This is
the first time I ever watched an authentic play and I watched attentively and
it was a fabulous experience. There’s literally no distance between the actors
and the audience and I was overwhelmed by their emotional outburst. When they
yell and strike the ground and cry, I could smell the emotion of the characters
they were representing, that’s something one can never experience through
electronic media.
However,
to be honest, I don’t like the play.
First of
all, I don’t like that many male characters were performed by female actors.
Since they all use black costumes I find it really hard to recognize certain
main male characters and no matter how emotionally they yell, the masculine
features of these characters are missing. It kind of gave me a false impression
of the real image of characters in Macbeth.
Secondly,
the background of the story is in Scotland and the play should be presented
with British accent to make it more authentic. American accent was all over the
play and it’s absolutely weird when the actors used it with old English.
But I did
appreciate the performance, for the actors were doing their best to present the
play which was written a long time ago and they did devote their compassion to
such a state that the audience could feel the emotion. I hope that in the
future I will be able to appreciate more plays and better plays presented by
our fellow students and maybe I will be part of them.
I totally agree with you! The play was so confusing which made it unappealing to watch. The most confusing part of the play was the dialect, but it was also the lack of props and costumes like you mentioned. The actors were playing multiple characters but since most of the were played by females and there were no costumes it was hard to keep up with the play and the characters. When the females would change characters they wouldn't change costumes because there were no costumes, which made it hard to tell what was going on! Like you said didn't like the play overall!
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely a new experience for me to because it was my first time going into the theatre and witnessing a play myself. I also noticed that the actors were really into the play and spoke with such passion. They really got into character. That let me know that the arts program here at UCSB must be really talented. But the play was a little hard to follow up with. I would have preferred to know a little bit more about the book before I even watched the play but it was still a very unique experience I will never forget.
ReplyDeleteIndeed it was hard to keep track of what was going on. I constantly found myself getting lost with what they were trying to do. The actors were very talented, but sometimes it got pretty weird. They did have a very interesting take on Macbeth, but in my opinion, it didn't really pay off. Their expressions were very genuine and enthusiastic, but that was one of the high points of their performance.
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