Imaginary Invalid

I attended the Southeastern production of the Imaginary Invalid on February 25 and watched the entire play.

The Imaginary Invalid I thought was well done by our fellow peers. This was not only a play but it was a musical. This play also had dancers to brighten up the play which I thought was very clever and very entertianing. The thing that stood out to me the most was the costumes. I loved the bright colors and the styles that they word to represent the late 19oo's.

Though I thoroughly enjoyed this play I often wondered why Professor Corrigan would have us attend the play. Was it to support our fellow class mates (Juliet was in it)? Surely it was not just for pure entertainment...Suppose he wanted us to get something out of this play. So as I watched the play I tried looking for the reason. I couldn't find one till the end of the play. Towards the end the Brother was telling the father that instead of listening to everyone else's advice he should just "become a doctor himself." The Father didn't understand how this could be because he was not trained as a doctor; he had no idea how to be a doctor. Then the last scene you see the father having his ceremony and giving fake answers and get's his diploma. The Father was able to recieved his diploma because none of the other doctors really knew what they were saying and the Father was able to make up fake words. Since no one understood each other who could say whether the Father was right or not?

To me that was the purpose in which I saw the play. We owe it to ourselves to get the best education that we can so we are able to be what we can be. If no one had an education then how are we to be in the same level. We would all be ignorant of the world around us. I suppose if everyone was ignorant then we would be on the same level. Then eventually someone will want to learn and when someone learns something then the rest of the world would be off balance. To fulfill our potential we must resume the responsibility to understand the world God has given us. Daniel Selby says "Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know."