As we usher in the festive season, the magnificent University of Illinois at Chicago Theatre rekindles our love and belief in fairy-tale by astonishing us the phenomenal play titled The Secret in the wings by Mary Zimmerman. With the amazing direction by Christine Mary Dunford, the secret in the wings brings stories of love, life and fantasy alive on stage.
Everyone at some point in their life have had deep believe in fairy tales, some still hold on to them, I should know because I’m one of them. Although one grows and realizes that those fairy tales were made-up stories, we can still relate to them in our present day. The Secret in the wings starts with a young girl Bianca who frightened by her neighbour Mr Perez, a rather interesting character …show more content…
Was there ever a main idea behind this play? What did Mary want you to remember or feel after watching this play? Personally, I could spot out some interesting ideas and themes, if you will in the play. Love, Happiness, sacrifice, patience, greed, hope, jealousy, anger, beauty and second chance; all these could be said that the play was based of them. Love and sacrifice, in the play the sister of the seven sons sacrificed her will to speak to break the curse of her brothers. Even at the cost of not been able to defend herself for the loss of her …show more content…
After the three blind queens were exiled, the second queen refused to eat her son, with hopes that one they will be liberated for their pitiful state. The father of the seven sons, the wicked nursemaid, and the step mother all had somewhat anger in them, resulting to their actions. The father cursing his sons because of their nose, the nursemaids requiring the eyes of the three princesses and taking over the entire kingdom, the step mother taking all the children from the silent princess just to provide to her son the silent princess was a witch. How could it be possible that even in fairy tales, hatred and jealous go hand in hand. I’m quite aware that sometimes real life events could be the foundation for fairy tales. The fact that this play could be analysed to our present society is scary. And they seem to cause as much pain in fairy tales as in real
Everyone at some point in their life have had deep believe in fairy tales, some still hold on to them, I should know because I’m one of them. Although one grows and realizes that those fairy tales were made-up stories, we can still relate to them in our present day. The Secret in the wings starts with a young girl Bianca who frightened by her neighbour Mr Perez, a rather interesting character …show more content…
Was there ever a main idea behind this play? What did Mary want you to remember or feel after watching this play? Personally, I could spot out some interesting ideas and themes, if you will in the play. Love, Happiness, sacrifice, patience, greed, hope, jealousy, anger, beauty and second chance; all these could be said that the play was based of them. Love and sacrifice, in the play the sister of the seven sons sacrificed her will to speak to break the curse of her brothers. Even at the cost of not been able to defend herself for the loss of her …show more content…
After the three blind queens were exiled, the second queen refused to eat her son, with hopes that one they will be liberated for their pitiful state. The father of the seven sons, the wicked nursemaid, and the step mother all had somewhat anger in them, resulting to their actions. The father cursing his sons because of their nose, the nursemaids requiring the eyes of the three princesses and taking over the entire kingdom, the step mother taking all the children from the silent princess just to provide to her son the silent princess was a witch. How could it be possible that even in fairy tales, hatred and jealous go hand in hand. I’m quite aware that sometimes real life events could be the foundation for fairy tales. The fact that this play could be analysed to our present society is scary. And they seem to cause as much pain in fairy tales as in real