{"id":19747,"date":"2014-03-05T13:09:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T18:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=19747"},"modified":"2014-03-05T13:09:42","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T18:09:42","slug":"romeo-and-juliet-african-students-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2014\/03\/05\/romeo-and-juliet-african-students-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Romeo and Juliet, African Students Style"},"content":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve never reviewed a play before. Here goes nothing:\r\n\r\nI went to the African Students Association<\/a>\u2019s production of Romeo and Juliet last week, and it was amazing. The end.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nKidding, kidding. I\u2019m not going to attempt to write a formal (or even all that telling) of a review. I never really thought I could ever be into theatrical productions. The first play I ever watched was a Stratford production of Julius Caesar, and I\u2019m pretty sure that I fell asleep halfway through. I didn\u2019t get classical theatre. I don\u2019t know, maybe it\u2019s just me.\r\n\r\nThis production of Romeo and Juliet, though, I\u2019d watch again and again if it were still running. Vanessa Jev, the director of the play and the ASA\u2019s current president, reworked the classic into a modern-day African (my guess would be Nigerian, with a few Jamaican expats) tale.\r\n\r\nThe play opened with the Chorus \u2014 narrator \u2014 storming on stage to deliver the prologue, only instead of a narrator, it was the Capulet's nosy domestic help, and instead of a prologue, she was gossiping with her friend about the plight of the famous lovers. It was funny, creative, and brought back memories of the \"town gossip\" back in my town in Kenya.\r\n\r\nRomeo and Juliet isn't a traditionally happy or humorous play. Vanessa and the cast put together a show that was funny all the way through without taking away from the original story. Because I was familiar with Romeo and Juliet (it's been drilled into my mind throughout my school career, like most others), I could sit back and enjoy the originality of this particular production without worrying about following the story.\r\n\r\nOverall, I was extremely pleased with ASA's production of Romeo and Juliet. My new thing is going to be attending student-produced theatre...I can't believe this is what I've been missing out on, and I refuse to miss out on anything else!\r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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