Analysis of the Cliff Scene in Willy Russell's Our Day Out
The title of the play is 'Our Day Out' Willy Russell wrote it in 1977.
He was born in Whinston Lancashire. He grew up in Knowsley; a model
village set in the countryside outside Liverpool. Once Russell had
qualified as a teacher he worked at Shortfields Comprehensive School
in Liverpool where his experiences lead him directly into the writing
of 'Our Day Out'. While it was written in 1977 its roots were firmly
planted In Russell's experiences at Shorfields comprehensive. Clearly
all the vital elements of Russell's play were implicit on the day trip
for the remedial department at Shortfields. It has many fast moving
scenes. Some humorous others even depressing. The story is quite
powerful and get you thinking about many things. It was designed for
television in 1977 and made into a musical in 1983; there would be
many difficulties to put it onto stage. The problems would consist of
Mr Briggs car approaching the zebra crossing, having a lot of children
on the stage at once and having the buildings on the stage especially
the school etc
The play is set in Liverpool in a very run down area and extremely
deprived, the behaviour and problems that the children have are very
visible throughout the play.
The play is about a progress class, which consists of children who are
not very intelligent. They are in the progress class, as they do not
have very high standards and are below average when it comes to
intelligence. Their teacher is Mrs Kay. She is taking the progress
class to Conwy castle in Wales for a day trip. The play is emp...
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...asses are not all about fun for the pupils. The pupils are educated
just the same as other pupils their age just with more help. The
teachers are not like Mrs Kay and believe there is no point teaching
them. As teachers today usually believe in trying to educate everyone.
Although, there is still run down areas in some places so the story
could be half-relevant to today.
My view on the play is that it is very good and extremely well
written, it makes you feel as if you are they're watching every scene
happen. This is a good thing and means that Russell has done very well
at describing the scenes. The play keeps you gripped and hooked right
until the end. It makes you feel as though you can't put it down and
every scene is left at a cliff hanger, making you want to read on and
find out what bizarre thing happens next.
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see how an author could write a book with such a short and sudden ending. The last
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