Response: Evaluation of the explorative strategies and the drama texts - Lisa's Monologue.

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LISA’S MONOLOGUE

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Response: Evaluation of the explorative strategies and the drama texts.

Initial Response- Lisa’s Monologue

When I first saw the monologue, a great block of solid text, I thought it was going to be complicated and that there was going to be lots of hidden ideas and meanings. I thought that I would have to read it a couple of times before it sunk in. I was wrong. The first time I read the text, I thought it wasn’t all that bad. Through the first reading, picked out what I thought the priorities;

  • Lisa was pregnant.
  • The father had taken off.
  • Lisa’s parents weren’t too happy.
  • Lisa was not going to let this set her back.

Through the second reading the relationships of the characters came through. Linda was someone who Lisa turned to; she trusted her and could ask for advice from her. Lisa’s boyfriend appeared unreliable and unfaithful, because he left her when he found out about the baby. I don’t believe Lisa had a very good relationship with her parents, otherwise she would not have mentioned that they would ‘kill’ her.

Character Brainstorm – Lisa

Hot - seating of Characters- Lisa and Brian

To develop the characters, we used the explorative strategy of hot – seating. This is where a person sits down, in character, and is asked questions about his or herself. They answer as if they were the character, with no help and with no pre- prepared material. Hot – seating helps in creating a clearer, more developed and detailed character.

We hot – seated two people who played Lisa and her boyfriend, Brian. I believe that hot – seating the two characters was very successful, we learnt a lot about the two characters, and some of their true identity was uncovered. Their real feelings towards each other were revealed and we were all able to go away with a clearer picture of the characters.

To improve on Hot – seating in the future, I think that the audience should think about their questions carefully, and try to ask relevant questions.

Forum Theatre- Lisa telling her Boyfriend she is Pregnant

Forum theatre is where some people act out a scene or piece, the audience, can interrupt at anytime, and make alterations or suggestion as to what will happen, they act as directors exploring the different ideas that can happen.. A member of the audience may also change with one of the actors at any time in the performance.

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We put the use of forum theatre to action, on the scene where Lisa tells her boyfriend she is pregnant. This should have given us plenty of chances to alter the scene, but not many were acted on, I think this was because it was the first time we had down this, and people were a little unsure of what to do, or how the rest of us might take it.

An idea that was explored was that Brian, Lisa’s dim boyfriend, lost his temper for the first time. I believe that this would have worked but we ...

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