Joe McCurdy’s Reviews > Lord of the Flies: Acting Edition > Status Update
Joe McCurdy
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Finished Act I. Reading this because it’s our school play this year!!!
I feel like (though I haven’t finished it, so I might be proved wrong) lots of the symbolism of the book is being dropped, and lots of side characters are being sidelined. I was upset at this at first, but it was probably the best thing to do considering that the play has a lot less time. I like the way the boys talk; it’s weird.
— Jul 18, 2026 11:16AM
I feel like (though I haven’t finished it, so I might be proved wrong) lots of the symbolism of the book is being dropped, and lots of side characters are being sidelined. I was upset at this at first, but it was probably the best thing to do considering that the play has a lot less time. I like the way the boys talk; it’s weird.
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Joe McCurdy
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Act 2 is so fricking good!
I really like what Williams did with the scene where everyone gets bloodied, and I like how the play portrays Simon’s whole shabang more than the book or tv show. I really hope we do justice to this script tho bc idk how we’re going to do this stuff
— Jul 18, 2026 08:23PM
I really like what Williams did with the scene where everyone gets bloodied, and I like how the play portrays Simon’s whole shabang more than the book or tv show. I really hope we do justice to this script tho bc idk how we’re going to do this stuff