Alice Queen of Wonderland the role of the theatre critic
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This is a digitised version of an article from The Cayman Compass's print archive. Occasionally, the digitisation process introduces transcription errors, or other problems.
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Taking the very great liberty of assuming the qualifications of the critic to be adequate he is faced with the problem of deciding on the yardstick against which to judge the local offering.
We are not watching professional actors nor full time backstage theatre staff with an open purse. If we were we'd be in New York (or wherever) paying $40 a ticket. But we are paying something.
Certainly there are changes I would make in the script but then I didn't have the initiative to sit down and write it in the first place. There are scenes that I would direct differently but I didn't stand up when the Drama Society said "Who will direct this years' pantomime?"
There are parts which I would play differently were I cast in that role but then I didn't spend over 100 hours rehearsing. How then do we judge? As I walked away from the theatre after last Thursday's opening night I overheard this conversation between two very prominent senior citizens who also attended: "It was very good wasn't it?" "Yes, Excellent" That says it all! They had been entertained for the evening and that's what it's all about.
Take the whole family to the Harquail Cultural Centre to see the current presentation of The Cayman Drama Society's "Alice Queen of Wonderland."
Be entertained yourself. Jeffrey M. Parker
