Katie's Book Club - February

The theme for Katie's Book Club in February was plays, between us we read a whole variety, including, "An Inspector Calls" by JB Priestley, "2:22: a Ghost Story" by Danny Robbins, "Blood" Brothers" and "Our Day Out" by Willy Russell, "Under Milk Wood" by Dylan Thomas and "The Vortex" by Noel Coward to name just a few.

Between us we read 18 plays and the average score was 8.3 out of 10. I think we all enjoyed "plays" month way more than we thought!

The selection of plays we read this month.

Here are some other play recommendations.

Classics

1. Hamlet – William Shakespeare

   • A timeless tragedy exploring revenge, madness, and existentialism.

     
     

2. A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams

   • A Southern Gothic masterpiece about mental decline and class conflict.

     
     

3. Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller

   • A tragic examination of the American Dream and personal failure.

     
     

4. Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett

   • A surreal, existentialist play about two men waiting for someone who never arrives.

     
     

5. The Crucible – Arthur Miller

   • A dramatized allegory of McCarthyism set during the Salem witch trials.

     
     

Modern & Contemporary

6. Angels in America – Tony Kushner

   • A sweeping drama about AIDS, politics, and personal transformation.

     
     

7. Sweat – Lynn Nottage

   • A Pulitzer-winning play about economic decline and racial tensions in working-class America.

     
     

8. The Pillowman – Martin McDonagh

   • A darkly comic and disturbing play about storytelling and censorship.

     
     

9. Fairview – Jackie Sibblies Drury

   • A sharp, meta-theatrical examination of race and audience complicity.

     
     

10. Clybourne Park – Bruce Norris

    A spin-off of A Raisin in the Sun, tackling gentrification and race relations.

What play would you have recommended?

The theme for next month's Book Club is poetry.