How does Brian Clark make his play Whose life is it anyway?
Interesting, Memorable and Dramatic for a modern audience.
Brian Clark makes “whose life is it anyway?” an interesting memorable
play for a modern audience by using a wide variety of techniques that
are available when writing plays. The play addresses a range of
modern day issues. Recently Charlotte Wyatt’s case and Christopher
Reeves’ death have broadened the awareness of the issue of euthanasia
and the right to die or be resuscitated. In some of these cases the
Hippocratic Oath has complicated things. This happens in Ken’s
situation in the play. He wants to stop treatment but the
professionalism of the doctor’s are stopping him. Even though some of
them would let him die or help if they weren’t doctors they have to
stick to the Hippocratic Oath. Brian Clark used different character
levels and different language to show authority levels. A lot of this
language is used in the first few pages.
Act one Page One
“Going down- obstetrics, Gynaecology, lingerie, rubber wear.”
This is one of Ken’s humorous lines with mentions of medical
terminology. The other language used is cheekier. This is
appropriate to his situation because it is a reference to sex which he
makes even though he is unable to carry out because he is paralysed
from the neck down so unable to have sex. This suggests that Ken has
a naughty sense of humour making him a more interesting character.
However it becomes more apparent that his sexual frustration is
getting to him more and more throughout the play.
Act one page 34
I’ve only a piece of knotted string between my legs yet I still have a
man’s mind.
He says this to Dr Scott it shows tremendous sexual desire and he...
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...reed with Ken and some didn’t. However everyone
changed their minds a least once and this shows how different parts of
the play can effect the audience this makes the play more interesting,
memorable and dramatic for a modern audience.
The eventual outcome of the court case was that Ken could refuse
treatment and die. Dr Emerson’s attitude and no nonsense
professionalism fall a little at the end. He agrees that Ken can stay
in the hospital and die more comfortably than he would if he was on
his own in a hotel or bed-sit. I think all the characters in the play
and the audience are relieved to see Ken get his wish even if they
don’t agree with euthanasia. Everyone has different views but all the
medical staff have stuck with him from the beginning. All in all I
think Brian Clark wrote an amazingly modern day play that may
addresses all the issues in 2005.
The play itself is set in a large house owned by a rich factory owner, Mr. Birling. Mr. Birling has a wife and two children, Sheila and Eric. The family are having a small party because they are celebrating the engagement of Sheila, Birlings daughter, to Gerald Croft. Gerald is the son of a great man who also owns a factory and Mr. Birling sees this as a chance to get into the big money.
play which I will be speaking of is Act 2 scene 3, lines 42-144. In
with his mother. In "The Man Who Was Almost A Man", we see a male
One question that comes to mind when I read this is if he alternates between homes on certain days or months. From what I understand, it used to be socially acceptable to have many wives and children, but they all lived together in one home, scattered among different chambers within the house. The use of the word “homes” is what made me wonder.
of the death of his father. When the play comes to the part where the
some on his own. Paddy has a little den which he goes to and plays. I
cousin of his wife. This scene is very central to the play as it leads
has a dual role in the play. He speaks directly to the audience and he
In the beginning of the play, after caught dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris,
perform their section of the play. The back of the stage had a building painted
The play "Whose Life Is It Anyway" by Brian Clark was made into a stage
without her. "He was his wife's man and not his own." When he became aware of
One day my friend Briana told me a story that started 13 years ago. Briana was two years old when she met another two year old name Jack. Briana and Jack became best friends for 10 years, then Jack moved to another city so they became distant. Jack got his first phone when he was 13 and Briana got her first phone when she was 12. Jack was excited because he could finally have Instagram with her, so he searched up the name Briana Lopez and found his old best friend again. Briana got a friend request from Jack, she was so shocked and kind of excited because she had lost her best friend but all of a sudden she found him again. Briana accepted the request, Jack and her were texting non-stop 24/7. It felt like Jack never moved away and as if they
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