Or so they say. And by "they", I am, of course, referring to all of the actors who have played Hamlet in a little play you might have heard of, called Hamlet.
Many of us were forced... er... I mean "encouraged" to read at least one Shakespearean play in school, and for some people that may have been the first, last and only play they've ever read.
Well, we'd like to challenge you to change that. This week, the Reading Challenge is:
30. A play.
Yes! That's right! We challenge you - no, we dare you, to find a play and read it just like you would read a book.
You could go old school and read the likes of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Fry or Behn, or "modern" (in the mid-20th Century version of the word) with Beckett, Brecht or Chekhov. Maybe you want to pick something particularly Australian, with Lawler, Hewett or Gray (fun fact, did you know that Gray's The Torrents actually tied with Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll in a play writing competition?). Or perhaps something genuinely "modern" (as in, written this century) like Balodis or Keene.
Or, maybe this is finally the time to read that play written by your best friend, who has been asking you for years if you "like" it. Be kind.
Have you missed out on hearing about the 52 Book Challenge? Catch up here.
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