The Play

I attended Southeastern's production of The Imaginary Invalid and watched the entire play...

And I loved it!

I thought the actors did well, especially knowing what some of their personalities are like off the stage. I loved how they had the dancers come out and interact with the audience.
The set really surprised me; even though I had seen it was a house from chapel, I did not know it opened up like it did.

I went to the Thursday night showing for students, and I was a little surprised at how few people there were. It wasn’t empty, but I would have thought a lot more students would have wanted to come out than did.

Whenever I watch a movie or play or read a book, I always try to pick one character that I feel I relate the most to (I think this is pretty common for a lot of people), but in this play it was a little difficult. Mostly because I found that each of the characters were like me (or me like them; however you want to put it) but none of them was really what you call an “exact fit,” which I suppose is also pretty common.

When you look at the conclusion of the play, it really isn’t a conclusion. I didn’t think the problems were really solved. I mean, the dad became a doctor so he could take care of his “ailments” and the older daughter was able to be with the one she wanted, but it just didn’t seem like the right ending. If it was to have a healthy ending then the dad would have come to the conclusion that he wasn’t really sick and the step-mom could have sent the daughter to a convent where she would then proceed to escape somehow. Maybe the step-mom would have had something from her past come back to haunt her and she would be out of the picture anyway.
I am sure there are a million ways to end the story, and I am sure they are much better than the scenario I described above. I still thought the play was great, I just wish it had a different ending.