Reader: A Play

by Ariel Dorfman

Book by Dorfman, Ariel

Genres: Plays

83 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman is an Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina since 1985.

Reviews

[Sophie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great bit of drama from Dorfman. I'd fail miserably at trying to explain the plot - the point is anti-censorship - but it's only 50 pages, so if you can find a copy in English, just read it.

P.S. The drama may be hard to come by, so try looking for the short story version in collections of Dorfman's works. I just ran across it in My House Is on Fire.

[Fawad Khan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great read and I feel that on stage it could be riveting. The play deals with political repression under both dictatorial and democratic governments and how both can overlap and how both are the flip side of the same coin. The way he achieves that on stage is also amazing.