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When the announcement was made several months ago that Christopher Slatsky would be the incipient representative of the Dunham’s Manor Playhouse series (with Anya Martin marking the follow-up installment), I was eager to examine the latest layer to what this (underrated) writer is producing, often—I must say—with a cordial approach of promotional restraint.From story to story, I am genuinely invested in what Slatsky has to say—I’m initially appreciative of his scalpel-edged language and the sobe...
A sinister one-act play that creeps past the fourth wall and leaves you shivering. A complex thesis told in gruesome detail. A must-read. Highly recommended.
Wonderful one-act play / short story from Christopher Slatsky. The intelligence of the concepts and the eloquence of their delivery were excellent. Themes touched upon were the history of language, evolution, anthropology, mediumship, and the truly super natural, and I loved every bit of it.
The chapbook “From a People of Strange Language” by Christopher Slatsky is presented here as a one act play, though in reality it is a short story told in a new format for Dunhams Manor, and is Volume One in Dunhams Playhouse Series.The characters in the play consist of:Helen Powell – the mediumProfessor William Costock – the philologistMildred Gaveston – the naturalistNillie Densmore – the addictCatherine – the HostThis is a definite “must read” for all of Mr. Slatsky’s fans and not to be misse...
I need to let this one sink in awhile. I'm not entirely sure what happened in this play. The closest to understanding I have with this is that it's akin to The King in Yellow/the Yellow Sign or the movie In The Mouth of Madness. The idea is that death is language that when heard infects and eventually kills you, much like King in Yellow and In Mouth make you go mad by reading or watching.I'm also going to go out on a limb and say that this play is not for actual play acting because of the audien...
This play creates a dense atmosphere within the mind of the reader. Will be savouring the feeling of dread it invoked in me for sometime.
A play with stock Victorian setting and characters--complete with seance--which peels back layer after layer of fictional conceits and transforms into a numinous, creepy, apocalyptic and mysterious work that explores the nature of the Uncanny. Unforgettable.
A creepy one act play that opens its curtains to rich concept of language spoken from the dead, or whatever it was that was summoned. Excellent read.
A group of colleagues arrange a seance with a medium in an effort to answer some deep and mysterious questions relating to the supernatural. Detailed and elegant execution here, with stirring imagery that I will not forget. Well-done.
