What Is The Mood Of The Play Our Town
Lydia Burns
Professor Craig Lee
Theater 1310
23 November 2017
“Our Town”
The critically acclaimed three act play “Our Town” was and still remains popular to this day. Since its first performance in 1938 at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey, it found its way to a successful Broadway run and eventually won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It also became one of the most performed plays in the 20th century. Written by American playwright Thornton Wilder, the play was molded into a timeless piece of Art. The play starts with a dialog from the Stage Manager, Paul Newman, introducing certain aspects of the play and informing the audience of details that could be important throughout the play. The awesome part of this play is that the setting …show more content…
Shortly after, the characters began to immerse themselves into the spotlight. This was the first realization I had that the sounds were crucial to this play. Certain things such as cutting the lawn, delivering milk, or walking a horse required the actors to trust the sound designer. There were several times that the sound was very crucial in the audience grasping what is going on. I was thoroughly impressed with the cast going along with the sound. Jake Robards, who play Howie Newsome “The Milkman”, was one actor that had these sounds that doubled as his props. I could see where slip ups with sound could make this production less than spectacular and that it requires a lot of practice in …show more content…
George Gibbs, played by Ben Fox, and Emily Webb, played by Maggie Lacey, really had to bend the different polls of acting. They played the part of two kids falling in love, yet also acting out a piece of heartbreak and loss. I personally liked the part where Emily has her doubts about marrying George. It takes out the fairytale feel and really brings out the truth of the immensity of meaning to marrying someone. The two actors really put you apart of their life and make it believable.
Underlining humor is especially important in making this play a success. Several plays, I believe, either have zero humor or too much. “Our Town” has a great combination of both. A lot of the humor is a “hit or miss” meaning that the punchlines don't just come out and slap you. I really appreciate Wilder for implementing this into the play. The perfect balance is enough to keep the audience interested but yet not enough to lose them. For any great play, this balance is extremely
Professor Craig Lee
Theater 1310
23 November 2017
“Our Town”
The critically acclaimed three act play “Our Town” was and still remains popular to this day. Since its first performance in 1938 at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey, it found its way to a successful Broadway run and eventually won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It also became one of the most performed plays in the 20th century. Written by American playwright Thornton Wilder, the play was molded into a timeless piece of Art. The play starts with a dialog from the Stage Manager, Paul Newman, introducing certain aspects of the play and informing the audience of details that could be important throughout the play. The awesome part of this play is that the setting …show more content…
Shortly after, the characters began to immerse themselves into the spotlight. This was the first realization I had that the sounds were crucial to this play. Certain things such as cutting the lawn, delivering milk, or walking a horse required the actors to trust the sound designer. There were several times that the sound was very crucial in the audience grasping what is going on. I was thoroughly impressed with the cast going along with the sound. Jake Robards, who play Howie Newsome “The Milkman”, was one actor that had these sounds that doubled as his props. I could see where slip ups with sound could make this production less than spectacular and that it requires a lot of practice in …show more content…
George Gibbs, played by Ben Fox, and Emily Webb, played by Maggie Lacey, really had to bend the different polls of acting. They played the part of two kids falling in love, yet also acting out a piece of heartbreak and loss. I personally liked the part where Emily has her doubts about marrying George. It takes out the fairytale feel and really brings out the truth of the immensity of meaning to marrying someone. The two actors really put you apart of their life and make it believable.
Underlining humor is especially important in making this play a success. Several plays, I believe, either have zero humor or too much. “Our Town” has a great combination of both. A lot of the humor is a “hit or miss” meaning that the punchlines don't just come out and slap you. I really appreciate Wilder for implementing this into the play. The perfect balance is enough to keep the audience interested but yet not enough to lose them. For any great play, this balance is extremely