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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Return of A.J. Raffles (1975)di Graham Greene
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This quite amusing play with a rather clever plot and excellent characterisations was probably written when Greene was having a break from being political and having a go at some group or other. It's extremely dated and probably best enjoyed as a production by your local amateur dramatic company who will thoroughly enjoy hamming it up in pencil-thin moustaches and fake I say old boy haw-haw accents. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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This play produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company has as its chief characters A. J. Raffles, the literary creation some seventy odd years ago of E. W. Hornung. The cool daring of the impeccable Amateur Cracksman, always torn between the rival claims of burglary and cricket, ensured his popularity in Edwardian England. Evading the dogged pursuit of Inspector Mackenzie of Scotland Yard, Hornung's character eventually met a hero's death in South Africa in the Boer War. Graham Greene's The Return of A. J. Raffles begins some months after. Raffles' loyal assistant Bunny still mourns his friend's death in Raffles' chambers in Albany, despite the blandishments of Lord Alfred Douglas. A visitor forces his way in - Raffles has cheated death as he once cheated Inspector Mackenzie - and immediately Lord Alfred sees in the Amateur Cracksman and Bunny heaven-sent instruments to revenge and disgrace of Oscar Wilde on his odious father, the Marquess of Queensberry... Graham Green never fails to surprise and delight admirers of his comic genius, and the twists and turns of this story of Edwardian high life, when Raffles returns to the scene of his earlier triumphs, provide a richly satisfying entertainment. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)822.9Literature English & Old English literatures English drama 1900-Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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I listened to this as a radio play. I prefer hearing/seeing plays performed rather than reading them, but a couple of the voices grated on me. Bunny sounds so... old, honestly. Like, decades older than Raffles. And Bosie (as in Lord Alfred Douglas) sounded really... gay. Too gay. Like, thounded GAAay. Oh well. Anyway, the play itself is... okay. It covers the resurrection of A.J. Raffles (Raffles "dies" and returns from the dead, like Sherlock Holmes) and includes a little thievery caper, but only in about an hour worth of material. It feels rushed. It could just be that a radio play is the wrong format for it. But... yeah it feels like Greene got an image in his head of Bunny and Bosie sitting in an Edwardian drawing room musing on their fallen men (which is a fantastic image) and was like, okay I think I can fashion a play outta that. And all the other bits that are fashioned around that scene are rushed extras so the play isn't only about being all sad about boyfriends. But it kinda is. ( )