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J.B Priestley wrote the play ‘An Inspector Calls’ in 1945 after the Second World War but the play was set before the First World War, in 1912. The play is about poor people getting their own back on the rich like the Birling family and tries to get across the point that every one should…

“Makwacha Hip Hopera”, originally “The Threepenny Opera” by Bertolt Brecht is a comical and modern version of the text. The adaptation was very cleverly devised by Nanzikambe using the original version for structure and plot but taking on a modern Malawian theme. Set in our own hometown-Blantyre, the audience could easily relate to the characters…

Charles Dickens was a famous writer of suspense stories. He was born at Portsmouth on the 7th February 1812. Charles was the second of eight children of John Dickens. Dickens lived in Victorian times and the sort of things that he writes about in his stories are probably from his era and the everyday lives…

The idea of condensing over 100 hours of the plays of William Shakespeare into 100 minutes of pure comedy is considered to be one of the unprecedented feats in the modern world of stage performance. Rapidly spreading throughout the world, this unique concept will undoubtedly thrive for as long Shakespeare’s work remain popular. In a…

At Christmas Dickens thinks we should keep Christmas well. By keeping Christmas well he means that Christmas is a time when people forgive things to each other, when all the family gets together for celebration, even at Christmas, for only this day they forget about money problems and have a great day enjoying themselves. Christmas…

Mrs. Lyons says this because Eddie (her adopted son) has been playing with Mickey (Mrs. Johnstone son) at the johnstone home. The irony of this statement is that Mickey and Eddie are the same and they always will be. Mickey and Eddie are actually twins. Their mother Mrs Johnstone was pushed into letting Mrs Lyons adopt…

The definition of hardship is “that which has to bear, suffering, privation” which basically means when a person goes through a hard time due to a split up or a person dying often leading to a series of unfortunate events. Willy Russell’s music interests started at about the age of 13 when he would leave school…

Blood Brothers is a story of a pair of twins who are separated at birth. They are brought up in totally different ways and this is shown through the characters register, body language and reactions to each other. They story is told by various methods such as the use of an interventionist narrator and soliloquy in the form of…

‘Blood Brothers’ is a musical written in the 1980’s by Willy Russell. It is set in Liverpool and is about two brothers. We went to see it at the Phoenix Theatre in London. Class was a major issue covered in the play – the Lyons family were upper class and the Johnson family were lower class….

Drama Scripted Coursework: Think of a story quickly and Cage birds. The practical work which we were assessed on, 12th May was a piece of scripted entitled, “Think of a story quickly!” by David Selbourne. This script covered themes of peer pressure, ostracism and conformity. There were three characters, one in which announces that she has…