Analysis Of Rumors By Neil Simon

The play “Rumors”, by Neil Simon, is an interesting tale of lies, confusion, and, most importantly, rumors. The Wrangler Theater production of this play really brought out its best, and blew me away. Firstly, the main theme for this play would best be summarized by the Mark Twain quote, “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” The entire play is basically about miscommunication and lying in an effort to avoid scandal. Though, in the process, the message gets garbled, and there are multiple different “truths” that appear. It comes to a climax when Lenny comes up with a great tale to explain absolutely everything that happened, all as a direct result of the multiple lies they had told the police officer. The general atmosphere …show more content…
The play had many actors on stage sometimes, but all the actors were able to shine through the chaos by using whatever specific quirk their character had. Though, of all the performances, Trevor’s was my absolute favorite. This is because he was able not only to be great at acting the part, and making the audience laugh multiple times, but keeping his neck still for almost two hours straight.
During the performance, as I stated earlier, there were often many characters on stage at one time. However, they were generally well balanced, except for when the scene called for them to be in a specific, concentrated area. The play was very well executed, and had many central ideas and themes that were repeated throughout, which gave an organized, clear message to the audience. While at some times I was deeply confused by the actions of the characters on stage, it seemed that it was intentional, which increased my satisfaction with the resolution of the play. My final comment for this play would be how well I feel that it was effectuated. Having seen the play before, I feel that this one was far superior in quality and acting, not to mention the set