2007-05-04 Whilst there's life there's hope

When this book was flopped in front of me and I was told we were going to study it - I could have cried. OCG is notoriously hard to study - not helped by the fact there appear to be no study guides - so I would actually have to make notes.

To be honest this play probably wouldn't have as much of an impact on an audience now as it did the the late 80's when it was published. In the 80's everyone was in uproar about the harsh Criminal Justice Acts Maggie was throwing through the 'ol HoCommons - today everyone is just resigned to them.

Nevertheless - it's still a thought provoking play, and it's sort of grown on me. Probably one of my favourite out of the plays we're studing (not hard considering one's Albee and the other is Shakespeare >_< ).

Eh, I gave it 4 stars because it's alright - I wouldn't recommend it for a bit of light reading - and I send my sympathy if you've found this page because you had to study it!