Kate De Jesus Play Analysis
Emerson Bryan DJ Dilla March 3, 2015
W-6R Prof. Kate de Jesus
An Artistic Mismatch
To reunite with the first play you have encountered as a theatre actor was just overwhelming, I must say. Last February 19 at 7:30pm, I witnessed a new adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ‘’Our Town’’ of the accomplished American novelist and playwright, Thornton Wilder. The new interpretation was entitled ‘’Dito Sa Atin’’ performed by Kayumanggi Pangkat Dulaan at the Batong Malake Covered Court, adapted by Myra S. Samson and directed by Gian Carlo U. De Jesus. …show more content…
That is why acting workshops were designed to ready the physical stamina and psychological conditions of the actors. This facet resulted to which I refer as apparently incompatibility on the play’s creative scheme. The argument here was not the lack of acting faculties of the actors, I affirm. In fact, some of these amateurs were truly impressive given their young ages with no really specialized teaching and knowledge regarding theatre arts. My concern here was on the physical and emotional necessities of this tough play which equally obligate mature actors with enough personal experiences, not professional exposures, in which they can rely certain gestures, speech pattern and emotional stability of their playing characters. One analogical scrutiny could be like this, candlelight inside a large lecture room. Yes, it could give light like the young actors who could remarkably deliver, but still, a huge room requires more light or else immense darkness will still conquest. This could be further explained by one of Constantin Stanislavsky’s theatre principles. In ‘’method acting’’ by Stanislavski (1934/1980), actors should be ready enough to recall their own memories and emotional background in order to naturalize the acting and to attain truthfulness of the role. In relation, the young actors appeared to be inferior simply because ‘’Dito Sa Atin’’ characters hold stronger convictions, beliefs and personal
W-6R Prof. Kate de Jesus
An Artistic Mismatch
To reunite with the first play you have encountered as a theatre actor was just overwhelming, I must say. Last February 19 at 7:30pm, I witnessed a new adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ‘’Our Town’’ of the accomplished American novelist and playwright, Thornton Wilder. The new interpretation was entitled ‘’Dito Sa Atin’’ performed by Kayumanggi Pangkat Dulaan at the Batong Malake Covered Court, adapted by Myra S. Samson and directed by Gian Carlo U. De Jesus. …show more content…
That is why acting workshops were designed to ready the physical stamina and psychological conditions of the actors. This facet resulted to which I refer as apparently incompatibility on the play’s creative scheme. The argument here was not the lack of acting faculties of the actors, I affirm. In fact, some of these amateurs were truly impressive given their young ages with no really specialized teaching and knowledge regarding theatre arts. My concern here was on the physical and emotional necessities of this tough play which equally obligate mature actors with enough personal experiences, not professional exposures, in which they can rely certain gestures, speech pattern and emotional stability of their playing characters. One analogical scrutiny could be like this, candlelight inside a large lecture room. Yes, it could give light like the young actors who could remarkably deliver, but still, a huge room requires more light or else immense darkness will still conquest. This could be further explained by one of Constantin Stanislavsky’s theatre principles. In ‘’method acting’’ by Stanislavski (1934/1980), actors should be ready enough to recall their own memories and emotional background in order to naturalize the acting and to attain truthfulness of the role. In relation, the young actors appeared to be inferior simply because ‘’Dito Sa Atin’’ characters hold stronger convictions, beliefs and personal