d that she was the only one in the world in whom he trusted enough to confess all of his problems. During this scene we realize over and over that the gruff, tough facade that Josie puts on is just a cover, but inside she really is a sweet and caring individual.After both reading this play and seeing it performed, I definitely think that the cast did a terrific job acting out the story the way that the playwright intended. All of the characters that I saw on stage completely fit the images that I had in my head while I was reading the story. Josie was big and rough, yet she managed to play the emotional part of her role very convincingly. One would think that it would be difficult for an actor to act out the part of a strong, condescending landowner, and then the part of an individual whose whole life is falling apart, however the actor who played the character of James Tyrone, Jr. did just this. I think that even had I not read the book beforehand, this theme would have been apparent to me because of the superb manner in which the actors played their roles....
