Eurydice Response
I went to see Eurydice, and I have some thoughts. I’m going to primarily focus on excerpts from my critical response paper from Eurydice for this blog post, and intertwine them with some more in-depth thoughts about the show. It was interesting to see some of the concepts that we’ve been discussing in class transfer over the the show, and to see the things that I think could have been better applied and what I will attempt to apply in my performances moving forward. The first direct tie-in to the concept of voice and physical connection comes from Orpheus, near the beginning of the play. Orpheus continually brings up music and song in his conversations with Eurydice, as well as discussing the connections those elements have to his voice and perception of the world. When I watched this piece, it was evident to me that Joseph Price, for all the excellent qualities he possesses as an actor, had a disconnect between his lines and voice. This is a problem that I also face in my theatri...