A Review of The Jungle Book (written by Rudyard Kipling) Henry Clay High School
May, 13th
2016
9:30am
Directed by Kiefer Shuler
Review
written by student, James Jones.
The Jungle Book story centers on,
Mowgli, a young boy living in the jungles of India. In the students of Henry
Clay’s performance we receive a lively rendition of Mowgli’s escapades with
friends Baloo and Bagheera. Talented performances by Raiffa Syamil as Mowgli,
Cas Young as Baloo, and Emily Spencer as Bagheera provide the audience with fun
and friendly characters. Whereas a fierce and mysterious performance by Yesmina
Townsley as Shere Khan portrays the volatile nature of the great Bengal Tiger.
Performances by the characters playing the monkeys and elephants and various
animals provided comic relief in times where Mowgli was doomed or gloomed. The
set of play conveyed the setting necessary for the story. A large painted tree
showed the jungle setting as well ropes dangling from the catwalk that took
form of vines hanging from the roof of the jungle. The medium lighting conveyed
the hooded nature of the jungle. The music performed by the Henry Clay Band
helped set the tone in each scene. One issue that I found with the play was
that while the band put up a solid and pleasant performance at times they did
overpower the actors a bit. Costuming was a solid job done that identified the
type of animal or “man-cub” each actor was portraying. This performance was an
overall completely pleasant and enjoyable experience that I would recommend
anyone of any age attend.
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