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May 21, 2019Liked by Roy Edroso

I've got a couple of these on DVD they are impressive. The Iceman Cometh is one of my favorite plays and Marvin is adequate in it but the supporting actors I think are incredible. At any rate that's my opinion. It gave me a chance to see great O"Neal which I probably wouldn't have had otherwise.

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May 21, 2019Liked by Roy Edroso

Theatr(e) is the original and correct spelling.

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May 21, 2019Liked by Roy Edroso

Really want to watch the Ionesco. Thanks for this, Roy! Looking forward to tomorrow!

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May 21, 2019Liked by Roy Edroso

Thanks, Roy. Now I just have to add Kanopy to my subscriptions and I'll have yet another excuse to avoid watching Game of Thrones. I remember seeing Hirshfeld's caricature of Mostel in the Sunday NYT (4 or 5 Nina's I think) and asking to go see the play. I was allowed to go downtown to try to score cheap matinee seats (remember those?) but had no luck. I hated the movie version and decided Rhinoceros had been grossly overpraised. Maybe this version will balance that out, 50+ years later.

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Not to insult the actual topic of the piece, but I've never read Tom Jones. I just read the Partridge At Hamlet link. Is the whole book that funny? If so, I envy myself the opportunity to finally read it.

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I have an odd memory of seeing The Man in the Glass Booth when I was pretty young but there's no way it showed at my local movie house. Was it ever shown on television?

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