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| Title | : | Arsenic and Old Lace |
| Author | : | Joseph Kesselring |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 104 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2002 by Chappell Plays (first published 1939) |
| Categories | : | Plays. Classics. Drama. Fiction. Humor. Theatre. Mystery |
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The last couple of years, I've made an effort to fit in a few classic plays between novels and am still amazed at how much I enjoy them. Of the 15 or so I've read, I do believe ARSENIC AND OLD LACE has taken over first place on my favorites list.The old Brewster ladies are really a hoot! Home is Brooklyn and Martha and Abby are set in their ways with their cadaverous routines, but just as sweet as can be (hehehe) as they welcome prospective lodgers in for a glass of their own special blend of elderberry wine.
Nephew Teddy (Roosevelt that is) resides in the Brewster home too CHARGING around reeking havoc blowing his bugle as he plans attacks on the enemy often retreating down (the cellar) to Panama to dig locks for the canal.
Did I mention that insanity runs rampant in the Brewster family?
Nephew Mortimer often shows up to check on the "old gals" and Teddy, but it's not until he begins searching for the misplaced envelope that trouble really starts to brew!
Wonderfully funny! Superb Ending! (hehehe)
If you have a couple spare hours or need a break from a chunkster you're reading or just need a few laughs, I highly recommend ARSENIC AND OLD LACE!
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| Original Title: | Arsenic and Old Lace |
| ISBN: | 0856761222 (ISBN13: 9780856761225) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mortimer Brewster, Jonathan Brewster, Dr. Einstein, Teddy Brewster, Abby Brewster, Martha Brewster |
| Setting: | United States of America |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 23537 Users | 177 ReviewsCritique Of Books Arsenic and Old Lace
This is a play. An awesome play. I have no idea when I read this, but I remember it's still good readin' even though it's supposed to be acted out. I shan't destroy the awesome plot for you, but even if I did you'd still be able to experience the awesome. And I think I've seen parts of the movie....I'm not sure though. Yay!Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph KesselringA family of lunatics goes on a rampage killing 24 people between them. And they call it a comedy.Actually, rated among the best everA horror comedy might be a way to describe this crime story with plenty of laughs.A family of lunatics goes on a rampage killing 24 people between them.How can you turn this into a comedy?It cant be easy, but Frank Capra, with the help of Cary Grant has turned this into one of the best comedy films ever made, on some lists
This play was very enjoyable. Its humor is dark, but that made it even more hilarious. The irony and the characters small awareness makes it that much better. It is one of the better plays that I have read and it was one of the funniest too. If you like reading plays, I recommend giving this one a read.
One of my favorite plays of all time - funny, just a little creepy and still fun even many years after it was written.
Very funny! I can't wait to see the movie now.
Basic plot: two little old ladies while away their golden years by taking care of their nephew Teddy and actively pursuing their charity work. Never mind that Teddy thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt and their charity work consists of poisoning little old men.This is one of the most wonderful bits of dark humor I've ever read. It's laugh-out-loud funny (even when just reading it) and still manages to be creepy. Oh the irony, oh the death, oh the references to Boris Karloff...I just got done reading
This play/ movie was pretty funny. like if kids these days watched this without learning about it in school probably would laugh because they wouldn't understand the humor. For the time period back then that kind of humor was hilarious with the aunts killing a bunch of old men and think the old men are in hell because they are all alone and depressed with no family left and all that. That was considered hilarious back then because they did it and didn't think anything was wrong with it like when
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