‘Bouncers 1990s Remix’ by John Godber and ‘Shakers-Restirred’ by John Godber and Jane Thornton :: Drama

For my Coursework I studied Bouncers 1990s Remix by crapper Godber, and Shakers-Restirred by John Godber and Jane Thornton. For my Coursework I studied Bouncers 1990s Remix by John Godber,and Shakers-Restirred by John Godber and Jane Thornton. Origin tout ensembleyset in the 1980s but later adapted for the nineties, the plays areoften performed together. They tell stories about urban nightlife fromthe points of turn over of nightclub bouncers and cocktail waitresses. Eachplay only involves four actors, and they play all the parts. I enjoyedstudying the plays as they use comedy, melodrama and music to portraysome very(prenominal) different characters. I also noticed that sometimes, beneaththe comic aspects of the play, there were more serious messages aboutlife.Area of Study 1 Character and mise en sceneOur play was similar to Bouncers and Shakers as we worked ingroups of four too.Our characters were police officers, as we felt that the police seejust as much of the things that go on in nightclubs and prohibit asBouncers do. As well as being police officers, we also played all theparts of the smaller characters in the bars and clubs. We took thisidea of playing multiple characters from the plays we read.My main character was a female police officer called Karen Smith. Shecomes across as a very strong, blunt and overconfident character, from arough background, but she hides a secret. When Karen was younger herdad was really violent to her, her mum and her sisters, and it wasyears before he was finally caught and arrested. It was as a ten yearold, seeing her dad taken away, and feeling so relieved, that shedecided to be a Police officer when she grew up, so she could help new(prenominal) people.(See Role on the wall) I wanted to surface the hard and soft side ofKarens character, and so I tried really hard to show the reason forher harshness. At one point she speaks directly to the audience abouther past this is when her true character is revealed. The ot hers inmy group played the following roles categorical Tom Rivers a police officer who has only recently joined theforce. He is gay, and is worried that people will find out. He triesto seem bare(a) tough.Sam Ron Brown - he has been a police officer many years and thinkshe knows everything. His wife died a year ago and now all he has ishis work.Anna Marie Graves a young policewoman who is very pretty and