Refreshing
to a fault, the Jaw Jabber (a.k.a. Sandy McCallum) is at it a gain
with his retelling of The Tempest. The down-home descriptions
and common sense ways of the rural back roads set the story straight
about the shenanigans pulled by brother Antonio and the tricks of
Prospero's sleeves. Reviving a nineteenth century American tradition
of telling a story with rhymed couplets, McCallum's verse is a creative
and inventive iambic heptameter that carries us along just like
Prospero's tempest. Once everyone is in place, McCallum has a whale
of a good time giving us the real skinny on who's who and what's
what. A delight for those who have heard many Tempests, and
a genuine straight-shooting guide for those uninitiated with the
play. Enjoy!
-Lou Morgan Douthit
Literary Manager, OSF
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Refreshing
to a fault, the Jaw Jabber (a.k.a. Sandy McCallum) is at it a gain
with his retelling of The Tempest. The down-home descriptions
and common sense ways of the rural back roads set the story straight
about the shenanigans pulled by brother Antonio and the tricks of
Prospero's sleeves. Reviving a nineteenth century American tradition
of telling a story with rhymed couplets, McCallum's verse is a creative
and inventive iambic heptameter that carries us along just like
Prospero's tempest. Once everyone is in place, McCallum has a whale
of a good time giving us the real skinny on who's who and what's
what. A delight for those who have heard many Tempests, and
a genuine straight-shooting guide for those uninitiated with the
play. Enjoy!
