“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered: the point is to discover them.” This weekend I went to a play about the scientist, Galileo Galilei. It showed the life of Galileo and his discovery of the telescope. I found the play to be very informative. Maybe a little too informative, but I feel this would be a very interesting event to go to as a field trip for history class. The play overall I found very boring and it is not something I’d probably see again.
The story was about Galileo and his belief that the Earth is moving. His beliefs are extremely against the way of the Pope and the religions of the country. He disproves heaven, the location of G-d and this angers the people. He teaches his ways to a little boy Andrea who learns to believe the ways of Galilei. Though people try to bring him down and disprove his newly found knowledge. His ideas cause controversy and result in ruining his daughter’s engagement.
The play was very hard to follow and even though I tried to make the best of it, I still found it extremely boring. To start with some positivity, the acting was really impressive. It was very interesting to just watch how these boring characters came just slightly more alive due to the very talented actors and actresses that were in the play. The projection was very good and so was the articulation. Even though I didn’t really find the actual words interesting, I still noticed the difficulty in the lines and the words that could have easily been jumbled. Memorization was also a key thing that impressed me. Remembering lines is not an easy thing and the fact that they could remember these difficult lines and deliver them with the comfortability they did was an extreme showcase of talent. Body language was very good at most times although there are times they struggled. One of my favorite parts was when Sam, who was playing a girl named Virginia, fainted. It seemed so real and I thought she actually fainted and it scared me. Charlotte really did a great job making a really boring role come to life by using body language, facials, projection, and tone. There were some parts I didn’t like as much, but there were some that I did find impressive.
The parts I did not enjoy as much were mainly from the play itself. The topic was boring as well as the story line. It was something I honestly did not care about at all. The play felt like a really boring lecture in class that I just wanted to escape from. There were moments when I couldn’t hear or see the faces of people talking because they had their backs to me and they should have cheated out a little more. There were some little line stumbles and parts that I could tell they forgot due to their faces after, but nobody’s perfect. What threw me off was after someone stumbled over a line there was a split second of them staring blank with a disappointed face. That one moment they jumped out of character made me no longer believe they were that character. These little things detracted from the performance as a whole.
In conclusion, the play was not exactly my favorite. There were some parts that I did enjoy, but the majority was a negative experience. Although I have learned some valuable lessons that I will take with me to class and try to work on during my career as an actress. No matter how boring the play is, having good facials, body language, tone, and projection can make the play just a little bit better. Also no matter what, never break character because someone will notice, even if it is for just a minute.
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