Amazon.ca:Customer reviews: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig (4-Jul-2013) Paperback

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susannah

Beautiful

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 9, 2013

I saw this piece performed by The National Theater of Scotland at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and thought it was amazing. The first thing to know is that most of the play is written as a ballad, so, for the most part, there are no character assignments for lines like in most plays. The stage directions are also quite intriguing. While the stage directions of most plays simply give the blocking the stage director recorded for the first performance, such as "she walks DSL to table," the stage directions really don't dictate much of the movement in this play. Instead, they say things like "She falls through the years. Years and years. She falls from wild curiosity into a routine of work. She is caught." They almost seem like part of the ballad. I would recommend it to anyone who has seen it performed as it is a beautiful and thought provoking piece of theater, and reading it gives you the opportunity to really analyze it.

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Rhianna

title says it all

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 14, 2020

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mental

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luv it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 26, 2021

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my mates doing a rendition of this - she sings so thats like epic if you ask me x

James Greenamyer

I bought this because...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 4, 2012

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I went to see the play in a pub here in D.C. where I live. It is performed by five actors, who double as musicians, and at times as the stage set. There is no stage; the play is performed in the midst of the audience, indeed with audience participation! It is hilarious, and profound. It is almost entirely performed in verse, except for a section in the second act where it is prose. It is a brilliant piece of theatre, so I bought the script because the language is an integral part of the plot. I highly recommend it.

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longhornmoth

strange book in rhyming couplets

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 5, 2019

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Strange book in rhyming couplets and in light Scots language.
I found it quite fun and enjoyed it .
A short read of about 2-3 hours

oldmh

Engaging, thoughtful, funny!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 10, 2012

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I saw the same play as the reviewer above and agree that it is an engaging and absorbing piece of work - and very funny! The National Theater of Scotland is bringing it to Ann Arbor, Austin, Davis (CA), and Vancouver soon. I am buying the play because I want to think more about the structure of the play and the interweaving of Scottish folk ballads in the plot. I don't know if reading the script will give one the same effect as seeing it performed so definitely try to see a performance. [...]

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panamafred

ANOTHER NTS TRIUMPH

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 3, 2015

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The book of the wildly amusing, insanely clever piece of theater as performed by the National Theater of Scotland on a recent world tour - "One Helluva Grand Show" according to one critic. See the show first and the book will bring it back to life - read the book first to prepare yourself for a memorable theatrical experience. Like the previous NTS production, "Black Watch," "Prudencia" should be available on video.

Virginia Powell Cowles

One of the best plays I've seen for years

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 23, 2016

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One of the best plays I've seen for years. A must-see for everyone who loves border ballads and Celtic folklore.

Reba

Great read to savour after seeing this play performed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 4, 2016

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Great read to savour after seeing this play performed.

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Hannah-June Simpson

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 13, 2015

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Love it

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