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Trojan Women
May. 4th, 2013 12:37 pmI owe everyone a review of this.
In Dec 2012 I went to Japan and the last performance I saw there was Wao Youka in Trojan Women. This is a Greek play by Aristophanes.
This play was done in conjunction with a theater company from Israel and after they were done in Japan everyone was going to perform in Israel.
There were three languages spoken, Hebrew, Arabic, and Japanese. Everyone spoke their native language. Whenever Arabic or Hebrew were spoken Japanese subtitles were shown on each side of the stage. Great…..three languages I don’t understand and I don’t read Japanese that fast, although I did recognize one word that got used a lot, 死ぬ.
The main characters are Hecuba and the Chorus. The Chorus consisted of 5 Japanese, 5 Arabic, 5 Israeli women so they took turns in speaking the lines in their language. The different cadences and sounds each language had was like another character in the play. Hecuba and the Chorus were all dressed in black and grey.
There were 3 women and that came on stage for different reasons and their costumes were the only colors on stage. Cassandra wore white, Andromache wore purple, and Helen wore Red.
Wao played Helen. Helen does not show up on stage until the second act and only for about 10-15 minutes. Now, when I first heard that Wao was going to play Helen I thought ‘Wao as beautiful? Face that launched a thousand ships?’ I love Wao but in a tux. Doki doki. So I was shocked when Wao came on stage. Holy Shit! She’s beautiful!!! Sorry to say I actually said that out loud in the theater. I don’t think I was the only one because there was a lot of muttering going on in that theater. Her acting was great. The women were all blaming her for the war and wanting her death. She acted strong and defiant when coming on the stage, humble when pleading for her life, and defeated when leaving. For such a short time on stage she made an impression.
Afterwards there was demachi with the Wao Fan Club and I stood off to the side. She’s still gracious as ever coming to talk to her fans. I’m so glad I had the chance to see Wao live for the first time. She is my all time favorite sienne.
I wish I was able to see her in something where she had more stage time. By the way, she’s playing Dracula again 8/23-9/8. Damn…..why in my off years.
EDIT: Thanks to charleytuna for finding Wao's Helen on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2fx9-UtwnUY
In Dec 2012 I went to Japan and the last performance I saw there was Wao Youka in Trojan Women. This is a Greek play by Aristophanes.
This play was done in conjunction with a theater company from Israel and after they were done in Japan everyone was going to perform in Israel.
There were three languages spoken, Hebrew, Arabic, and Japanese. Everyone spoke their native language. Whenever Arabic or Hebrew were spoken Japanese subtitles were shown on each side of the stage. Great…..three languages I don’t understand and I don’t read Japanese that fast, although I did recognize one word that got used a lot, 死ぬ.
The main characters are Hecuba and the Chorus. The Chorus consisted of 5 Japanese, 5 Arabic, 5 Israeli women so they took turns in speaking the lines in their language. The different cadences and sounds each language had was like another character in the play. Hecuba and the Chorus were all dressed in black and grey.
There were 3 women and that came on stage for different reasons and their costumes were the only colors on stage. Cassandra wore white, Andromache wore purple, and Helen wore Red.
Wao played Helen. Helen does not show up on stage until the second act and only for about 10-15 minutes. Now, when I first heard that Wao was going to play Helen I thought ‘Wao as beautiful? Face that launched a thousand ships?’ I love Wao but in a tux. Doki doki. So I was shocked when Wao came on stage. Holy Shit! She’s beautiful!!! Sorry to say I actually said that out loud in the theater. I don’t think I was the only one because there was a lot of muttering going on in that theater. Her acting was great. The women were all blaming her for the war and wanting her death. She acted strong and defiant when coming on the stage, humble when pleading for her life, and defeated when leaving. For such a short time on stage she made an impression.
Afterwards there was demachi with the Wao Fan Club and I stood off to the side. She’s still gracious as ever coming to talk to her fans. I’m so glad I had the chance to see Wao live for the first time. She is my all time favorite sienne.
I wish I was able to see her in something where she had more stage time. By the way, she’s playing Dracula again 8/23-9/8. Damn…..why in my off years.
EDIT: Thanks to charleytuna for finding Wao's Helen on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2fx9-UtwnUY
