Fall Play Review/#18
In Cheshire Academy, every year is going to have performances in different seasons. This year in fall, I attended to see a play called "James Joyce's 'The Dead'". On my way to the BlackBox, I was thinking about how the play would be like. The name of the play had a word "dead". Was it a play about scary story? Or was it a story about tragedy? However, the whole play was not really a scary or sorrowful story. There were a lot of singings, entertaining conversations, and even energetic dancings. What reminded me about the play was that every story with a joyful and happy appearance actually has a tragic core. This also is reflected in the play we watched.
Gabriel and Gretta Conroy are the two main characters who brought in every other characters into the house and gathered them together to tell the audience a whole story. Every character, in general, has distinct personalities, even including the maids. Characters that do not belong to the family but are the friends all show their different characteristics. Who really attracted my eyes were Miss Molly Ivors and Lily, the maid. Molly as a young girl in the play has a strong personality. The part where Molly has an argument with Gabriel is interesting, since Molly has shown her naive and childish figure to the audience completely. The maid, Lily, is a little affective for some reason, since she acts differently from the other maid. She makes noise when she is walking or putting down the plates on the table. When she sits down, it seems like she is not a maid but an owner of the house. I'm not sure whether it's because the maid has to act like this, or the actress acts too exaggerated.
The singing and dancing parts are pretty impressive. Those characters who sing songs all did really good. They had beautiful voices. The dancing is happy and joyful, but I think it's also a foreshadow of Aunt Julia's death. The ending of the play is wonderful, since there is a speech that I found it impressive and unforgettable:
"The world is a surface of the frozen lake. We walk along, we slip, we try to keep our balance and not to fall, but one day there is a crack. So we learn that underneath us is an unimaginable depth."
Gabriel and Gretta Conroy are the two main characters who brought in every other characters into the house and gathered them together to tell the audience a whole story. Every character, in general, has distinct personalities, even including the maids. Characters that do not belong to the family but are the friends all show their different characteristics. Who really attracted my eyes were Miss Molly Ivors and Lily, the maid. Molly as a young girl in the play has a strong personality. The part where Molly has an argument with Gabriel is interesting, since Molly has shown her naive and childish figure to the audience completely. The maid, Lily, is a little affective for some reason, since she acts differently from the other maid. She makes noise when she is walking or putting down the plates on the table. When she sits down, it seems like she is not a maid but an owner of the house. I'm not sure whether it's because the maid has to act like this, or the actress acts too exaggerated.
The singing and dancing parts are pretty impressive. Those characters who sing songs all did really good. They had beautiful voices. The dancing is happy and joyful, but I think it's also a foreshadow of Aunt Julia's death. The ending of the play is wonderful, since there is a speech that I found it impressive and unforgettable:
"The world is a surface of the frozen lake. We walk along, we slip, we try to keep our balance and not to fall, but one day there is a crack. So we learn that underneath us is an unimaginable depth."
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