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Jailbait
Book annotation not available for this title. Jailbait O'Connor, Deirdre Dramatist's Play ServicePublication 2010/03/31Number of 56Binding PAPERBACKLibrary of
56 pages, Paperback
First published March 28, 2010
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July 3, 2013
Aw man! God! How unfortunate. And it's so odd how this play just keeps living on in my mind just because there are so many unaddressed repercussions.
December 27, 2023
…. i don’t really know what to think. need to process. definitely a very raw and real look into young female sexuality that you don’t often get to see, but i don’t think i love how the girls and the situation ended up being portrayed? the dialogue was well written and the characters were developed well.
October 6, 2023
this play had me actually clutching at my pearls except I wasn't wearing any pearls. I was simultaneously stressed out but also relating to the girls in a scary way. I'm wishing all the best for the little girls out there who feel the same.
February 7, 2026
team Roberrrt
I DoNt lIKE THis rOCk RobeRT
I cannot believe my objective was to sleep with him still omg...
Overally funn play, I wieh we could do it more!!
I DoNt lIKE THis rOCk RobeRT
I cannot believe my objective was to sleep with him still omg...
Overally funn play, I wieh we could do it more!!
September 25, 2015
Some great one on one scenes for M/M, M/F, or F/F.
Based on the description, I thought it was going to be a little more disturbing than it turned out to be. O'Connor creates believable characters, but the dialogue is too on the nose for my taste.
However, where it truly counts between the characters of Claire and Robert, there is a sense of mystery, of connection which is completely illegal. I wish I had more dialogue between these two characters. The final moments of the play are completely chilling.
Overall, there are some questions I could have dealt without the answers to, like Valerie, Robert's ex, or even being revisiting Claire's father's death so many times. Especially today when the statistics for women in college (let alone high school) who have been sexually assaulted are so high, I'm extremely curious as why O'Connor didn't explore that avenue of Robert/Mark's fear of legal action.
The story might be about connection and growing up, but I couldn't ignore the elephant in the room at the end of the play.
Based on the description, I thought it was going to be a little more disturbing than it turned out to be. O'Connor creates believable characters, but the dialogue is too on the nose for my taste.
However, where it truly counts between the characters of Claire and Robert, there is a sense of mystery, of connection which is completely illegal. I wish I had more dialogue between these two characters. The final moments of the play are completely chilling.
Overall, there are some questions I could have dealt without the answers to, like Valerie, Robert's ex, or even being revisiting Claire's father's death so many times. Especially today when the statistics for women in college (let alone high school) who have been sexually assaulted are so high, I'm extremely curious as why O'Connor didn't explore that avenue of Robert/Mark's fear of legal action.
The story might be about connection and growing up, but I couldn't ignore the elephant in the room at the end of the play.
October 20, 2014
A strange, unnerving play. Two 15-year-old-girls dress up as 21 year olds and go to a club, where they meet up with two 30-something men. Touches on the borderlines between being in grieving and pursuing happiness, the fine line between teenager and adult, and quiet relationships between stunted people. It meets at the middle between sickening and saccharine.
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