In: Psychology
Theatre 101
CHARLEY'S AUNT
1. WOULD YOU RECOMMAND THIS PRODUCTION FOR OTHERS TO SEE? WHY OR WHY NOT?
2. OVERALL REACTION TO THE SHOW?
3. EXPLAIN YOUR OVERALL REACTION ( USING CRITICAL THOUGHT). GIVE A BRIEF JUSTIFICATION AS TO WHY YOU RATED YOUR OVERALL REACTION AS YOU DID?
4. BRIFELY OUTLINE THE STORYLINE OF THE PLAY?
5. WHAT WAS THE THEME OF THE PLAY? (WHAT WAS THE PLAYWRIGHT WANT YOU TO WALK AWAY WITH UPON THE PLAY'S CONCLUSION?)
1. Charlie's Aunt bears a funny story line. It is highly entertaining. Therefore anyone can see this and it is not boring.
2. The show is highly entertaining. The mistaken identity takes a hilarious reaction. the whole show is full with suspense and the audience wait what will happen next. The climax of the story is also beautiful. It presents the love story of two young men. Naturally, the romantic touch really pleases the audience.
3. The story line is fantastic, There is beautiful mingling of imagination and reality. The plot of the show is very simple. There is no violence in the show. The condition of Babbs is really funny. The writer has not used so many characters. It bears a single plot. The title is appropriate. There is no use of so many indirect metaphor. It is simply a love story of two young men. The ending is also impressive.
4. There are two Oxford students - Jack and Charlie. Jack is in love with Kitty and Charley is in love with Amy. Their love does not run smooth. At first they fail to express their love. They take the help of Charlie's widow aunt. But aunt informs that she would come after few days. Thew two boys decided to arrange a lunch with Kitty and Amy in the presence of aunt Lucia. However, in the mean time, Jack's father comes and the matter becomes more complex. Then all the complexities are no more. Jack's father is charmed with the aunt. They are married. Both Jack and Charlie get Kitty and Amy.
5. The main themes of the play are love, marriage and mistaken identity. The play presents beautiful romantic love of Jack with Kitty and Charlie with Amy. However, the love succeeds to marriage. The marriage between Jack's father and the aunt is the result of infatuation. There is real climax in the play. The play still attracts the audience up to the end. It satisfies the audience.