Conan Xiao
Period 5
APLAC
Review of SWHS’s presentation of Romeo & Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest plays under the masterpieces of William Shakespeare. This was a story about love, romance, and tragedy. Though the language during its Renaissance time period may have been obscure, the words were still extremely powerful in their meaning. This story was broken down into scripts that were used in the SWHS Drama Club’s performance of "Romeo and Juliet" at the high school and their performance was great.
When mentioning that the show was one that was great, it is not just said. This was one big performance and it does deserve a compliment. Of course there may have been flaws in some situations when the actors may mispronounce a word in their line or even forget it. That did not matter at all though. These actors let those mistakes pass by them as if did not happen and continued to perform their roles with full emotion. In a way, it could be seen that they added emotion to make up for the tiny flaws but generally, the performers added emotion to their lines to enhance their performance. This was what put the audience into the scene to witness a more renaissance type of experience rather than just watching people you know from school being on stage. The type of emotions that drew me in was those of Romeo. I simply felt that in the beginning he was very witty and charming but also had a bit of awkwardness and a desperate desire for love. I also enjoyed the emotions of the nurse. She performed her lines by adding emotions that would match the characteristic of a real nurse with a very bright attitude while acting obliged to serve one in need.
I was very impressed with how the cast members were able to demonstrate great fluency within their performance. From the play, I could tell that lots of time was put into this. In order for each individual to memorize their lines, positions, and fight sequences, they had to devote themselves to lots of practice time. The pamphlet given before the play said that each actor had to learn what they were saying in order to interact better with the text. Especially with the final scene, after Romeo sees Juliet unconscious, he fills the entire stage with the emotions that put the audience in a tragic scene. As he commits suicide and Juliet gives her last kiss and then dies, I really felt that the actors did a very great job depicting the tragic end. It was almost as if it was real and that is a great concept of acting skills. It is to not make it look entirely like you are acting. Each member of the cast showed their devotion to a great extent.
All in all, “Romeo and Juliet” may have been a difficult play, but the actors made it look very natural. This was overall a show that is worth seeing because it not only gives people of visual presentation of Shakespeare’s story but also the true talent that is in each one of the performers.
When mentioning that the show was one that was great, it is not just said. This was one big performance and it does deserve a compliment. Of course there may have been flaws in some situations when the actors may mispronounce a word in their line or even forget it. That did not matter at all though. These actors let those mistakes pass by them as if did not happen and continued to perform their roles with full emotion. In a way, it could be seen that they added emotion to make up for the tiny flaws but generally, the performers added emotion to their lines to enhance their performance. This was what put the audience into the scene to witness a more renaissance type of experience rather than just watching people you know from school being on stage. The type of emotions that drew me in was those of Romeo. I simply felt that in the beginning he was very witty and charming but also had a bit of awkwardness and a desperate desire for love. I also enjoyed the emotions of the nurse. She performed her lines by adding emotions that would match the characteristic of a real nurse with a very bright attitude while acting obliged to serve one in need.
I was very impressed with how the cast members were able to demonstrate great fluency within their performance. From the play, I could tell that lots of time was put into this. In order for each individual to memorize their lines, positions, and fight sequences, they had to devote themselves to lots of practice time. The pamphlet given before the play said that each actor had to learn what they were saying in order to interact better with the text. Especially with the final scene, after Romeo sees Juliet unconscious, he fills the entire stage with the emotions that put the audience in a tragic scene. As he commits suicide and Juliet gives her last kiss and then dies, I really felt that the actors did a very great job depicting the tragic end. It was almost as if it was real and that is a great concept of acting skills. It is to not make it look entirely like you are acting. Each member of the cast showed their devotion to a great extent.
All in all, “Romeo and Juliet” may have been a difficult play, but the actors made it look very natural. This was overall a show that is worth seeing because it not only gives people of visual presentation of Shakespeare’s story but also the true talent that is in each one of the performers.
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