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The Last Supper Play Analysis

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“ The Last Supper ”
It is always thrilling to see a play that is written from investigations of the real world beyond theater because I strongly believe that art should reflect the society. From the moment, May took off her praying esdal ,wearing a short dress underneath in the first few minutes of “ The Last Supper ”, Ahmed Attar’s play at AUC Falaki theater , I knew that this play will mirror some major problems in our society in a light comedian way. The play was written in an amazingly nontraditional way that left the audience confused but at the same time curious.

What makes this play pole away from any other play is the way it is told. It is completely out of sequence with a lot of noises at the background. It obscures the understanding …show more content…

This gave the actors the space to breathe and move freely. Moreover, it made the main focus in the play on the characters and their performance with no any other distractions in the set. The lightning of the stage was very bright but there was a change in the color at certain points where the whole stage paused except the servant who used to place a dead animal on the dinner table. I can’t claim that I fully understand the reason behind such act, but I think the play writer’s intention was to make the audience focus and grab our attention to what happened before the pause.

Finally, the last supper is a short play, clocking less than an hour. However,the more I was engaged in the play simple questions like what then or what's the point keep on popping up in my mind and this made me on the edge of my seat and curious to watch it till the very end in order to rectify my confusion.By the end of the play all of the raised questions weren't answered and when you think about it they shouldn't be because in real life there is no absolute answer to them. However, it is awkwardly stimulating and fun to be surprised and

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