The Dancing Faun Review
The Dancing Faun by Florence Farr is a short novel, almost a novelette, originally published in 1894. Florence Farr was a London actress who associated with William Butler Yeats. I found a 2006 paperback reprint…
Category: Literature
More Yeats Books
I have bought a few more books to study the work of William Butler Yeats. Our Secret Discipline Helen Vendler ISBN: 9780674026957 The Cambridge Introduction to W. B. Yeats David Holdeman ISBN: 9780521547376 The Cambridge…
William Butler Yeats
I am now studying the work of William Butler Yeats. I began to read his plays and a book on his work as a dramatist before my trip to Dublin. Currently I am reading the…
Is Writing Amazon Reviews Worthwhile?
I often find that a play or a book I have read has no reviews on Amazon. If it is a particularly insightful literary work then this always strikes me as a damn shame. The…
Theater As A Meritocracy
The very concept of merit is increasing under attack as Social Justice Warriors argue that the myth of a meritocracy is used to justify a history of exclusion and elitism. Considering that theater is an…
Carnage Film Review and Analysis
Last evening I saw the film Carnage on DVD. The film is based on the play God Of Carnage by French playwright Yasmina Reza so it is relevant to theater. The play has only four…
Enjoying Dramatic Writing Without Theater
Now that most theaters have been shut down due to the plague, i.e. COVID-19 or the coronavirus, everyone is wondering how to keep theater alive without doing a live show. This is something I have…
The Sound Inside – Book Review
I need to write a few book reviews to demonstrate that I read plays. I have a genuine love for dramatic writing so I do read lots of plays. I bought The Sound Inside by…
On Literary Success
Ever since high school I have dreamed of literary success but I’ve done very little to work towards it. I got discouraged submitting poems to literary magazines only to get rejected every time. I don’t…