’’Invisible
tears to the world’’
and
’’The
Great Moment of a Stage Manager’’
In
this year, pupils from our school went to see two theatrical
performances. They were both comedies.
The
first one was called “Invisible tears to the world” (In Estonia:
Maailmale
nähtamatud pisarad). It
is written by Anton Tšehhov – he published it as a Antoša
Tšehhonte. He was studying in The Faculty of Medicine and needed to
earn some extra money. He wrote short stories for the local humor
newspaper. Stories were so popular that newspaper started to publish
them regularly.
What
makes it easier to watch and understand today, is that the phrasing
and slang was modernized. Performance includes many short stories all
in one. Stories are funny and tragic at the same time.
Some
of the funniest scenes were when one of the actors went fishing and
took his clothes off. While marriage proposal, future husband and
wife were arguing over a dog and plot of land.
The
second play was ’’The Great Moment of a Stage Manager’’. (In
Estonia: Rekvisiitori
tähetund)
It’s a story about a man, who is responsible for the actors having
all necessary props on stage. But one day performance is unexpectedly
canceled. The stage manager has to rectify the situation and start
acting himself. It’s his time to shine.
The
students enjoyed the play very much. It was very fun and gripping.
They also liked the actor, who gave them happy and cozy feeling and
made them want to talk along.
The
structure of the play was also good. The little bit confusing
beginning was very well acted. Altogether, the actor played the
character very well, and gave a good review –with a little
exaggerations- about stage manager’s job. The show develops fast
and the singing- performances makes it more colorful.
Besides
being funny, the play also educated the students about life in
theater; who and how is responsible for lighting and clothing.
No comments:
Post a Comment