Nightwatch Play Analysis

The production of Nightwatch was on May 13th through the 15th at Liberty High School. Nightwatch is a play about the character Elaine Wheeler who struggles through past and current obstacles. One night she is up and unable to go back to sleep so her husband, John Wheeler, attempts to urge her back to sleep but a glimpse of a dead body of a man in the building across the street keeps her from doing so. Elaine is now determined to make sure that the crime is solved and slowly starts to go insane. Her best friend, Blanche Cooke, arrives and only stirs up more drama. A Doctor comes by and goes through a therapy session with her, Elaine asks to see more of the Doctor because she feels the therapy helped her out. Elaine is about to leave to go to a different country to see the Doctor but has a mental breakdown. She accuses John and Blanche of having an affair then kills them both. At the end, it turned out Elaine just set this up to catch Joan and Blanche in the act. The acting was absolutely amazing especially considering this is a High School level production. All the actors were dedicated and passionate for their roles and you could tell just by their acting. First starting with Tori, who played Elaine Wheeler. I was blown away with her ability to use …show more content…
One of my favorite costume pieces was the suit worn by Appleby. It really expressed his strange behavior throughout the play and fit Anthony well. I also really enjoyed the costumes that Blanche had worn throughout. You got a look on maybe some characteristics that weren’t in the dialogue like the way Blanche dressed seemed as if she was fashionable character. The costumes also really fit the world of play and felt correct for each character. Without the costumes I don’t think the audience would have been able to identify the time period or time of day. So the costumes overall were very