One Sideway Play Analysis

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Sideway stories by wayside school was, to me, unexpectedly good. Usually I do not like stories made for children but this felt different, I have also never read the original story as it never really made it to Europe. I think most of it is because of three aspects. The acting, the way the play was adapted from the books and the stage production. The first aspect I want to talk about is the acting. The casting was perfect and the overall acting ability of the cast was good. There was however on cast member who I believe stood out, that was actor who played Mrs. Gorf and others. He was able to play several different characters in one play which was really impressive to me. I can also imagine that it was a hard choice for the casting director

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