Fool

Fool’s Gold Play Review The play that I’m doing my review on is called Fool’s Gold and it is a Commedia Dell'Arte play. Fool’s gold was produced by Meta Physical Theatre and directed by David Langlois. In Fool’s Gold the Miser, Pantalone is greedy for money so he gets together with Dottore and they fake a disease which will persuade his daughter, Isabella into marrying Count Viagra, who is very rich. Viagra already payed his father Pantalone for his daughter’s hand in marriage so Pantalone tricks his daughter thinking that he is allergic to his gold and that he is going to die soon. This way he plans on guilting her into an arranged marriage with Viagra. Isabella then has to choose between her true love, Lelio or her dying fathers choice, Viagra. She has no choice but to turn to her father’s servant, Arlecchino for help. What I really liked about the play was that everyone was really energetic, and the scenery looked really good. I also liked how they made a character come and do the scene changes instead of closing the curtains. This made it way more entertaining since he was also a commedia character and he was engaging the audience by talking and adding gestures. Another thing that caught my attention was the sound effects because they were on point and they were echoing. I also liked how the actors used their area wisely and they weren't staging anyone on purpose. For ex. Arlecchino came off stage and sat down on a seat next to the audience and started talking. The company did well in their enthusiasm, energy and use of space. All the actors would be continuously doing something and not just standing there. They would be doing flips and turns and imitations and I thought that it really connected with the play. Especially in the last scene where they were having a wedding, and everything was haywire because of the mix up. Everyone was running and jumping and doing flips or something. They were keeping the play entertaining to watch even at the last minute.