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To Kill A Mockingbird Movie Vs Play

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Harper Lee’s, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, preformed at Fairmont State University School of Fine Arts was dramatized by Christopher Sergel. The play was available to the public on the dates of September 28th, 29th and 30th at 7:30 and October 1st at 2:00.

The setting and lighting was appropriate for the situation, the set and lighting designer adequately presented the scene and made the audience feels as if it was actually night time. The costumes for the play were similar to the ones in the movie, and from the time period 1930’s when the great depression was taking place. The costumes provided an interesting perspective and caught the watchers eye. I didn’t notice the hair and makeup aspects of the play other than Dill Harris’ and Scouts. The overall sound component was consistent, I think that it was easy to hear at all times: However, the sound effects could have been better, they sounded very unrealistic. The fight choreography could’ve used a little improvement, but it didn’t draw away from the play as a whole.

The play To Kill a Mockingbird opens up with the narrator, Jean Louise Finch, played by Teresa Smallwood. The narrator tells the story while flashbacks of when the inside story takes place are occurring. This book based play, revolves around the issue of racism in the 1930’s and Atticus …show more content…

My favorite character in the play was Scout, played by Gwendolyn Timbrell, she achieved superb memorization of her lines, facial expression, and staying in character. The only character that stuck out to me was Teresa Smallwood who play Jean Louise. The night that I watched the performance she messed up multiple times, jumbling her words, but other than that I thought she did a respectable job narrating. I was thoroughly impressed by how well all of the children in the play did, However, I think they drew away attention from the other characters in the

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