Alan Bennett's Monologues as Dramas
These plays are written for TV rather than theatre and are
experimental for different styles of acting with more emphasis being
placed on the single actors face. This is in order to show subtle
changes in expressions hopefully giving the viewer a more clear
insight into the characters feelings. This is more appropriate for "A
Cream Cracker…" as it is a moving story, which is portrayed, even more
so in the subtle movement of Doris's face "Cracked the photo. We're
cracked, Wilfred." Doris has cracked her wedding photo to her late
husband Wilfred, the sadness being emphasized not only through her
voice but through facial expressions is far more effective. It also
works well in "Her Big Chance" as the falseness of Leslie comes across
through her trying to be professional and the false gestures and
expressions she puts into doing this. "Are you on the cans because id
like some direction on this point." Here Leslie is an extra on the
daytime soap Crossroads and is asking for direction on the simplest of
parts, in order to suggest that she is professional so that she might
get a call back. While putting this across to the viewers she uses
gestures suggesting that Rex is not as professional and devoted to the
job as her.
In these plays there is only a single actor/actress in these cases
"Leslie" and "Doris" with all the other characters seen through the
eyes of the main character. This does not give us the chance to have
our own opinions about the other characters but gives us the views and
opinions of the main character. This is useful on both plays as
although it tells us less about sub characters it tells us a lot more
about "Leslie" and "Doris" and their feelings about the people around
them. "I've a feeling Scott may be gay" Leslie suggests this as he is
the only man, to date, involved in the film who has not attempted to
take advantage of her naivety. This tells us of how she is naive and
finds herself extremely attractive, as the first man who doesn't make
a sexual advance towards her is labeled gay. "Zulema doesn't dust. She
half-dusts." From this we learn that Doris takes pride in her home and
likes it spick and span, also that she thinks she is able to live
alone and does not need home help. It also tells us a bit about
Zulema, that she is not fully devoted to her work as the dusting is
only half done.
Both actresses portray the characters very well and make them both
Doris in Alan Bennett's A Cream Cracker Under the Settee In play 'A Cream Cracker Under the Settee' Alan Bennett uses many techniques and dramatic devices to make his script seem real, believable, and also enjoyable. I am going to study the statement, 'Doris is just a moaning old woman.' I will then investigate and explore how Bennett manages to maintain our sympathy for the lead protagonist in the script, Doris. I will cover many points such as Doris' relationships, the use of the cameras, lighting, music and other significant techniques he uses to gain his audiences interest and to uphold their sympathy for Doris.
has sibilance from the repetition of the 's' sound. Dramatically this creates a harsh consonant sound almost as if they actor playing Valerie is aggressively spitting out the anger that she feels about her husband. Within class this line was delivered with the dictated Northern accent which furthered the sibilant qualit...
I think I agree with how the play was written. I believe it was written to relay a message to its readers on relationships and how they can explode in a fast manner. For example, the relationship that Jim and Dave had was ruined because on girl named Daisy. And because of her talking to both men it caused Jim to be considered guilty
One opportunity this version of the play gives us is the ability to see Miss Y with Mr. X and see her reactions while she is with him. In the first scene Miss Y looks at Mrs. X and her children with contempt (like she is described doing in the text when Mrs. X talks about her children). However, when Mrs. X leaves, we see her making very slow and deliberate movements obviously trying to get the attention of Mr. X on her way out. When she eyes him as she passes and he seemingly ignores her, she rolls her eyes, obviously not content with his reaction. In the way Miss Y and Mr. X are portrayed in this first scene, we already start to get the impression that Miss Y obviously wants Mr. X or that there is already something going on between them.
