I’ve had this sitting on my nightstand for months when a friend of mine cleaned out her library and asked everyone at a party to take something home. It’s a Broadway play from 1991 with a cast of recognizable faces from the early and mid-2000s. I’ve attached the cast list photo below. I don’t read plays often. For years, it reminded me of homework (I love theatre, I love reading, but I have always hated assigned reading). The whole house went to bed early last night, so I figured I had time to burn through the whole thing and check it off my list.<\/p>\n
The play is about a young TV star who moves to New York, moves into John Barrymore’s old apartment, and is visited by the ghost of Barrymore when he is cast in a theatre-in-the-park production of Hamlet. While reading, I wondered if I’m just barely old enough to remember who John Barrymore was and whether anyone 5-10 years younger than me would even care. But it was funny. I think it would be a lot of fun to stage.<\/p>\n
Most importantly, it was quick and easy to read, which allowed me to relax and exercise making reading a habit again\u2014while considering whether I want to try to finish The Ship of Theseus<\/a> (the novel at the center of JJ Abrams’s S.<\/a>) or Bats of the Republic<\/a>, both of which I’ve started but been distracted by in the past.<\/p>\n Ultimately, finishing two books in the first two weeks of 2023 gives me hope that I will blow past my goal of 23 books this year (something that seemed impossible considering how many books I’ve read in the past 5 years).<\/p>\n Book 2 of 2023 complete. I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick I’ve had this sitting on my nightstand for months when a friend of mine cleaned out her library and asked everyone at a party to take something home. 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