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Let Me Hear You Whisper (Plays by Paul Zindel (Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author)) Kindle Edition

by Paul Zindel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel comes this touching, humorous, and delightful play that earned wide recognition in its National Educational Television (NET) Network production.

The action is set in the laboratory of the American Biological Association Development for the Advancement of Brain Analysis, where curious experiments involving various mammals are taking place. Helen, a newly engaged cleaning lady, is particularly drawn to a dolphin and is shocked when she learns that, having failed to "talk" as hoped for, it is slated for brain dissection. She makes a desperate attempt to rescue the dolphin from the scientists, incurring first their indignation and then, when the dolphin does indeed "talk" for Helen, their futile pleas that she change her mind about leaving and stay on to help them in their experiments. But the gentle Helen has had enough—both of "Custodial Engineering" and of schemes to change man's relationship to the other creatures with whom the world must be shared.

Comedy/Drama
One Act
5 women (or can be divided between men and women): 5 total
Interior
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  1. Print length
    44 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    January 12, 2012
  5. File size
    675 KB
  6. Page Flip
    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
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  8. Enhanced typesetting
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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006WUK5P2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Graymalkin Media (January 12, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 12, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 675 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 44 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 32 ratings

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Music Lover
5.0 out of 5 stars Poignant Look Back
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2019
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I loved this play. I do think that the movie Shape of Water is based on this. Too bad no one could admit that. I have always loved dolphins and science. But when science harms the creatures I care for, it has gone overboard. Another meaningful story about dolphins can be seen on the BBC movie The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins. If Amazon had that available I would buy it.
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Doron Ben Avraham
4.0 out of 5 stars Reads like the sketch for The Shape of Water
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2018
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I read this, both before and after seeing The Shape of Water. Felt like I was looking at a rough sketch of the screen play that won the 2018 Oscars. From 1969, it took 49 years.....way to go!
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Shelley M. Blackler
5.0 out of 5 stars The Shape of Water vs Let Me Hear You Whisper
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2018
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I wanted to read this to see if there is credibility to Zindel’s estate claiming that ‘The Shape of Water’ was based on this play.
In my opinion, there are too many similarities for that not to be the case.
I loved the movie but I wish del Toro would stop denying the accusations. Someone involved read the play before the movie was made.
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Jana
2.0 out of 5 stars 2 Star script
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018
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Meh. I bought this because it was 99 cents and I read that the rights owners were suing The Shape of Water over it being too similar to this. I seriously doubt that anything was stolen from this little play I had never heard of before anymore than the movie Splash stole or was stolen from either of them. It wasn’t a particularly good play. I could see it being performed by a high school drama group, but not much more. Perhaps it just hasn’t aged well. 2 stars.
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Linda L. A. King
5.0 out of 5 stars Shape of Water is being sued by the son of the author of “ Let me Hear you Whisper”
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2018
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Used to read this play to my science students for fun in the 1980’s. Change your voice for each character!
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Jessica
5.0 out of 5 stars The recipient loved it.
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2016
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Bought it as a gift, The recipient loved it.
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Ty Nan Og
1.0 out of 5 stars A sort of very short play
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2021
This is a very quick read of less than 5 or 10 minutes. Basic idea is a simple cleaning woman is hired to clean a lab where a dolphin is being taught to speak and understand english. A sort of polemic against scientific research and overreach writ large. More effort on making it entertaining rather than attempting to get outrage flowing woupd have been a better roi.
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Robert Calladine
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2018
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I would like to see this play.
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