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ADVERT: Be Reasonable, Dear Lady!
Posted in Adverts, tagged The Good Ear Review, victorian advertisements on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Writers coming up this summer season that remains…
Posted in News, tagged The Good Ear Review on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hello to you. Hello. My name is Miss Constance Gutkowsky, The Good Ear Review administrator. Yes…”Miss.” I am not yet married. I hope to marry one day, to meet my prince. Yes, it has been a long wait. And many disappointments. My dance card has hardly been filled at socials and cotillions, I admit. But [...]
ADVERT: Restore Your Powers, Sir!
Posted in Adverts, tagged The Good Ear Review, victorian advertisements on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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INTERVIEW: Eye to Eye with The Good Ear Review’s Editor-in-Chief Bexindale-Webb and Guest Editor Phineas Gage
Posted in News, tagged The Good Ear Review on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
… a tin-cans-and-string conversation. Tristram: Welcome, Mr. Gage. Phineas: Sir. T: … Tristram. P: Tristram. T: No. Sir Tristram. P: Certainly. Beg pardon. T: Welcome to The Good Ear Review. For now. Not for long. Guest Editor. Merely a guest. Welcome. P: An honor, Sir Tristram, sir. T: I see you have your railroad tapping-down-dynamite-spikey-thingy. [...]
Another sponsor? Shilling?
Posted in Adverts, tagged The Good Ear Review, victorian advertisements on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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Classifieds Advert / PROPERTY TO LET: My Beard
Posted in Adverts, tagged The Good Ear Review, victorian advertisements on May 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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A sponsor shills yet again …
Posted in Adverts, tagged The Good Ear Review, victorian advertisements on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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A port-side chat with the Editor-in-Chief
Posted in News, tagged The Good Ear Review on April 27, 2010 |
I was dutifully reminded by my staff member Miss Gutkowsky, our administrator and token immigrant, that I have not yet personally addressed the masses. And so I am. Now. Addressing you. As I enjoy this glass of tawny port. Are you sitting comfortably? I am. Pour yourself an intoxicating libation. And let us chat. Let [...]
A new word from our new sponsor …
Posted in Adverts, tagged The Good Ear Review, victorian advertisements on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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A perfect example of a perfect performance of a perfect monologue
Posted in News, tagged The Good Ear Review on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Colin Firth as Aston in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker during a celebration of Pinter’s life and work at the National Theatre, London in 2009.
We are now accepting monologue submissions
Dramatists—do not canter but rather gallop to your computery micro-chipped typewriters and create an arresting monologue. Polish it, spit on it, and submit it to The Good Ear Review for our consideration. Click here for submission guidelines.Tristram Stjohn Bexindale-Webb, editor-in-chief
"I am the best judge of all things." Which is why Mr. Bexindale-Webb (knighthood pending) had appointed himself the review's Editor-in-Chief – and has been thus for the past 147 years. He is the brainchild behind The Good Ear Review and without him many urchins would be acquiring their Chimney Maintenance Certification instead of fetching his house slippers and proofing complex sentences.Pages
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