Arsenic And Old Lace Sparknotes

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Imagine if you came across two sweet little old ladies who were secretly serial killers on the side. Arsenic and Old Lace is a play set around the 1940s which combines both farce and thrill together in order to create a story that will keep anticipation high, and the audience on the edge of their seats for the whole show. The main plot regards two older ladies named, Martha, and Abby, who start off by having murdered a total of 11 men. When caught by Mortimer, they show no remorse and are very open about what they’ve done. A notable fact is that they seem to know every religion of every man they’ve ever killed. Before, Mortimer thought that the person who killed Adam Hoskins, whom he found hidden in the windowsill, was murdered by Teddy Brewster, a man who thinks he’s Theodore Roosevelt. Mortimer most likely thought this due to the fact that Teddy is a bit off in his thinking, and very eccentric about it as well. With this knowledge that Mortimer has, he saved Gibs from drinking the wine and becoming the thirteenth victim. On the side, there’s a romantic relationship between Elaine and Mortimer which is being damaged by the event of Mortimer finding the dead body in the windowsill. In the second act, the characters, Johnson Brewster, and Dr. Einstein come into the house to run a plastic surgery business for criminals. …show more content…

Usually, when you can’t recognize who an actor is on stage, and you know them, then that’s stellar acting because that means they left themselves and became their character. His voice and his goofy yet elegant Teddy Roosevelt walk appeared to be absolutely perfect for his character. Drew Ardis is evidently very good at voice impressions, knowing the drastic difference from his voice in real life, and the voice he gave to the character he played, the voice he was able to crank out was stellar. The voice reminded me of the Doctor’s voice from the Arsenic and Old Lace movie, it was very

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