The Davidson College production of The Great God Pan felt subtly provocative, akin to chasing a light through the hazy void of memory. As in any performance of a play, the adaption of the script to the stage required certain choices to be made. These choices, anything from internal motives to directorial stylistic preferences, are not always specified in the script. Therefore, instances can occur where a character is portrayed differently on stage than one could have possibly assumed from the script. For me, the portrayals of Jamie and Frank were different than I anticipated after reading the play. I pictured Frank as having a calm, amiable presence matched with a confident demeanor. In the first scene, Frank appears composed and prepared
