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The Glamour House
It is 1947. In the glamorous world of Trudi Stein’s dress shop on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, everything is cloaked in silence—until the arrival of an enigmatic new salesgirl, Esther Bayer, a young immigrant from Germany, whose very presence fills the joyless establishment with energy, laughter, and life. What ensues is a mysterious, obsessive relationship that culminates in revelation.
39 pages, Paperback
Published November 3, 2015
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March 10, 2019
The script certainly has an audience. I have no doubt of that. And I am sure it will bring us revenue.
But,--and this is my personal comment; and I know it will not be nice, though I feel it is honest--while I read the play all the way through, I learned nothing more by the end than what I already knew or suspected in the first few pages. The magical aspect that the playwright mentions in the opening notes?--I couldn't find nor even imagine neither that imagine during nor after reading the play.
The love interest scenes were excruciating to read. They were wholly unconvincing, clumsy, and not natural. This wasn't the kind of play (such as a comedy) where I could imagine that thread playing well at all.
Maybe I am missing something very crucial. I LOVED the line "When you capture the spirit of another, it is not so easy to let it go." But, I felt the author missed the mark on putting that beautiful and rich-with-possibilities concept into play.
Also, though written in 2015, it feels like it was channeling mid-20th-century style and substance. And not by the best authors.
I understand the melodrama of the script, and the desire for a magical aspect to the character Esther's character, but Novecento (for example) does this far better, and with heaps of poetry, verbal panache, and charisma oozing out of every pore.
I am sorry, but I cannot recommend this play very highly at all.
But,--and this is my personal comment; and I know it will not be nice, though I feel it is honest--while I read the play all the way through, I learned nothing more by the end than what I already knew or suspected in the first few pages. The magical aspect that the playwright mentions in the opening notes?--I couldn't find nor even imagine neither that imagine during nor after reading the play.
The love interest scenes were excruciating to read. They were wholly unconvincing, clumsy, and not natural. This wasn't the kind of play (such as a comedy) where I could imagine that thread playing well at all.
Maybe I am missing something very crucial. I LOVED the line "When you capture the spirit of another, it is not so easy to let it go." But, I felt the author missed the mark on putting that beautiful and rich-with-possibilities concept into play.
Also, though written in 2015, it feels like it was channeling mid-20th-century style and substance. And not by the best authors.
I understand the melodrama of the script, and the desire for a magical aspect to the character Esther's character, but Novecento (for example) does this far better, and with heaps of poetry, verbal panache, and charisma oozing out of every pore.
I am sorry, but I cannot recommend this play very highly at all.
October 21, 2024
It is a really interesting story in a lot of ways. I think the characters had a lot of unexplored potential. It is a Short Script and I think that attributes to the lack of depth I am feeling.
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