Reviews for Carole Frechette: Two Plays

The average rating for Carole Frechette: Two Plays based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-01-30 00:00:00 Andre Ebeling Helen's Necklace is a nice quick read about loss and losing things, objects, that have a symbolic value to us - Helen losing her necklace seems almost trivial in the face of other people's losses: dead children, a war-ridden country, no future for people's children - but she's able to get past it at the end - she's doesn't need a new necklace from a vagrant to replace the one she lost - she can look forward and says "we can't go on living like this" - for me, it was whether it was being stuck in our own grief and loss, or whether it's the injustice in the world - but we can't just stay stuck.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-03-24 00:00:00 Sandra Howard 12. A Soldier's Heart by David French The earliest of the Mercer plays, this long one act drama introduces us to an older generation of the family, Esau, Jacob's father, who was at the Somme with his brother Will and who is suffering from what we would call PTSD. Jacob wants to know more about what happened when his father was in the army and his only source of information is Bert, the train stationmaster, who served alongside Esau and Will. Will is about to leave home when his father finds him at the station. The secret is revealed and Jacob and Esau reconcile. Some critics have found Jacob too sympathetic to his father, but I found that endearing, and knowing Jacob's life and eventual fate, seemed almost prophetic. I also liked the graphic descriptions of life in the trenches in France.