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    <body><![CDATA[This is the best play i have ever read.<br/><br/>ever.<br/><br/>side note <br/><br/>philip seymour hoffman and john c riely two very acclaimed hollywood actors were in a stage production of this play years ago and because the role reversals are so perfect the two actors would alternate playing...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41741201">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Although this book was a really quick read,I really enjoy reading plays for a change.  The bickering between the two brothers is very bizarre.  The whole situation was kind of strange. When the mother made her first entrance in the play was really stange.  Everyones relationship with eachother is we...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37328359">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is probably my favorite play.  I first saw the old low budget movie version with John Malkovich and Gary Sinese and was very impressed--Malkovich plays the &quot;bad&quot; brother quite well.  I also saw it on Broadway with Philip Seymour-Hoffman as the &quot;bad&quot; brother and John C. Reill...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5485915">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An absolutely wonderful play- my introduction to Shepard. Led me to Beckett and Brecht, and was a perfectly &quot;me&quot; story. Humans are liars, and we never really get anywhere. Shepard understands my sensibilities.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[first play i ever read that appealed to me because it wasnt set in a castle in europe somewhere. One of the most delightful plays to read on the page.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Typicaly Shepard; a simple plot, a shocking description, unbelievably deep and awfully beautiful ....I liked the film with Malkovich as well.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I fyou hold just a minutae of passion or joy for theatre, read this.  Oh ho, how I love good dialogue.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this in English 52: 20th Century Drama with Professor Donald Pease.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sam Shepard is one of my favorite playwrights!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[downright nutty.  I would love to see this produced.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[my favorite all-time play. ]]></body>
    
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