Summary Of One Man Two Guvnors '

Recently I went to see the play “One Man, Two Guvnors” and I thought it was an amazing play; it caught my interest from beginning to end. The play was very unique because while it kept a main storyline small details were changed because it had improvisation in certain scenes of both acts. I picked up on some elements from the play that I have learned in my Play Experience class. I have learned some things from observing our play in class and I have also learned Aristotle’s element of drama. I noticed that out of Aristotle’s elements of drama, Plot, Diction, Spectacle, and Thought were very strong in the play. In my Play Experience class, we learned about imaginative transformation and I noticed this concept was well executed by the actors in the play. In Aristotle’s elements of drama, Plot is considered the action and Diction is of course dialogue and or language. The main plot of “One Man, Two Guvnors” was that the main character, Francis Henshall, serves Roscoe who’s hidden identity is Rachel Crabbe. Francis has traveled with Roscoe Brighton, England and hasn’t eaten for a while and doesn’t have any money for some; so he goes on a search for food the first chance he gets. When he comes across a pub, he meets Stanley
I noticed the actors used imaginative transformation in the play to keep it rolling while having different people and lines each and every show. In the section of improvisation it didn’t change any major aspects of the plot but it changed the dialogue and attitude of the main character Francis. I was actually able to get on stage and be a part of the play and I chose to stay quiet while on stage just to see hoe the actor would react. He reacted calmly and quickly and kept the dialogue rolling even though I didn’t utter a word. As the play progressed they had ways of getting us on and off the stage while still keeping the play flowing