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And Then There Were None Play Analysis

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Production Critique By Karonna Luse My play of choice was And Then There Were None written by Agatha Christie and directed by Tim Hedgepeth. I watched this performance at the Black Box Theatre on Friday April 13, 2018. I had never seen anything by Agatha Christie so I wasn’t aware at what I had gotten myself into. This was a murder mystery surrounding a group of wealthy people trapped on an island, because they were all accused of murdering other people. Although everyone had been proven not guilty when the murders happened, someone put them together to kill them one by one to make them pay for their crimes. This play definitely had the audience on the edges of our seats, as we watched with curious eyes as to determine who the actual killer …show more content…

Everyone did an absolutely amazing job with their perspective roles. There were quite a few actors that stood out, for example the chef was a wife to the butler and she was very outspoken and made herself be seen. But there was one character that continuously called my attention throughout the entire play, and that was the Judge Sir Lawrence Wargrave, which was played by Ronald Lemos. Although he didn’t speak a ton in each scene he was always around, and when he did speak it was with so much power it called for your attention. Now one thing that called your attention to Ronald’s character was the fact that he walked with a slight limp. Now even when a scene was going on around him, his facial expressions would cause me to glance over at him. And when he opened his mouth everyone would listen to the things he had to say, even when they disagreed, because he spoke so sternly and matter of factly. For example when everyone was scared to leave the room and everyone was starting to not trust anyone around them, Sir Lawrence Wargrave, spoke up telling everyone not to eat anything or drink anything that anyone prepared while not in everyone’s presence. When he said this everyone listened and didn’t think twice about his suggestion. Ronald definitely did an amazing job as Sir Lawrence

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