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by Mr Mark Ravenhill

"In Shopping and Fucking, Mark Ravenhill made theatre relevant to the Thatcher generation. Now he's put videos and Net-surfing in Faust. And it's no less stunning" (Guardian)

Genres: Plays, Theatre

88 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 3, 1998

Reviews

[Samuel Luther · Rating 3 out of 5]

too many characters, too messy. kind of is the point to be messy, but i found it to the point of being hard to follow along. i think the central ideas i managed to get? but it wasn’t as enjoyable as his other plays.

[Michael A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

felt like the mcdonalds of plays but i love mcdonalds

[simple_journey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slightly confusing with random crossing timelines. A little surreal. Interesting commentary on the crippled state of human interaction and relationships when paired with sex, drugs, and abuse trauma.

[Frank · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mark Ravenhill's deconstruction of "The Importance of Being Earnest" takes on classism, sexism and homophobia with a bracing irreverence. The accident that inspires Wilde's play is counterpointed with two couples — one gay, one lesbian — whose efforts to co-parent a child are complicated by each couple's involvement with an inopportune pick up. It's not for the fainthearted, but it's well worth the effort to get past any initial squeamishness.

[Valerie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this for my acting class. I'm doing a scene from it for my final this semester. It was certainly an intense read. Definitely going to go back a re-read it a few more times to get a better understanding because I feel like there were some things I missed the first time around