Dear Brutus (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Barrie
- First Published: 1923
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Romantic fantasy
- Time of Work: Midsummer Eve
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Lob, Matey, Guests at lob’s house party
- Genres: Drama, Fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Love or romance, 1910’s, England or English people, Fate or fatalism, Life, philosophy of
- Locales: England
Critique:
Barrie’s thesis—that the exigencies of human life are the fault of the individual, not of so-called Fate—is fancifully developed in DEAR BRUTUS by means of a folk superstition concerning Midsummer Eve. The play is fantastic and realistic at the same time, fantastic in that its characters are transported into the realm of the unreal, realistic in the perfectly candid way in which the various relationships among the characters are set forth.
The Story:
Dinner was over, and the ladies of Lob’s house party returned to the drawing-room after...
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