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Love's Fire
Ntozake Shange
The Secret Love Life Of Ophelia
by Steven Berkoff
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play. While one praises the poetic expression and emotional impact, another criticizes the execution and lack of depth in Ophelia's character.
Poetic expression captivates readersEmotional and uplifting experienceLacks depth in character portrayal
Synopsis
Hamlet and Ophelia express the infinite variety of their passion in a work which takes the form of an epistolary play in verse.
Steven Berkoff's startlingly original new play charts the lovers' story beneath the surface of Shakespeare's play.
With a muscuiarity of language tempered with tenderness, Berkoff's play is shot through with images of courtly love, sexual desire and intimations of future tragedy.
The chill of the ending periectly offsets the preceding violent heat.
Another unique piece of work from the individual talent that is Steven Berkoff.
Publication
PublisherFaber & Faber
Year2001
BindingPaperback
EditionMain
Pages58
PlaceLondon
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780571209545
ISBN-100571209548
eISBN-139780571318520
LCCN2001391476
LCCPR6052.E588 S43 2001
DCC812/.914
The Secret Love Life Of Ophelia is a British play written by Steven Berkoff and published by Faber & Faber in London (2001).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9780571318520).
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