Why Freud Fainted by David Rhymer with Vanessa Porteous
Onalea Gilbertson, David van Belle, Jamie Konchak and Duval Langin Why Freud Fainted by David Rhymer with Vanessa Porteous.
Photo by Trudie Lee.
What was the most memorable moment of Why Freud Fainted? Why?
Please share your comments on the play.
10 comments:
Hello,
I was tickled pink by your staging of this new work. Fine acting by a cast who kept our interest while executing a rather long script. Song, dance & humour enlivened the evening. Execution of the musical score was outstanding - great to have live music. Many thanks!
Regards
i was thrilled to see why freud fainted come so far! i saw it at last year's platform play stage, and it has gone leaps and bounds! the music score is scrumptious!
thanks!
My favorite part was when it ended. That's two hours of my life I'll never get back
This play (live music, fine acting) has lots of potential but in contrast to the other PlayRites productions I've seen this month, this didn't meet the same standard.
The music was spirited and well played. All the performers, in fact, performed very well; they saved the meandering storyline from causing the play to be a complete disaster. My congratulations to all the performers for their excellent work in trying to resuscitate what is a dead horse. They all deserve awards for their work.
This show started as a comedy but it was terribly unfortunate that it didn't stay that way because the play truly lost any purpose it had (and I'm not sure it had a purpose) and direction in the second act when it became a drama. At least it appeared to be a drama.
Shorten the play. Make the conflict in the storyline obvious. Keep up the good-natured rivalry between the genders that occurred at the beginning and use that as the medium to move the play to its conclusion. Improve the conclusion by connecting it with the women's group that started the show.
Drop the references to anti semitism as the comments didn't really fit into the context. Was this a play about gender issues? Was it about a deteriorating relationship between Freud and Jung or a friendly rivalry? Was it about anti semitism? Was it about women's developing independence from the 19th century? What was the message that the playrite wanted to leave for the audience?
All in all, this will be a really good work if it is seriously overhauled to provide consistency and direction.
RW
Definitely more of a "work in progress" than some of the other "new" Playrite plays. Great music, choreography, costumes and set design, and certainly interesting (and educational) subject matter. However, as others have pointed out, the play needs more focus and tightening up, particularly in the second act.
We thought that this was cute and weird at the same time. The music was great and we had some laughs. What else could one want from a play.
Thanks to David and the crew.
Feb. 19, 2007 matinee
At the intermission I grumbled to my wife about how nobody cares about Freud or Jung any more. In the second act I realized that it's a play about the history of the 20th century: two views of the unconscious, and if Freud's view isn't specifically Jewish, one can see why the Jews might identify with it after the holocaust (repressed memories are destructive). The moment on the train jelled the whole thing for me; think of Jews on eastbound trains a generation later.
Paul Denham, Saskatoon
I was proud to spend "two hours of my life I'll never get back" in this play. I saw it twice in fact. I thought it was wonderfully original and very interesting. It was different and that is why i go to plays. To see something that has never been done before. Because we all would be bored if all we saw was the same thing over and over. The themes in the play mixed with the halarious musical intervals made it one of the best plays i have seen this year (or last year).
very enjoyable 1st act but the 2nd act dragged. I say tighten it up! hr
The acting was great, but by the end, I really didn't care why Freud fainted, I just wanted to get out of there.
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