Accentricities Of A Nightingale Character Analysis
In the University of Alabama production of “The Eccentricities of A Nightingale”, all of the actors made their characters their own and I was really impressed with the way it turned out. Especially Chelsea Reynolds, who played Alma, I could really feel the emotion of her character just radiate into the audience. One of Tennessee William's themes of the play is alienation and isolation, which I felt from not only Alma’s character, but also even form Ross Birdsong, who performed John’s character. I could feel his isolation from having a controlling mother who is constantly obsessed with him and controlling a lot of what he does, I saw it very subtly but I loved the dimensions he put into that character, I really felt this during the scene of the
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Just from the look on Ross Birdsong’s face made me think how John’s character probably grew up not being able to go or do things he wanted to if his mother found them a waste of time, silly, or something that would not reflect them image she wanted her family to have. In the paytext, I really disliked Alma's father and thought he was just being over controlling, but after watching William Green’s performance of the role, I really started to feel sympathy for the character. I remember during the panel, that Green’s major goal for his character was to make the audience understand his struggles more effectively. He wanted the audience to feel sympathy for the pastor’s struggles and problems instead of judging him based on his lines or actions. I realized halfway through the play what Reverend Winemiller’s motivation was: fear. His wife had completely gone mad and lost her senses leaving the pastor scared and unsure how to handle it. While on the surface level he acted embarrassed of his
Just from the look on Ross Birdsong’s face made me think how John’s character probably grew up not being able to go or do things he wanted to if his mother found them a waste of time, silly, or something that would not reflect them image she wanted her family to have. In the paytext, I really disliked Alma's father and thought he was just being over controlling, but after watching William Green’s performance of the role, I really started to feel sympathy for the character. I remember during the panel, that Green’s major goal for his character was to make the audience understand his struggles more effectively. He wanted the audience to feel sympathy for the pastor’s struggles and problems instead of judging him based on his lines or actions. I realized halfway through the play what Reverend Winemiller’s motivation was: fear. His wife had completely gone mad and lost her senses leaving the pastor scared and unsure how to handle it. While on the surface level he acted embarrassed of his