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goodreadsTitle: Snake in the Grass
Author: Alan Ayckbourn
Genre: Play
Rating: 6/10
# pages: 48
Date read: April, 2007
Summary: Miriam has cared for her father in the family home during his vituperative last years with the help of a creepily polite nurse, Alice. On Father's death, Miriam's older sister, handsome, divorced Annabel, comes home after over thirty years in Tasmania to find Daddy has left the bulk of his fortune to her. Alice complains to Annabel that Miriam has sacked her and is intent upon blackmail, having evidence, she says, that Miriam did away with the old man. Scatty Miriam and tough Annabel join forces against Alice and the blackmailer's body is soon hurtling down the well, but all does not end there... (from the back of the book)
Review: I don't often read plays, but my best friend told me she's taking part in this one, and as she lives in NZ so I can't go see her perform, I thought I'd read the play so I'd at least know what she was talking about. It's almost a Dean Koontz type story. Pretty good for reading, but I'm not too sure how it'd work on a stage.
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Author: Alan Ayckbourn
Genre: Play
Rating: 6/10
# pages: 48
Date read: April, 2007
Summary: Miriam has cared for her father in the family home during his vituperative last years with the help of a creepily polite nurse, Alice. On Father's death, Miriam's older sister, handsome, divorced Annabel, comes home after over thirty years in Tasmania to find Daddy has left the bulk of his fortune to her. Alice complains to Annabel that Miriam has sacked her and is intent upon blackmail, having evidence, she says, that Miriam did away with the old man. Scatty Miriam and tough Annabel join forces against Alice and the blackmailer's body is soon hurtling down the well, but all does not end there... (from the back of the book)
Review: I don't often read plays, but my best friend told me she's taking part in this one, and as she lives in NZ so I can't go see her perform, I thought I'd read the play so I'd at least know what she was talking about. It's almost a Dean Koontz type story. Pretty good for reading, but I'm not too sure how it'd work on a stage.
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