a Halloween short story written by Sabina England
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Oct 30, 2009
Oct 21, 2009
Oct 10, 2009
a new article about ME!!!!
I met author and blogger Dan Holloway (the founder of YEAR ZERO), the other day at Tottenham Court Road and we hung out for the afternoon. He wrote an article about our meeting. He also had a chance to see my play How the Rapist was Born as well. I really appreciate him taking the time out to write about me. So why don't you folks check out the article/interview here!
Oct 1, 2009
a review on my play HOW THE RAPIST WAS BORN
A friend and colleague was kind enough to see my play on the 2nd night and he sent me a following e-mail with his thoughts on my play. With his permission, I have posted his letter here below if anyone is interested in reading a review about my play.
From Richard Pierce-Saunderson:
30th September, 2009
Dear Sabina,
Great to see you last night. The play was excellent; I hope lots of press turn out today to see it.
The ending of the play was totally unexpected for me.
I liked the repetition of the opening lines throughout – it had the effect of act changes, which I thought was really effective. You may or may not know that Brecht is one of my favourite playwrights, and the effect of having the girls hanging around at the beginning of the evening (and of having Charley hand the cock to the audience and shaking the hand of the audience during the play) made me think of his alienation effect – drawing the audience into the play at the same time as making them understand it was a play.
The sexually provocative schoolgirl outfits was what I was referring to in my text last night about the conflict created for men watching the play, because making the girls “attractive” immediately created guilt/self-examination in male watchers – let’s face it, men always check out girls, consciously or subconsciously, and one of the central themes of the play, as I saw it, was digging down into the rapists’ self-justification (“she deserved it because of the way she was dressed” – ie denying women the right of self-expression and choice).
What interested me on a personal level was the choice of music, bearing in mind that you can’t hear music. The soundtrack was very effective.
And, of course, the play adhered to Aristotelian principles. The claustrophobia of the hospital room was emphasised by the increasingly agitated behaviour of Charley and her gang, and this, in turn, dragged the audience right into what you’d written.
And please understand I’m writing this because it’s what I think, not because I like you.
Right, better go have some breakfast.
Richard Pierce-Saunderson (www.tettig.com)
From Richard Pierce-Saunderson:
30th September, 2009
Dear Sabina,
Great to see you last night. The play was excellent; I hope lots of press turn out today to see it.
The ending of the play was totally unexpected for me.
I liked the repetition of the opening lines throughout – it had the effect of act changes, which I thought was really effective. You may or may not know that Brecht is one of my favourite playwrights, and the effect of having the girls hanging around at the beginning of the evening (and of having Charley hand the cock to the audience and shaking the hand of the audience during the play) made me think of his alienation effect – drawing the audience into the play at the same time as making them understand it was a play.
The sexually provocative schoolgirl outfits was what I was referring to in my text last night about the conflict created for men watching the play, because making the girls “attractive” immediately created guilt/self-examination in male watchers – let’s face it, men always check out girls, consciously or subconsciously, and one of the central themes of the play, as I saw it, was digging down into the rapists’ self-justification (“she deserved it because of the way she was dressed” – ie denying women the right of self-expression and choice).
What interested me on a personal level was the choice of music, bearing in mind that you can’t hear music. The soundtrack was very effective.
And, of course, the play adhered to Aristotelian principles. The claustrophobia of the hospital room was emphasised by the increasingly agitated behaviour of Charley and her gang, and this, in turn, dragged the audience right into what you’d written.
And please understand I’m writing this because it’s what I think, not because I like you.
Right, better go have some breakfast.
Richard Pierce-Saunderson (www.tettig.com)
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