I wish I knew French while watching Quartett. If I did, I would have been able to concentrate on the actors more as well as understand the content further. I did notice the performers moved very subtly to the music and made sudden movements and gestures according to the music, as learned that Muller followed the score of each music piece. Also, the text itself was amazingly well thought out in making the adultery and hatred and love, smash together at the center of the character's dialogues and monologues; least to say, I loved the entire play. However, the beginning scene was confusing with the old man shooting the young man across the table. As the performance ended, we, the students, discussed who was the old man and came to conclusion that he was the older version of Valmont. This piece was insanely mind blowing because it all made sense at the end, such as Valmont looking back at his youth in break Marquise's heart and marriage. The adultery and lust between the virgin niece and Valmont and the betrayal of marriage between Valmont and Marquise, were extremely intense, cruel, yet sensitive, through  the performer's piercing and deep voices in the French language.

The performance was enhanced with the creepy, evil yet mellow type of music, and at intervals, the music became fast and upbeat. Starting with loud sudden drum clicks as a cue throughout the performance, it shocked me each time. The music gave me chills while reading the text. There were two specific lines that caught my attention the most. I stumbled upon it while reading the translation and took some time to digest it because the line was too beautifully placed and said. One was related to blind people, where they said (out of memory) that the blind can choose to see what they want and when they want to see them. They don't have to see the cruel and ugly things that un-blind people see. They can choose to see only beauty. Also, another line I liked most between Valmont and Marquise was, (from my memory, I might be wrong) every word you speak is a wound upon me and every smile a fang appears. Although these are the only ones I remember off the top of my head, there are other ones that just inspired and captured my entirety such as the ones about the youthful adventures and lust vs. God's purpose of creating us, the humans, to enjoy being able to make love to each beautiful woman in sight. Another specific part I liked most was the juxtaposition of a lady on her knees in front of the man she loved and on her knees in front of the priest. I wish I could have remembered every single detail of the performance because it was done exceptionally well, in my perspective.