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Review of « Mr and Mrs Macbeth »
Par 1 euro Lycée Leclerc dans Mr and Mrs Macbeth : compte-rendu d'une pièce de théâtre le 27 Mars 2014 à 10:38Review of « Mr and Mrs Macbeth »
by Maameri Louiza & Zeres Sandra
On February 18th, 2014, we went to the "Château des Rohan", all dressed up because of Shrove Tuesday, to see the play "Mr and Mrs Macbeth" written by William Shakespeare and slightly adapted by Lucille O'Flanagan. This play was an adaptation of the masterpiece "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. The performance was played by Dominic Gould who played the role of Macbeth, Gala Besson who performed Lady Macbeth and Dan Gutman who played the role of Banquo, Macduff. The other actors were not present on stage but owe ciould see them on a video. Indeed, there was a play and 3D episodes on screen.
The play told the story of a relentless fighter, Macbeth who met three witches. They revealed him his future and his blood froze. By the help of his ambitious wife, Macbeth murdered some servants, some friends and their king Duncan. Macbeth finally became the king. But came the time of nightmares and regrets because at the end, he only reaped what he sowed… Actually, Macbeth succumbed to the powers of evil and his crimes finally distorted his judgment, poisoned his imagination and left him absolutely isolated and alone.
The performance was a tragedy. It was an all human story of temptation, ambition and greed. I regret that the stage director did not add comic elements. Having read the text before, the play was completely based on Shakespeare’s one. Nothing was new except the 3D screen which was naturally not in the original play of Shakespeare. There was no surprise.
However the actors were really convincing, they were playing their roles with passion, they spoke loudly enough and articulated every word which made the play easy to understand.
The fact that they were only three actors didn't influence the quality of the play, we didn't feel the necessity of having more actors, for sure the 3D screen helped them in some scenes, but it only made the play more original and more fun to watch.
Now let's talk about the design of the play a little bit. As I just said they was a 3D screen which was pretty much the setting, there were also some chairs and a bed but they didn't make a big difference, but what helped making the play more alive, were the costumes of the actors, they often changed their clothes; it gave more credibility to the play and to the characters. Furthermore, the acting was pretty convincing. We didn’t feel as if they were talking to 3D actors, but to real ones ,with them on stage. For that matter, the actors were great, they played their roles very well, changed tone when it was required. As a result, the characters seemed realistic. Otherwise, the lightings were quite good... In fact, the actors sometimes pretended that there were two different rooms on stage and that they could not to see each other. Thus, we noticed a light focus on the actors who were speaking. It was great. Moreover, the actors occupied all the space. Indeed, the gestures were wide. Therefore, there was no emptiness on stage which made the play more vibrant and dynamic.
In conclusion, I would like to say that the play was simple but original and entertaining, it was also very enriching for our general knowledge.
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