Comments on Spontaneous Combustion
jonathan Wed 27 Apr 05 11:59 AM
I love these five-minute plays by the way and was going to write to you about them before these handy new comment boxes popped up (where did you get the idea from??!). <br>
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I think my favourite is the Revolutionary and the Temp. No, the Detective! No, the Perfect Hat! You see, my shrinking attention span is affecting my ability to choose a favourite among short pieces of drama. I am quite certain, however, in looking forward to the day I can sit in a smoky cellar somewhere in NYC and see them (and more like them) in the flesh. <br>
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Mind I will start twiddling my thumbs and coughing pointedly if any of them drag on into a sixth minute...
John Schoneboom Wed 27 Apr 05 1:13 PM
Yes, it's that sixth minute that will bring a man down, no doubt about it. I recently entered a ten-minute play competition and was extremely apprehensive about all those extra minutes. I think I faltered in the sixth minute, visibly weakened in the seventh, and paled unutterably in the first half of the eighth minute before mounting a recovery. By the ninth minute I had rediscovered a sureness of voice, and the tenth minute, it goes without saying, knocks your eyes out. Once your eyes are knocked out I can write anything I like.
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