Fuenteovejuna Play Analysis

From my understanding of the play fuenteovejuna, it was about a small town of people that were under the rule of a King and Queen by names King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabel I of united Spain. Because they kingdom had a lot of subdivisions, they had to appoint a commander by the name Gomez to rule who was previously a warden. Although the play was not well detailed and expressive, it did have a good but simple stage set up displaying the ordinary people who lived in the small town undergoing their simple professions and lifestyles. The play did portray the message effectively; the actors did a very good job, they were very clear and understandable. I could tell that this was not a modern play through the costumes the actors used in the play; …show more content…
From the play “Fuenteovejuna”, I liked the part played by Kenn Hopkins, who starred as Mengo and did a very excellent job in making the audience laugh as he played the role of the clown. Not forgetting Constance Swain, who starred as Laurencia did a very good job playing this role, her acting, and the way she showed emotions as if she was the real deal, was really impressive. But my favorite actor of them all was William Allen, who starred as the Commander Gomez did a wonderful job displaying his good qualities as a good wicked character in the play. I honestly did not have a worst character I believe everybody did very well. One act I’m still confused with is when folly and her man come on stage for a short period of time and sings herself praises, but what is the most confusing is where only we they audience can see her but the actors