Driving Miss Daisy Play Analysis

The play titled "Driving Miss Daisy" directed for the stage in Melbourne, Australia by David Esbjornson is a classic one. Initially, the playwright Alfred Uhry, made this play a Broadway hit in 2010, and is still popular to this day. In short, "Driving Miss Daisy", is about race and the growing and changing times in the United States. Daisy, being a Jewish widow is condemned from driving, therefore, her son, hires a chauffeur of African-American descent, so after, their friendship emerges and America is heart warmed. While viewing the performance online, one can see the elements of environment, the performers, and the script throughout the play.
First off, is the element of environment in this online play of "Driving Miss Daisy". The environment in a play pertains to, "Design includes visual aspects –costumes, lighting, and some form of scenic background—and a nonvisual aspect, sound" (Wilson 14). All three aspects come together to form the term environment. In the beginning of the play, around mark 6:07, the light
Performers are, "People onstage presenting characters in dramatic action" (Wilson 12). In this case the main characters of Daisy and Hoke was portrayed by Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones. In the opening scene, Daisy is talking with her son why she's in denial of hiring a chauffeur when she is perfectly capable of driving. Daisy is demonstrating, "One person stands in front of other people and begins to portray a character –to speak and move in ways that convey an image of the character" (Wilson 12). This aspect is shown with Hoke as well when in Boolie's office. He shows what kind of character he is and that is a positive, cheery, one. A last example of a performer portraying their character is Boolie, Daisy's son. In the opening scene he comes off as an assertive but caring in terms of her driving and later on, her