Comparison of our three drama texts studied at GCSE
The three plays that we have looked at over the past two years have been Philadelphia here I come, Death of a sales man and Billy Liar.
Philadelphia was set in the early 1960’s in the fictional town of Ballybeag, Death of a Sales man was set in the late 1950’s in America and Billy Liar was set in the late 1950’s in north Yorkshire.
The play Philadelphia, in set in Donegal, it is a small fishing town, the town as a whole is a very inward looking town, they don’t know much about anything that happens outside the town, they provide for themselves and it is a very rural society. Gar the character I play lives in a small fishing town with a shop attached to his house where Gar works as his father has done all his life. Their lives seem to revolve around the church and work. The play uses flashbacks; Gar has these flashbacks to a happy time in his life with his girlfriend Katy. Two actors play the main character: privet and public. Private is the character that says what Public thinks but is too scared to say. The play is about traditions, expectations and dreams.
