The purists are here! The purists are here!
Toby and TJ get legit with the presence of long time lover of Joyce, a man who has read the Wake multiple times, and has used it as a major inspiration for his own work. Neil Wechsler is your favourite playwright's favourite playwright: an award-winning, cerebral, self-deprecating ball of energy who is here to show us that there are plenty of ways to be a purist. This week we read the first half of Chapter 1.5, and talk Beckett, Freud, and Albee, and discuss the pitfalls of fixating on the rabbit hole.
This week's readers: Neil Wechsler, Toby Malone, TJ Young
Progress: 113 pages complete, 515 pages to go; 17.99% read.
Contextual Notes
Neil Wechsler’s website: https://wechslerprojects.com/
Neil on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wechslerprojects/
Our favourite play, Grenadine: https://www.amazon.ca/Grenadine-Neil-Wechsler/dp/0300149921
Neil on New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/users/37010/neil-wechsler
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