Classical Reverie

Tag: fiction

  • Casablanca

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    “We’ll always have Paris” “Here’s looking at you kid.” “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” Synopsis and Recommendation Directed by Michael Curtiz and premiered in 1942, Casablanca tells the tale of two lovers reuniting after being apart for years in the backdrop of World War 2. This movie stars Humphrey…

  • The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

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    “How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.” – stage directions by Tennessee Williams (p. xxi)  Written by Tennessee Williams in 1944, The Glass Menagerie tells the story of the three people who comprise a small family in St. Louis, Missouri. Through the lens and memory of Tom Wingfield, the adult son,…

  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller

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    “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” – John Proctor…

  •   The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

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    ““He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.” – Virginia from the Canterville Ghost Synopsis and Recommendation Written by Oscar Wilde in 1887, “The Canterville Ghost” is absolutely perfect for an autumn night in preparation for or on Halloween. Aligned with Wilde’s signature style of…

  • Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley

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    “. . .when you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue—you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night—there’s all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean.” – Professor Roger Mifflin…