Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Lovesong. Nov 03, Sara rated it it was amazing. Lovesong is a lovely, moving play with some seriously beautiful writing.
This was donated to our bookshop and i picked it up on a complete whim and i'm so pleased i did : Lovesong is a lovely, moving play with some seriously beautiful writing. This was donated to our bookshop and i picked it up on a complete whim and i'm so pleased i did Mar 10, Seren rated it really liked it. AHHH there are some absolutely stunning bits of writing in this.
Like seriously, fucking stunning. Jul 23, Megan rated it really liked it. A play told by one couple in two different points in their lives.
It was a bittersweet and moving story that portrays everyday moments and problems that a couple may face in their lives. It was at times a little confusing when reading, due to the persistent exits and entrances of the characters becoming muddled. I would like to watch this performed for the clarity of the characters and their moments on stage may become clearer and more poignant. May 12, Dorottya rated it really liked it Shelves: read-in-english , plays.
It lacked a bit of punch for me, but it was a good play nevertheless. Aug 31, GTGriffin rated it it was amazing. Beautiful and moving play. Would love to direct this one day. Oct 15, Clive Wheeler rated it it was amazing. Beautifully evocative happy sad illustration of a long marriage. I saw the play, but reading it was even more moving. May 04, Lucy Austin rated it it was amazing Shelves: books-read-in A beautiful portrayal of a 'real' relationship.
A love story that isn't perfect and has changed and adapted with what life had thrown at it. That's what makes this story so powerful, it's truthful. View 1 comment. Apr 28, Emma Kai rated it it was amazing. Possibly the most beautiful play I've seen. Jan 24, Rebecca Williams rated it it was amazing.
This play is absolutely beautiful would love to see this on stage one day. Mar 06, Marta rated it liked it Shelves: theatre , carrara. I didn't love this. The dialogue is often minimalistic and I couldn't always picture in my head what was happening. It's obviously the kind of play that you need to see, not read, in order to really appreciate it.
Loved the "I cream my face" speech, though. Apr 06, Hall's Bookshop rated it really liked it Shelves: lucas. I came to this as a reading for a friend's wedding - which perhaps may be an unusual route to such a work.
Nonetheless, I enjoyed it immensely. One aspect that the reading at the wedding failed to capture, and that I found challenging to imagine while reading the play, was quite how physical the piece should be. The various adverts for various companies performances of Lovesong available on Youtube were very helpful in this regard, and gave me a real appreciation for how layered and technical th I came to this as a reading for a friend's wedding - which perhaps may be an unusual route to such a work.
The various adverts for various companies performances of Lovesong available on Youtube were very helpful in this regard, and gave me a real appreciation for how layered and technical the scenes actually were.
Apr 05, Lucas rated it really liked it. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it immensely, and, reportedly, the reading was well received. One aspect that the reading failed to capture, and that I found challenging to imagine while reading the play, was quite how physical the piece should be. The various adverts for various companies performances of Lovesong available on Youtube were very helpful in this regard, and gave me a real appreciation I came to this as a reading for a friend's wedding - which perhaps may be an unusual route to such a work.
Aug 12, Oleta Forde rated it it was amazing. Had to study this for AS Drama. I loved the script and the performance I saw was amazing, well worth seeing. Feb 07, Loni rated it really liked it Shelves: plays. Filmic, scenic, great basis for a physical theatre production. Wonderful idea of interweaving couples. Great that the mundane is turned into a truly relatable story and process of life. Pain is never far away and the constancy of their relationship is tested as the years march on. The two couples share the stage as past and present melt into one.
There is a deal of clever staging: characters disappearing into wardrobes, coming out of the fridge or emerging like the Kraken from some subterranean time world beneath the bed. The magic realism of the story is also enhanced by occasional balletic movements well delivered by the older couple Phillips who was pushing 80 when the play was filmed is an astonishing dancer.
She also gives a beautifully understated performance as the old lady wracked by physical pain and dark memory. Cox is equally pitch perfect as the old man grown irascible, haunted by a sense of loss except for one thing, the most important thing, his boundless love for Maggie.
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