"That being said, I wondered what I had liked about the play in the first place."
Which only goes to show how much the response of the rest of the audience can affect our own feelings about a play, even if sometimes we don't like to admit that.
"The Cassandra character in particular seemed worse than ever and felt drafted from another play. "
Yes, and sorry to say, I only really understood about half of the lines spoken by that actor. Which was also the case when I saw the show live.