Drama †Blood Brothers Response Essay

crease brothers is a bill which was written in 1981 as a school play and included a range of themes which help the audience understand and step for the figment rather than just watching it. The themes in this play include poverty, innocence, love, games, belief and superstition. I feel that the key themes that control the play are meet and society of the clock time and I feel that most of the story circles around these themes and most concomitants are cause by these themes.To emphasize the themes in the play, we created a three hr version of the play which consisted of still images, yarn and stylise movement. We contumacious to split the play into quartet sections which were fry years, babehood, 14 17 years and 20+ years. We decided that we would show the giving a way of life of the baby as this allows the rest of the story to flow. If it wasnt for this specific scene, the story wouldnt have happened as the giving away of wizard twin is a signifi bay windowt until n owt in the play. This also allowed us to add emotion to our piece as this is one of the several events which scatter people into two opinions. For the second section (which was small fryhood) we included images of them first meeting, acting games, both of the mothers separating rice paddy and Eddie and Mrs Johnstone giving the locket to Eddie.My throng and I felt that these were also important events in the play in fact one of the main themes in the play is games which relates to the robbery and overall shooting of both twins later on. For 14 -17 years, we decided to show both tikeren being suspended from school, the meet up between friends with the devil narration on top which we thought allowed our piece to flow reservation it easier to understand. At the last stage, 20+, we performed four still images which included an unemployment scene, Lindas pregnancy, Eddie and Linda being unneurotic and finally the shooting with the second half of the images having the ill man narra tion over the topTheres a mad man campaign round and roundYou know the devils got your numberYou know hes serious beside youHes screamin deep inside youAnd someone utter hes callin your number up todayTodayTodayTODAYThis piece of narration was used in our three minute version of the play as we thought that it summed up a troop of the disasters in this age group and is a constant theme throughout the play. I found that the best way to tell this story within the three minutes was to use different techniques which allowed expressing and stressing of several moments in a play making it more effective. In our three minute version, this included levels, space and marking the moment. One example of these blameless(prenominal) three put together was when both boys got expelled. We had the class sitting d declare at the back charm the teacher was standing up straight looking down on one pupil who was higher(prenominal) than the class but lower than the teacher. This made use of levels , space and also marked the moment by focusing on the locket.We decided to make the giving away of the baby the most signifi evictt smudge in the play. This is because the whole of the story centres on this point, and if it wasnt for this event, none of the other events would have happened. To mark this moment, we used narration which was originally placed over the point where Mrs Johnstone was only considering giving the baby to Mrs Lyons.How quickly and idea, planted, canTake root and grow into a plan.The thought conceived in this very roomGrew as sure enough as a seed, in a mothers wombThis piece of narration allowed us to realise how the event they are seeing came into being.We found that forum theatre was a very serviceable technique to bring Mickeys monologue to life. Forum theatre was used to change the way we said lines and how to put expression, touch sensation and life to the lines which in turn make the monologue a lot more vibrant and interesting. The way we performe d forum theatre was to have someone acting out a verse of the poem. We then got the audience to comment and suggest improvements. We then acted the verse out again and reiterate the process until we were happy with it. Below is the verse we performed.Y know our Sammy,He draws nudey women,Without arms, or legs or even headsIn the baths, when he goes swimmin.But Im not allowed to go to the baths,Me Mam says I have to wait, romaine lettuce I might get drowned, cos Im only seven,But Im not, Im nearly eight.We started off with the beginning of the verse being said in a very secretive way although it was put in the category of secret in a child which meant that it had to be told something I had felt many a time when I was a young child which also meant my body was slightly crouched and slightly tense. I used the same experience to goggle at what Sammy was able to do when he went swimming. Then disappointment kicks in when I hit But Im not allowed as my voice goes slower and my body slump s and when the mother comes on I re-enact a rather rude hand motion usually used when someone is too talkative time the mother reads her quote. The last line is said in a way of self-pity making the temperament feel sorry for himself which I have felt many times when I was a young child and feeling as if my parents were deriving me of all of the worlds pleasures.In this monologue I learnt that Mickey was a character who always wanted more and wanted something someone else had that he hadnt which is an unmistakable characteristic of Mickey throughout the play. It also helped me realise that it was more than just a greedy feeling as the feeling was a lot deeper and it was if the world had forgotten about him but not the others who lived in the world around him. As I said before, forum theatre had helped me align these characteristics as it helped excogitate what had been written. It was as if there were a lot of muddled thoughts and both me and the audience were helping to piece it together properly so we could both get an idea on how the character was really like and how the character really felt.For individual spontaneous improvisation, I acted as Mrs Johnstone where I was looking at both babies and playing with them as if it were my last time with both of them. Of course, at the time my character would have not know which baby would have been taken and because of this, I acted in a way as if it were the last time for Mrs Johnstone to see both of them. My thought track for this piece was I cant believe this is happening and it would have been hard to come to terms with something which could potentially change somebodys life, especially when it is your own son. This decision was both challenged and supported by a technique called a conscience corridor which we used to find the pros and cons of giving the baby away which was then fired to somebody stepping into the shoes of Mrs Johnstone.Feeling the confused and complicated feelings, it gave us a chance to make our own decision as if we were that character. Some pros included having money, less stress, a better life for your son, less work. Some cons included the guilt of your child being bought, divide up a natural obligate given up to both children, more stress as you annoyance and having to cover it up from the outside world. The conscience corridor was put into action by splitting the class in half and putting them up as two sides to create a human corridor. We then got a member of our class to walk up while each person in the wall said the pros and cons. When the person in the middle finishes walking up through the corridor, he/she tells us his/her decision.In this situation, I wrote a diary entry as Mrs Johnstone. I typed my diary entry up belowI cant believe it is happening. So close to the time where one of my beloved babies would be given away to my employer. I am sure that I am doing the right thing I cant afford to give them both a good life and Mrs Lyons does want a baby so badly. Even so, I feel I am breaking a natural bond given to them both which makes me unsure on whether I should do it. I am in a situation which I would never wish on any mother.Overall, I found that explorative strategies helped us understand Blood Brothers as it allowed us to see what usually are hidden thoughts and feelings of characters. It also allows us to get into character and realise how events and other actions are performed by the character.