First came the pride, an overwhelming sense of achievement, an accomplishment due to great ambition, but slowly and enduringly surged a world of guilt and confusion, the conscience which I once thought diminished, began to grow, soon defeating the title and its rewards. Slowly the unforgotten memories from that merciless night overcame me and I succumbed to the incessant and horrific images, the bloody dagger, a lifeless corpse. I wash, I scrub, I tear at the flesh on my hands, trying desperately to cleanse myself of the blood. But the filthy witness remains, stained, never to be removed.
meanings along with what is going on in the plot of the play, it is
The swings creaked on the ice as Joe Bennett sat on one lonely swing dressed in black. Cold fingers ran to his mother's locket. His Mother Elizbeth Bennett's death crushed him like it crushed her. A man called in sick that day at the mines. He called she filled in for him and that was it. He couldn’t understand why it had to be her.
Bennett was a boy who lived in Scottsdale, Arizona he was 16 and lived with his father Evan. He had curly brown hair, green eyes with very tan skin he was often confused for a light skin. He was very attractive and tall he looked just like his dad. Victoria was the name of Bennett’s mother. She had beautiful deep green eye’s that he also had from her. Evan’s wife died in a car accident when Bennett was five . After the crash, he was rushed to the hospital and his mother was declared dead then and their. It was a horrifying moment for Bennett. On his left leg there was a scar from the accident caused by the glass that had broken off of the windows. When he recently moved from Austin,Texas he was in middle school, but now he was a sophomore at
The works of James Baldwin are directly related to the issues of racism, religion and personal conflicts, and sexuality and masculinity during Baldwin's years.James Baldwin's works, both fiction and nonfiction were in some instance a direct reflection his life. Through close interpretation you can combine his work to give a "detailed" look into his actual life. However since most writings made by him are all considered true works of literature we can't consider them to be of autobiographical nature.
The plays trajectory throughout does not disappoint audience members as its quick paced plot continues through each of the vignettes unraveling more of each characters background. According to Joe Belanger of the London Free Press, the fast-paced show “featuring eight vignettes, [shorter than the original play] each carrying a character from the previous scene until the show comes full ‘circle’ to the real life of the bi sexual Ben whom we meet in the first scene where he was hoping to meet ‘Louis’ who turns out to be Lois” leaves the audience appreciating each of the characters for who they are (Belanger). The initial introduction between the two characters is interesting in itself—Ben looking for a man to satisfy his needs. However, to his
...they represent concerning women’s roles in society. Adele plays to entertain her husband and friends at parties, whereas Reisz plays for the art of the craft, always striving to be more proficient and more artistic. Mademoiselle Reisz easily sees past Edna's front, welcomes Edna into her life, and helps usher in the biggest change of Edna's life. Mademoiselle Reisz and her personality serve as the catalyst for the changes that Edna makes in her life. Edna strives to be Mademoiselle Reisz concerning her element of independence, while Leonce Pontellier, Edna’s husband, would like her to be more like Adele Ratignolle, and it is Edna who is striving to find the delicate balance in the middle.
NATHAN (whiny baby) Oh hell no! It’s getting cold and I’m hungry! I am freezing my ass off. TIAGO
Oprah Winfrey, a talk show host, quoted that, “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” In Act Three, Scene Three of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence talks to Romeo about his banishment. In the monologue, he tells Romeo to be happy and thankful for what he has instead of whining about what he doesn’t have.
...ces them outside of the normal perception of society. They both are seen as non-conventional or troublesome women, Vivie for her distance from traditional interest in romance and art, and Mrs. Warren for her moral choices in profession, and as such are treated as other from the more traditionally set men in the play, who question each woman’s value. The interesting fact of this though, is that they both look down upon each other – instead of bonding over their rejection of societal expectations in unique ways, they stigmatize each other in a imbalanced relationship, not only alienating themselves from societal norms in the process, but also from each other.
Blanche Dubois, a refined and delicate woman plagued by bad nerves, makes her first appearance in scene one of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. She unexpectedly arrives in New Orleans to visit her sister Stella Kowalski who ran away after their father’s death. Upon their reunion, Blanche is sharp-tongued and quick to state her shock over the unsavory status of the apartment in comparison to the luxurious plantation where the two sisters were raised. Though dissatisfied by the living conditions, Blanche quickly explains that she had been given leave of absence from her teaching position due to bad nerves and could not stand being left alone—her excuse to invite herself to stay with Stella for an undetermined period of time. It