After Mrs Rochester *****
Sun, 29 Feb 2004, 08:08 pmGordon the Optom2 posts in thread
After Mrs Rochester *****
Sun, 29 Feb 2004, 08:08 pmAfter many recommendations I went to see the last performance of ‘After Mrs Rochester’ at His Majesty’s. The actors were a British cast of outstanding quality. This was easily the most professional acting I have seen for some time – sadly, well above most Australian actors.
The play itself was very cleverly written, with two or three eras in time running consecutively, and with several actors on the stage at the same time, representing different charactersÂ’ ages and temperaments. Not surprisingly it won a best play of the year award.
The cast had to have a West Indian and an English accent alternating. The characterisation was markedly different, so that there was no confusion as to which of the multiple characters the eight cast members were meant to be.
The actor movement was very well choreographed and considering the massive rake of the stage carried out smoothly.
One down point, why do members of the audience despite after having been asked to turn off their mobiles, insist on sending an SMS from their brightly glowing purple screens at inopportune moments?
The play itself was very cleverly written, with two or three eras in time running consecutively, and with several actors on the stage at the same time, representing different charactersÂ’ ages and temperaments. Not surprisingly it won a best play of the year award.
The cast had to have a West Indian and an English accent alternating. The characterisation was markedly different, so that there was no confusion as to which of the multiple characters the eight cast members were meant to be.
The actor movement was very well choreographed and considering the massive rake of the stage carried out smoothly.
One down point, why do members of the audience despite after having been asked to turn off their mobiles, insist on sending an SMS from their brightly glowing purple screens at inopportune moments?