Thoughts about Antigone

Well what could I say about Antigone? It was a pretty good play but pretty darn dry. I know the play was based on dry material but I expected a little more action. The director seemed to mainly focus on getting the story across to the audience then concentrating on more movement. The director should be concentrating on a few more things then just that. They should also concentrate on how well the actions of the play are portrayed, were the movements good, was the play worth doing (does the topics interest the audience).

These would have been some good questions that the director could have asked himself in the making of this play. I think it might have been a good idea to just do another production altogether. But since this was the play being used the director might have thought about trying to spicing it up a bit. There was some very good acting which helped make the play some what successful. There was some good direction there, making sure all the actors were property in place at the proper times. That would have been a difficult task considering it was stage covered by audience members on all sides.

I think this play could have been appealing to some audience members in different part of the United States or maybe even the world. It just seemed that the play just was not weird enough for this group of people. Some different parts of the country actually really appreciate this kind of work.

All in all I thought this play was good but just a little to slow for me. I felt the actors did a good job really capturing the story. The scenery looked good and really helped set the mood. The lighting and sound was also excellent giving the story an intense feeling at times. I imagine this play would have been good for a crowd about 100 years ago. Things would have probably fit together a little better.