Ladies of the Camellias

Ladies of the Camellias will certainly be a play that will stand out in my mind for the rest of my life, which can be attributed to excellent directing, cast, and crew.

Firstly, the connection made between actors and audience was very well done, though, in my mind, there were also negatives with the connection. However to begin on a more positive note, I thought that the actors did a very good job of projecting their feelings onto the audience, so that the audience could share the emotion of the actors on stage. When the scene was light-hearted, the audience was as well, and the opposite was true also. On the more negative side, I believe that there were certain times that only a few of the audience members could connect with the actors, but I would blame it mostly on the content of the script. There were some references and jokes made, that only a few people could be expected to understand. For example, the numerous instances of the evasion of the word “Macbeth” was a joke only those familiar with theatre may have understood.

On the whole, the acting was extremely well done and very well rehearsed. Personally, I believe that there were certainly actors who just had more acting talent than others, but for those who did not, the effort was still there, and they still portrayed their character successfully. With the slight exception of maybe one or two characters, every character was believable and set the theme of the play nicely. As far as line delivery goes, it all seemed very well rehearsed and timed well. Nothing seemed rushed or too slow, it all flowed very nicely.

As far as the set goes, I believe that it accented the actors very nicely and was incredibly well put together. The entire set was very aesthetically pleasing, which was especially good since it remained the same throughout the entire performance. Since the play moved in real time, and the set didn’t change, I think often times this could create the problem