Drama Comparitive Essay

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Drama Comparitive Essay Drugs and the use of drugs is a common problem with young people in society. The two productions I will be comparing in this essay both run on the theme of drugs. Our play performed in class is called “Heroin Lies” and this will be compared to “Junk” a book and then tv programme also running on the theme of drugs. “Heroin Lies” the play was written by Wayne Denfhy in 1991, compared to “Junk” written by Melvin Burgess in 1996, and as research I read the original book as I felt it would help me to compare to “Heroin Lies”. In our performance of “Heroin Lies” I play the part of ‘David’ who is the father of heroin addict Vicky. I had to take up the role as a strict father who wanted his family to be strong and was very dissapointed in his daughter Vicky when she admitted to taking the drugs, however he shares a mutual respect with his other child Jason, who also featured in out perfomance. I watched and read some shows and books to try and find different aspects of fatherhood to make my perfomance spot on, I also made diagrams of my character and would write different aspects of their life around the diagram to try and get to know the part I would be taking up and thei characteristics. To help me in my work I looked for information in many different places, such as the library
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where I would read books on heroin so that I would feel knowledgeble to the work we were studying. I also went onto the internet and watched tv programmes where I would be able to watch a performance by an actor playing a Dad that could enhance my performance as I would try and learn the way the actors I watched would move and talk etc. In addition to this I would also watch the actions of my own dad to see if any of his characteristics would help me when rehearsing for the part of David. To help me ...

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