| Too many Marys on stage? |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:21 am EDT 07/07/17 |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:21 am EDT 07/07/17 |
| In reply to: re: Letts' "Mary Page Marlow" to 2nd Stage next June (2018); Lila Neugebauer directs - AC126748 08:32 am EDT 07/07/17 |
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To briefly revisit my point about reading, rather than seeing, the play:
You were given the theatrical conceit -- this woman is played by a handful of different actors. You have to make constant adjustments, scene by scene, as you move through her narrative. In addition to figuring out where we are in the story, you have to settle in with a new human being embodying the character.
Readers have the advantage of coming into the story more like immersion in a novel. We see the "same" Mary in every scene. We aren't jarred because she's always our leading character -- the one in our head.
Your points strike me as spot on about the play's possibly biggest weakness: that use of (too) many Marys. |
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