Comments on TIME AND SPACE: La Voix Humaine: A Response by Hannah Cheesman

Just one more thought that I left out of my last p...

2011-03-06T13:03:34.491-05:00

Just one more thought that I left out of my last post:

I have not read this play, but after having a conversation with Mariel Marshall last night she revealed to me that it is not written in the text that this woman commits suicide. There is nothing about her jumping from a window. This was a choice made by the director. Now I’m seriously questioning what this director’s premise was? <

I felt an overwhelming sense of parallelism with t...

2011-03-05T19:10:35.175-05:00

I felt an overwhelming sense of parallelism with this woman and the relationship she was in. The possessiveness that we place upon a lover can become psychotic. Our desire to feel connected to that one person because they make us feel like ourselves, as though we have forgotten how to be independent: this is the pitfall of so many couples. It was surprising to me, that a play of such age still

I agree with a lot of what has been said above - p...

2011-03-04T15:57:27.549-05:00

I agree with a lot of what has been said above - particularly Hannah's insights about the overwrought underscoring.

I suppose, though, my connection to the piece was personal - as Boy George said of meeting Lady Gaga, "I've been that woman" and it's hard to disconnect when you feel so profoundly personally implicated...or rather, and more problematically when

The giant pane of glass that stood between the per...

2011-03-03T23:02:01.931-05:00

The giant pane of glass that stood between the performer and the audience largely dictated my experience of the ‘La Voix Humaine’. I recognise that the intention behind this speaks to the isolation of the experience of heartbreak; however, I would think that a performance about heartbreak would be about sharing that heartbreak with an audience. When Reijn slides the glass, opening the window and