Analyzing S Aimer's Play

The staging of the play S’Aimer was admirable due to its the performance of the actor.
All through the hour and forty five minute play, there was only one actor on stage, Thomas Gionet-Lavigne, who portrayed a young man obsessed with Hector de Saint-Denys-Garneau who struggled with loving himself and with the idea of love in general . Since the actor was alone for the whole play and he seemed to be talking to a loved one most of the time, the whole play could be considered as a monologue. He narrated his whole adventure from the moment he came home and saw that his girlfriend had left to the moment where he is describing everything that happened since that moment to his loved one. At least, that is what the audience was lead to think because of the way he addressed the invisible character he is talking to/his audience: when he was talking about the woman who left him, he always talked in the French second person singular ,“tu” (you), saying things such as “Quand t’es partie...” (“When you left...”). In addition to giving the audience an idea of the person to whom his discourse is addressed, the fact that the …show more content…
Through his quest of finding more about de Saint-Denys-Garneau’s life, the character encountered many people with whom he had conversations. For each of these character, the actor changed his voice, his intonations, his stance and his gestures. By doing so, he made it very clear for the audience to know which character is actually talking. For example, when the young man met with Father Benoît Lacroix, the actor changed his voice, talked more slowly, curved his back, and took small steps when walking. By mimicking Father Lacroix when this character was talking and taking back his real voice when the young man added to the discussion, it was quite obvious for the audience to know which character was