Shadow of a Gunman
My response to this play is well at first thought; speechless, not for the reasons people areusual left speechless though. I am left speechless because my momma taught me that ifyou have nothing good to say then don't say anything at all. I came into this productionwith an open mind to slow beginnings but by the end of the first act I had a feeling thatthis entire play was going to lack dramatic intensity. The first act seemed to be nothingmore than an introduction or opening for the second act. The characters that wereintroduced in the first act were interesting but never led to any real development and I hada little laugh at the romantic interest between Donal Davoren and Minnie Powell. It wasgood foreshadowing when Donal typed their two names on the piece of paper but it endedup not leading to anything really worthwhile. The only real strong point that I found in thisplay was the way it opened a window into the social fabric of the Irish Representation atthe time. The brief glimpses into the lives of the characters were one of the few things
I guess its easy for this character to seemrealistic because so many people are the same way to this day. I also felt a sense of unsureness between characters for many of the moments in the play. All other things set aside the set design was very detailed and seemed accurate oftenant housing of the time. It would be very challenging and I'm not quite sure of howthe director would feel about it but I would imagine that on some level the director wouldallow some individual creativity in the play. His only objective seemed to be survival and he was content withdoing the bare minimum to meat this objective. Asone of the main characters of the play it would be interesting to see how I could try todevelop this character into a more believable poet and supposed gunman and how doingso would enhance the play. I mean maybe I'm being to critical but it juststruck me as unnatural. In conclusion it wasn't the worst thing I have ever seen and I'm glad I got see youin a play and I thought the actors did a good job but I will never go to see this play againnot unless they find the version that Sean O'Casey actually ment to produce . The character Seumas Shields played by Michael Griffiths struck me as the mostrealistically presented of all the characters. It wasduring the first act when he picked up and filled his cup, he then set it down and put on hisshoes did some other stuff but never took a sip of the cup. Clearly other than some bombs at the end he did nothing else to resemble a gunman. The lighting was satisfying especially towards the end of theplay during some of the final special effects.
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