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Nina Thurau Nina Reviews The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It by The Oberon Theatre Ensemble  Okay, so the quality of the studio wasn't great, but the quality of the play definitely made up for it. Set up in an all black room, with several rows of foldout chairs, seven actors and actresses acted out acting out Shakespeare's As You Like It. Basically, it was play-within-a-play. The facts are somewhat hard to follow, and in the beginning I was slightly confused, but as the play went on, I understood better. In the original play, when they're not acting out As You Like It, each actor is going through his or her own problem. At first when I saw these scenes, for instance when they are taking a "lunch break" from As You Like It, I saw them as irrelevant. But toward the end it all pieced together and I realized that the playwright (Don Nigro) was sending across a deeper philosophical meaning of life. He incorporated everyday life situations into the original play and combined both his message and Shakespeare's message into one whole show. Even more remarkable were the actors' capability to keep both plays flowing, and their memories. As well as remembering lines from the original play, they had to remember Shakespeare's complicated English. Also, most actors played more than one character from As You Like It. This truly was a great play, because it balanced between humorous scenes, and serious scenes. The actors, playwright and director did a great job. And at the end of the play, the audience is satisfied. It might be better, however, to look over As You Like It, so you can get an even deeper understanding, and you can keep from getting confused in the beginning. |
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