Production and Script

I found the production of the play quite an insightful addition to the script, and furthered my understanding as well as clarified some bits, however it made me think even more and now I'm not sure (not that I ever was) what the play is about. There are a bunch of intricacies, only some of which I somewhat understand. Anyways, here are some of the points I noticed about the play in action:

• More annoying than usual.
• Everyone was saying how Carol is even more annoying than usual. I never really thought about why she was annoying though. When we were talking about how we felt about each of the characters, many thought that Carol was a manipulative and conniving person. If we think about the feminist group that she is with in the end, maybe how annoying she is furthers the criticism of the feminist movement and how it has gone too far.
• The "Oh my god" at the end
• John says these words, which give, to some, a whole different meaning to the ending. I didn't really notice it, because when I read the play I took his "well" and his action of looking at Carol as a realization that he had just done something quite terrible, but it's clearer at the end of the production. It seems that he's fully realized what he's done, although now I'm not sure if it's remorse of hitting her, realizing that Carol is going to further sue him and press charges, thus definitely putting him in jail, that his wife's on the phone (which may or may not still be on), or a combination.
• And then there are so many different interpretations of the "Yes, that's right" that Carol says at the very end. Is it an expression of satisfaction in her revenge? Is it a confirmation that she was right all along? Or is it even that she made him into what she wanted him to be in the first place? I don't know.
• Clear transition/transformation of characters
• clothing
• In the beginning, both John and Carol are clearly defined. She is wearing a big coat and looks like a college student who's not really sure where she's going. He's clearly a professor, and takes that role by first being behind the desk.
• In the end, their roles have switched, with Carol dressed in some business suit (although I guess she may be going to court) and acting more confident and John having gone downhill a bit. What's interesting about the production is going outside of the office and the scenes and highlighting John's life outside where he is in bed and drinking. I didn't think too much of it at the time, but this may be where he's at the hotel, because he looks really stressed out and his wife wasn't there. And, there was this one moment when he talking to Carol near the end and he reaches in a drawer, and there may, or may not have been, cigarettes. I'm not really sure, as it was only a flash, but if it was, it adds to the idea of him going downhill (mentally, physically, and literally) and Carol taking a more empowering role.
• tone and words
• In the beginning of the play, John is a bit condescending, and clearly treats her as someone younger whom he needs to teach and care for. Carol is unsure of herself.
• Some words they say are:
• John- "Don't you see?"
• Carol- "I don't understand."
• They both, although Carol does it more- the use of elipses........ ...
• "I..." ..I"
• Towards the end in the third part the roles are switched. John treats Carol as an equal, at least in terms of threat, as he doesn't try and help her or look down upon her but as someone to be wary of. Carol is much more forceful.
• The words they say are reversed. The production actually highlights this more, as he shouts these words, just as she had said them louder than I had actually read them in the beginning.
• Weird singing / Other things I'm not really sure about
• In the beginning and the end, there was this weird song. I don't remember or even understood the lyrics, so I'm not sure if they held any particular relevance, but I just remember it being weird. 
• At the end, as well, there was a quick flash of two students playing football. I'm not sure why, perhaps it was a commentary of how life continues on despite what one individual thinks?
• I remember one part (not clearly though) where the camera focused on some of the words written across the wall, and I think it had relevance to what the play was about, but I didn't read it fast enough and I can't remember anymore. Does anyone know what the writing said? Something about education and schooling.