Harvey Play Analysis

‘Harvey’ is a Pulitzer Prize winning comedy by Mary Chase and directed by Ronald L. Watson. It was played at McAllister Auditorium at San Antonio College, from March 31st to April 10th. The play’s time period is 1940s when the World War II had been occurred. Elwood P. Dowd was a middle aged man who had an invisible friend, Harvey. He claimed that Harvey was a 6 foot tall rabbit and liked to introduce Harvey to everyone. Elwood’s sister, Veta Louise Simmons, and her daughter, Myrtle Mae, were social who loved to invite people to their house. But they got embarrassed by Elwood whenever he introduced Harvey to people, so that Veta decided to send Elwood to sanatorium. However, the doctors, Lyman Sanderson and William R. Chumley, got confused …show more content…
Each actor knew when and where they needed to have their lines or moves. Overall, the play was very smooth and flowing. The tempo of the actors were neither too fast nor too slow, it was very generally suitable. I could say their actions moved like one whole play. I didn’t see anything odd in the play with their acting. It was all natural as a play. The quality of this play was very satisfied, beyond my expectation. The casts worked in harmony with each other, which was very …show more content…
I like to say their pacing was very correct and right on time with each other’s lines. It was very believable. Both of their facial expressions were very impressive and easy to catch without showing exaggeration. Especially, I liked the acting of Myrtle Mae and how she made her facial expression. When Myrtle Mae needed to show surprise or embarrassment, it was really cute and wasn’t effusive at all. When she was acting as a girl who had a crush on a boy, her acting looked all natural and believable. She looked exactly like a shy teenager girl next to a boy she liked. Moreover, the scene of her that she couldn 't hide her embarrassment by Elwood introducing Harvey to Mrs. Ethyl Chauvenet was realistic looking and she was not overacting. However, I felt that the actor of Duane Wilson performed overact, even though his act was supposed to exaggerate. It was awkward to watch him acting. He was hammy, especially when he was standing up with his hands on his waist. I couldn’t understand why he had to pose for the play. Some of his acting was sometimes unnatural. This was the only awkward moment I could find in the play. Overall, every move worked fine for the