←Recommendations of The Eighth Circle

  • James Perry: The Eighth Circle by Bridgette Dutta Portman
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    “The Eighth Circle” is a tight, satirical comedy that skewers greed, guilt, and poetic justice with language that both sings and stings. The rhyming couplets used by Calcabrina are clever and consistent, helping to anchor the piece to the original source material. This play is short, smart, and sinfully satisfying.

    “The Eighth Circle” is a tight, satirical comedy that skewers greed, guilt, and poetic justice with language that both sings and stings. The rhyming couplets used by Calcabrina are clever and consistent, helping to anchor the piece to the original source material. This play is short, smart, and sinfully satisfying.

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  • Michael C. O'Day: The Eighth Circle by Bridgette Dutta Portman
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    A delightful, poetic, and weirdly heartwarming take on Dante, as a corrupt politician and his complicit wife wind up exactly where they're meant to wind up. If that's all this was, it would be a perfectly satisfying and stylish entertainment - but the hereafter winds up being a journey of discovery for these two, and Portman has some insightful and pointed things to say about the resentments we carry with us and the strength it takes to reclaim our (after)lives. A tremendous amount of fun.

    A delightful, poetic, and weirdly heartwarming take on Dante, as a corrupt politician and his complicit wife wind up exactly where they're meant to wind up. If that's all this was, it would be a perfectly satisfying and stylish entertainment - but the hereafter winds up being a journey of discovery for these two, and Portman has some insightful and pointed things to say about the resentments we carry with us and the strength it takes to reclaim our (after)lives. A tremendous amount of fun.

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  • Robyn Ginsburg Braverman: The Eighth Circle by Bridgette Dutta Portman
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    Immensely satisfying read and a worthwhile ten minutes.

    Immensely satisfying read and a worthwhile ten minutes.

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  • Cheryl Bear: The Eighth Circle by Bridgette Dutta Portman
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    The politicians are sent to Dante's Inferno and it's fantastic! A perfect political short!

    The politicians are sent to Dante's Inferno and it's fantastic! A perfect political short!

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