Melva Play Monologue

In regards to the writing of the play, I thought that it was well written, however there were some scenes were I found myself wondering “what does this mean exactly?” Or “who said this? What was it that they said?” For instance, in scene nine one of the characters, named Melva, would be interrupted or questioned by an unnamed person. As I continued reading the scene I felt that I needed clarification in regards to who was talking or questioning Melva. Although there were some parts in a scene where the writing did not seem to flow, there was enough information to give the reader an idea of what was occurring in that scene. Moving forward, I noticed that the play is formatted in a unique way, very similar to the way in which vignettes are written. I can
There were many scenes where you could feel the tension between certain characters, or when one would feel pity for another character. These overall, made the play great in that aspect. On a scale of one to ten, I would give this a 7.5. The reason why I gave it this score was because I felt that there were some scenes that required a bit more clarification, also, the play seems to lack detail for the scene, costume, and prop designers. However, there seemed to be a lot of moments where lighting to create a mood was involved, if this were to be produced I feel that the lighting designers would have a simpler time producing that sort of lighting. Thus, if this play was to be produced, I would probably not watch it because it did not really make an impression on me nor did I find it particular drawing. Perhaps I would have seen it if I didn’t read the script first because I would have been able to see how a scene designers would have handled the constant scene changes or how a prop and costume designers would fill in the gasps that were not provided in the