¶ … Midsummer's Night Dream
Acting:
Were the actors believable in their roles?
I did not find all of the actors particularly believable in their roles. I could not help noticing that several of the members of the cast forgot their lines or misspoke their lines, sometimes saying a line in the wrong place. Knowing the play well, this really threw me off and took me out of the moment of the performance. I felt there was a lot of timing issues with the performers at well where they would not hit their mark or missed their cue.
Identify the performers you considered most successful.
Of all the performers in the play, I felt that the actress playing the role of Hermia excelled in her role. She made the love and despondency and anger very palpable which was conveyed easily to the audience.
If there were performers you did not like, identify them and explain why you did not like them.
The least successful performer in the play, in my opinion, was the actor portraying Lysander. Out of all the actors, he forgot his lines the most and most obviously. Given that this is one of the main roles of the performance, the actor should have prepared himself better.
4. Discuss how the performers related or failed to relate to one another. Did they listen to each other and respond?
The issue of timing and misreading lines comes up with regard to this question. When one of the actors messed up a line or forgot it, the other actors were visibly thrown off. Not knowing how to improvise, some just went forward with their dialogue which no longer made sense in the context of the conversation with the other actor. They seemed to acting at one another or against one another instead of as an ensemble working together.
Directing:
1. The director unifies a production and frequently provides an interpretation of the text. Did there seem to be a unifying idea behind the production? If so, how would you express it?
I found the directing of the play to be decent. It was acceptable, but not extraordinary. In works of
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