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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. 50 Years OnBy Tom GrayOver 50 years ago; I was a naive 17-year-old who was enrolled in a physical science program at university. One of the programrsquo;s requirements was to successfully complete a freshman survey course in English literature. This play was one of the assigned readings. Another text for the course was William Faulkners "The Sound and the Fury". As a very naive 17-year-old; I was overwhelmed by Faulkners novel. The major result of the course for me was the conviction that an appreciation of novels of William Faulkner were beyond my capabilities. As a result of that; my participation in English 101 declined dramatically. This play was discussed but I assumed that it would be much like Faulknerrsquo;s novel to me. This lead to a sense of genuine discouragement and futility. As a result; my examination of the play was less than cursory. I did get a passing mark in the course which did make me wonder about the efficacy of freshman English survey courses.Recently; Turner Classic Movies showed the movie ldquo;The Story of Temple Drakerdquo;. I saw the listing for the movie and was surmised to find that it was based on one of Faulknerrsquo;s novels. Out of curiosity I watched the movie and thoroughly enjoyed it. A few seconds on Google informed me that the movie was based on one part of Faulknerrsquo;s novel ldquo;Sanctuaryrdquo;. enabled me to get a copy of the novel and to my surprise; I could read it and I could enjoy it. This lead me to develop a two pronged project. One was to see if I could read all of William Faulknerrsquo;s novels and if I could understand and enjoy them. The other; if the first was successful was to try to recall the list of texts from that long ago English course and to see if I could benefit from them now much more than I did then.To my surprise; I found that I could read and understand ldquo;The Sound and The Furyrdquo; along with all the other novels. My self-conception of 50 years took a rather decided turn. Perhaps I could genuinely appreciate literature after all. With that; I bought an edition of ldquo;The Playboy of the Western Worldrdquo; and read it in a few hours. I can see why the play was assigned to the course. It is genuine social satire and very funny. It has specific application to Irish nationalism and Home Rule but it is beyond that. It is a play about a man who finds a willing public who all buy into a collective illusion because it is convenient to them. It does not take much imagination to relate this to the current rise of Trump. People made the playboy in the same way that people make Trump into the public Trump. In the play; the playboy gained insight at the end and became the man who he could be. Perhaps Trump will move beyond the reality show person that he is and develop into a real leader. We can only hope0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Elementary school typing exercise?By GSRSeems to be a knock-off. Awkward to read due to inconsistent style with many typos. Nonsensical words and phrases. No publisher; no page numbers. Not customary play format so a distraction and challenge to read. On first page; cast of characters is duplicated; but in two different formats. Triple spacing between character speeches (lines of dialog). Unsure whether a complete script. Cover is okay; though. s offer should appear with a warning.
