The Tragical Life Of A Cheese Boy Play Analysis

Slingsby’s production of the tragical life of a cheeseboy is an exploration of the grief process of a young child at the loss of his parents. Directed by Andy Packer, the tragical life of a cheeseboy is a play that only involved many characters, but only two actors known as a two-handler. Stephen Sheehan was the main character who played multiple characters some of which included, the narrator, the cheese boy and gypsies. Sam McMahon was the second actor who played the character Humph.

The tragical life of a cheeseboy is a production, which is a sincere story elegantly told in a way that appeals to younger audiences. It was quite evident when viewing this production that this performance was a boldly alternative play for children. Drawing
The children were also fascinated by Sam McMahon’s character the silent assistant, who was satirical, enthusiastic and humorous. The seamless collaboration of the two actors helped to tell the story of the tragical life of a cheeseboy in a way in which was captivating and enchanting. The use of Stephen Sheehan’s character Multi-rolling was potent towards a younger audience as maybe this is something that they haven’t experienced before, they tended to find the character changing quite humorous. He also did superb in of communicating with the audience and this was via breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the audience. This helped in making us feel engaged and connected to this
We embark on this journey right from the start of the production where we are following Cheese Boys grief process after losing his parents and not wanting to believe that they are dead. We accompany Cheeseboy in his five stages of anger these include denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, learning to live without the ones he loves who happens to be his parents. Playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer’s writing achieves fable like qualities, linking death to the passing of time, the moon and the tides turning and not turning. We also embark on Cheese boy’s journey of resilience and independence, although cheeseboy loses his parents, his planet is hit by a meteorite and turned into fondue, and he lands on earth which he knows nothing. Cheese boy is still determined to find his parents. And even though he meets a pair of gypsies who do their best to love him and make him happy he is committed to returning home and finding his parents. Director Andy Packer and playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer incorporate these themes into the production and they indicate to the audience that Cheeseboy is becoming a man. One of the real lessons we learn is that moments of sadness can be turned into great