my favorites list.The old Brewster ladies are really a hoot! Home is Brooklyn and Martha and Abby are set in their ways with their cadaverous routines, but just as sweet as can be (hehehe) as they welcome prospective lodgers in for a glass of their own special blend of elderberry wine.
Nephew Teddy (Roosevelt that is) resides in the Brewster home too CHARGING around reeking havoc blowing his bugle as he plans attacks on the enemy often retreating down (the cellar) to Panama to dig locks for the canal.
Did I mention that insanity runs rampant in the Brewster family?
Nephew Mortimer often shows up to check on the "old gals" and Teddy, but it's not until he begins searching for the misplaced envelope that trouble really starts to brew!
Wonderfully funny! Superb Ending! (hehehe)
If you have a couple spare hours or need a break from a chunkster you're reading or just need a few laughs, I highly recommend ARSENIC AND OLD LACE!
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| Title | : | Arsenic and Old Lace |
| Author | : | Joseph Kesselring |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 104 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2002 by Chappell Plays (first published 1939) |
| Categories | : | Plays. Classics. Drama. Fiction. Humor. Theatre. Mystery |
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Bettie's BooksA charming and tasteful little play. Unfortunately, the plot gets stretched out too thin. Not enough content to last as long as it does. By the end, its lost a lot of its original gusto. But besides that, it's pretty entertaining and sometimes funny.
This is such a wonderful idea for a couple of assasins to play with. They did a great job with the film also.
ABBY. His name's Hoskins - Adam Hoskins. That's really all I know about him - except that he's a Methodist.MORTIMER. That's all you know about him? Well, what's he doing here? What happened to him?MARTHA. He died.MORTIMER. Aunt Martha, men don't just get into window seats and die.ABBY. (Silly boy.) No, he died first.MORTIMER. Well, how?ABBY. Oh, Mortimer, don't be so inquisitive. The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it.MORTIMER. How did the poison get in the wine?MARTHA.
Very funny! I can't wait to see the movie now.
One of my favorite plays of all time - funny, just a little creepy and still fun even many years after it was written.
Delightfully entertaining:)
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