Proof: A Play by David Auburn Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Proof: A Play
Book Review: "Proof"
Summary: 5 Stars
When I had to read a play for my drama class, my drama teacher handed me this play which I didn't have much hope for. Though it quickly changed my mind as I read this wonderful story about two sisters coping with a fathers death. I LOVE "Proof"!!! Thank you sooo much Mr. Auburn!!!Book Review: "faith and fear"
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently saw the Manhatten Theater Club's production of Proof on Broadway, and I expect to find even more delightful surprises in my first reading of the script. David Auburn's examination of love, trust, and betrayal is subtle and moving. With a keen eye for true human nature, he pits the logic of mathmatics against our emotonal subjectivity and solves the conflict with simplicity and eloquence. His humor and clarity make this script a must-read for all who love intellectual/emotional power struggles. As a theater student, I read any play that falls into my hands, but rarely do I find one with such multi-layered characters matched by such an eloquently truthful plot. You won't be disappointed.Book Review: A CHALLENGING, ENTERTAINING PLAY
Summary: 5 Stars
Not since David Hirson's brilliant La Bete and Wrong Mountain has Broadway seen a more exciting play than Proof! I recommend this book to anyone who appreciates theatre that is as challenging as it is entertaining. I sent many friends to see the original production, and none was disappointed.Book Review: A Realistic Balance
Summary: 5 Stars
Proof was a very enjoyable play to watch and reading it makes me recall how much I liked watching it. Sad, but often funny, it is a drama with a sense of humor.Book Review: Also won the Pulitzer Prize
Summary: 5 Stars
Proof also won the Pulitzer Prize. I didn't see it performed, but I read it, and I liked it. OK, I was a math major, and I am from Chicago, so maybe I am biased.If you really get into this book, you would like _A Beautiful Mind_, by Sylvia Nasar, which is a biography of John Nash. I think the older mathematician, the crazy one, in this play is based on Nash. Nash was or is schizophrenic. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics and when he went to Stockholm to pick it up some people were afraid he might bite the King of Sweden. He was or is in remission at that time; don't know what shape he is in now. Read the Nasar book too.