Bunbury, Tom Jacobson
Bunbury, Tom Jacobson
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Bunbury

Author: Tom Jacobson

Narrator: Peter Paige, Jean Gilpin, Kathryn Hahn, Melinda Page, Amanda Rowan, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007


Synopsis

What if... Romeo & Juliet had a happy ending? Or Blanche Dubois didn’t go crazy? Or the Three Sisters actually made it to Moscow? When he discovers he’s only a fictitious, never-seen character in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Bunbury joins forces with Rosaline, Romeo’s never-seen obsession from Romeo and Juliet. Together they infiltrate and alter classic literature.Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July 2006.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergJean Gilpin as Lady Bracknell/Martha/Old CecilyKathryn Hahn as Rosaline/MashaMelinda Page Hamilton as Cecily/Blanche/IrinaPeter Paige as BunburyAmanda Rowan as Gwendolyn/Olga/JulietOrlando Seale as Hartley/Romeo/VladimirAndré Sogliuzzo as Algernon/Alan/JimJohn Vickery as Friar Lawrence/Lawyer/George/Old AlgMatthew Wolf as Jack/Estragon/Voice of the PeacockAssociate Producer: Brendon FoxRecording Engineer/Sound Designer/Mixer: Mark HoldenStage Manager/Foley Artist: Amy Bristol

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on June 07, 2019

Re-writing literature can be hilarious!......more

Goodreads review by Silverius on August 29, 2016

Beautifully written and at times hilarious, but it doesn't live up to its full potential. Many of the themes are interesting and profound, but too often the playwright seemed to use the play as an excuse to make clever references about other works of theatre, rather than truly delving into the theme......more