Jack and The Beanstalk Trip Report from P6 Books and Beyond
We recently went to see Jack and The Beanstalk at the Alexandria. It was a very enjoyable experience because it was very funny and involved the crowd a lot. We were surprised to see that when Jack came onto the stage he was being played by a girl. However, we easily came to like this unique change. We thought she had a very high quality of acting. We were also a fan of the fact that it was different. However, some people were overheard saying that they found the female Jack strange as they found it difficult to remember that she was playing a man. This got us thinking about men playing women in pantomimes. This is easily accepted whereas women playing men is not seen as positively. During William Shakespeare’s times, females were not allowed to act in plays. This may have influenced modern day people’s views on women playing men. However, we dislike the fact women playing men is not as easily accepted as men playing women. We also did not like the fact that he...