6/20/2023 0 Comments The book dr jekyll and mr hyde![]() ![]() ![]() In both cases, the line meant the complete opposite of what the character meant.īut the worst thing is that this play is published by The Dramatists Play Service Inc, an odious, loathsome organisation that should be shunned by any theatre group. Acting it on stage I had to rewrite one line because it didn't make sense, and I wanted to rewrite another but it wasn't my line. Part of that comes from him being an American imagining English dialogue of the 19th century (no Jeff, an Englishman would not misuse 'moot' in that way) but he also gets some of the logic wrong. There's a bit of sloppiness that surprised me, considering this was written by Jeffrey Hatcher who wrote the marvellous Compleat Female Stage Beauty. So forgive me if this review concentrates on what's wrong with the script. Dramatically, it works, even if it requires the audience to use their imagination by seeing one Jekyll and four Hydes. ![]() First, this brings the story to the stage in a way provides the drama that isn't obvious in the original novella. ![]()
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