Enchanted April by matthew barber

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April 17,2025

This play was delightful to read and I preferred this adaptation to the original novel. By comparison, the male characters are less awful, which allows me to maintain my affection for the women who stay with them.

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LadyYuki_

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April 17,2025

Pleasant reading. I shall try out for the Mrs. Graves part mid-Novoember.

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00Nani

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April 17,2025

Such a charming story that I really did enjoy. However, I read this play specifically as part of a Play Selection Committee for local community theatre and so this review will be mostly in regards to that.

I think this would be a great play to do. The cast is not large, so it shouldn't be too difficult to get it cast. There are only 3 men, which makes it even easier. It is a story that could appeal to all ages, so that makes it great for community theaters and getting a good audience. I had never heard of it before, personally, so the only worry with audiences is if it is not very well known, people aren't always willing to branch out and try a new play. That being said, the only worry I really have is the intricacy of the sets. There are so many scenes that take place in different locations including four different English sitting rooms, and Italian villa, and a church. The scenery would have to be very minimal, but specific in order to differentiate the spaces without having exceedingly long scene changes. All in all, I think we should do it.

On a side note, it does bother me that the Rose/Caroline/Frederick triangle is never solved. It is introduced and then never referred to again. However, it has made me curious to read the novel from which this play was adapted.

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BropixWuff

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April 17,2025

I found it enjoyable. I had seen the movie adaptation and was enchanted by it - to be precious. I am not satisfied with the ending and do wish it wasn't quite so neatly tied up with a bow.

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Taylorgg12

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April 17,2025

I loved the movie - one of my all-time favorites. The book was not as "enchanting". Read it, though, just days after being on the Italian Mediterranean coast near Genoa - probably very close to where the book was set, so that was fun.

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