Rod Raglin: End of the Rope

Dear Mr. Raglin,

Has End of the Rope made it to the stage by now? I hope it has. Theater producers will ignore your detailed instructions about setting and costume, and do whatever they want instead. Readers with a paper copy, however, profit from all the attention you invested into the stage instructions. It makes the play come alive in our minds.

The dialogue reads unnatural in some places. Three climbers stating, one after the other, why they keep risking their lives on mountains - it's contrived. It doesn't sound the way real people would talk about such things. The final monologue, too, sounds artificial. And still it almost made me cry. However awkwardly, the information comes across.

I read End of the Rope the day before yesterday, but couldn't review it as I usually do, immediately. The play was still resonating on my mind. I was still discovering nuances to plot and characters, savouring revelations. End of the Rope is a powerful piece of writing. Twenty pages of truth.

Yours in awe
Christina Widmann de Fran

End of the Rope: A Play in Four Acts by Rod Raglin

self-published in 2016
ASIN: B01K1RROUK

Visit rodraglin.com for a free sample or Amazon for a copy.