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Resentment

The title of my devised piece is Resentment. The piece is about young

catholic birthmothers being forced into adoption by their parents. It

is based on the stimulus of oppression in society. There is a main

oppressor and a main character that is oppressed but each character is

being oppressed in some way. The piece is set in modern day but jumps

from 1985 to the present day and in England. I will be comparing my

devised piece to The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht. This

play is set after the Second World War in a badly shelled Caucasian

village. I will be comparing the themes and styles Brecht uses in the

play to the ones that are used in the devised piece. I will also be

linking and comparing the theme of oppression with 'theatre of the

oppressed'. This is a type of forum theatre created by Boal. Forum

theatre is an interactive form of theatre that transforms theatre from

the "monologue" of traditional performance into a "dialogue" between

audience and stage. Forum Theatre seeks to show a person (the

oppressed) who is trying to deal with an oppression and failing

because of the resistance of one or more obstacles (the oppressor). My

devised piece is based on 'theatre of the oppressed' but doesn't

include a lot of audience interaction. The audience isn't used at all

in the piece, although one short scene does occur among the audience.

This is very unlike Boal, as he would try and involve the audience as

much as possible into the piece.

In the Caucasian Chalk Circle there are many links to the theme of

oppression. Grusha is trapped because she knows that it would be

morally wrong to leave the baby to the soldiers but if she takes the

baby with her then both of their lives will be in danger. In this

situation she is being oppressed by society to do the morally right

thing and by her own guilt because she would be able to live with

herself if she just left the baby.

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