Tony Kushner The Illusion Analysis

On Thursday November 19th, I went to the King’s College theatre production “The Illusion” by Tony Kushner. During the week of the play, I did not know what to expect, because this was actually the first play I have ever been too before. Also, I never heard of the Illusion by Tony Kushner before, and I had absolutely no idea what the play I was about to see was actually about. When I was thinking about going to the play, I was actually very excited about seeing a live performance for the first time. On the other hand, I had the thought in the back of my head that I was not going to have any clue what was going on during the play at all, because of not knowing of the Illusion by Tony Kushner. In the beginning of the production, all I could focus on was all the old fashioned furniture and scenery of the play. At first, I did not have a clue what it meant, but relatively quickly I picked up on that the time frame of this production had to be taking place somewhere in the 16th to the 17th century. Looking around and seeing all the furniture, the positioning of the furniture, and all the older things, helped show the audience that the play was taking place a few hundred years ago. In the beginning of the play, I was not sure the point of the wooden bridge …show more content…
I believe if I actually took the time to look into the play more then I actually did, the play would have made a lot more sense to me from the start of the performance. On the other hand, I thought it was interesting that the play made me think about what might have been happening during the performance. Without reading or knowing what the play was actually going to be about, I believe it helped keep myself on my toes, making me extremely involved in the performance and focusing on every detail of the play, in order to follow what was going