The theme of our play was totally scripted, there were many different personalities and they were also all individual, throughout the play we get a better idea of what each child is like and the purpose they have in the play, we also get to see the differences and similarities between each character.
The comparison here between the two plays is that Billy from Kes up to alot of mischief like when he forgets his games kit or steals milk, and the children from Blue Remembered Hills also get into trouble like when they kill the squirrel.
The style of both plays is realistic, in both plays realistic events occur that may take pace in real life.
In our performance we used a vast range of scenery like the green cardboard we used a tree and a small doll we used as the squirrel, we used this scenery so that the audience would get a good impression of where we were meant to be.
i.e. Tree-Forest/woodland
Bricks-House etc.
We also used a lot of dialogue and facial expressions to show to the audience that characters moods, feelings and general attitude; it would also show the Childs normal life.
We used a vast number of different facial expressions to show the audience what the Childs personality was like.
One major difference between the two plays is that Blue Remembered Hills is a whole host of different scenes whereas Kes was shown as one straightforward story line.
A similar event which occurred in both plays was that they both ended tragically, in Kes Billy’s bird got killed by a merciless brother and in Blue Remembered Hills one of the characters gets burnt alive in a hut by total accident.
Another similarity is that both of the plays contain children- in Kes there are Billy and all the other classmates in his school and in Blue Remembered Hills the whole play is based around a Childs life.
In the production of our play rehearsal was the most important thing to us, because we could try many different techniques and ideas and choose the one that fit our play best.
Another key point about our play was the group we worked in, we were all capable and with the effort we put in we should get a good grade.
We could listen to each others ideas without argument and use our rehearsal time wisely.