- The childhood scenes were made realistic by the costumes the children wore. For example Linda wore a girly dress and wore her hair in pigtails. The voices also made these scenes realistic because the males made their voices higher. The scenes were made humorous by the games they played and how excitable they were.
- One of the actor’s performances I enjoyed was that of Sammy because he was a troublemaker. His performance was made effective by the sneaky attitude he had and the tough loud voice he used, this created the impression he had a lot of power over people and was in charge, but was never going to be punished for his actions. He only looked out for himself and seemed not to care for anybody else even his brother.
Another actor I enjoyed watching was Mickey because he started off being a strong, fun, helpful character and ended up being a vulnerable, self-hating character. This made me feel sorry for him. Mickey ended up getting his brother and himself killed. He gave the impression of needing stability in his life.
- I think the narrator’s role was many different things. He was the storyteller; he was also the characters’ conscience for good and evil. He looked over the characters. The narrator was also a forewarning to us of what is to happen.
- I think the playwright managed the pathos, through the action and final song ‘ Tell me its not true’ this causes the audience to feel empathy for Mrs Johnston as she has lost two of her sons and is going to be blamed for it all.
- Class difference is apparent when the policeman catches Mickey, Linda and Edward because Mickey gets told off whereas Edward did not and the policeman laughs about it with Eddie’s parents. This was because Edwards’s family are rich. Another time class difference was apparent was when the boys were in school because Mickey went to public school and Eddie went to private school.
