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[calimac]

I'd read that Berkeley Rep's production of a stage adaptation of Wuthering Heights (adapted by Emma Rice) was supposed to be good, so I bit the bullet and bought a ticket.

I've never read the book, and this isn't going to encourage me to do so. The story seemed to consist of an endless series of people wildly vacillating between loving each other and hating each other and then back again, with no rhyme nor reason explaining it.

Could have been an artifact of the condensation for the stage, but I've read too many 'fine literature' novels that are just like that.

Nevertheless, the production was extremely imaginative, and the performances vivid and energetic, so it didn't become too tedious.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I rarely give up on books but 'Wuthering Heights' was one such!

[ranunculus]

I didn't give up, but did read on with increasing disbelief especially when re-reading as an adult (re-read it because there had to be some redeeming qualities didn't there??) I think I also read it as a kid and dismissed it as not worth the time I spent on it. Since that time I've been appalled that anyone would think it was "literature".

[sartorias]

Yep. That pretty much sums up the book.

[oracne]

It sounds like it was fun to watch?