Shirley valentine by Willie Russell.
Adam Bowen GCSE Literature Coursework: Twentieth century drama -- Shirley valentine by Willie Russell Shirley Valentine is a romantic comedy, set in Liverpool, about a woman a called (Surprisingly) Shirley Bradshaw. She is married to a man called Joe. When Joe and Shirley were married, they loved each other passionately, but as the years went on her life became a monotonous routine of washing up plates, glasses and dishes and making meals for her husband. She has resorted to talking to the kitchen wall because she is so bored. Shirley though, can never remember the exact point in which her lovely marriage turned into a horrible nightmare. Her marriage becomes so routine that Joe eats particular meals on particular days and if he does not get them on the write allocated days he gets very upset! Things take an unexpected turn in Shirley's boring life when her feminist 'all men are potential rapists' friend, Jane, wins two tickets for a holiday in Greece after she enters a magazine competition. Shirley is unwilling to accept Jane's invitation to come on holiday with her. Shirley can not imagine going away on holiday on general principles and she can not see herself as being independent. She feels guilty how Joe would cope if she went away for two weeks, leaving all the cooking and cleaning for him to do! Jane eventually convinces Shirley to accompany her on the holiday.
Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine In 'Shirley Valentine' Willy Russell presents the transformation of a stifled middle-aged women. The dramatic techniques used in play help the audience to understand the importance of Shirley's transformation were monologues, flashbacks and voiceovers. At the end of the play the audience would be pleased for Shirley for the reason that she has changed so much and she is very happy because she can make a start to her life. The play, Shirley valentine was written by Willy Russell. His life experiences influenced through the play. He couldn't work in many places because he wasn't a qualified person. As Shirley was a housewife she couldn't work anywhere. Willy Russell bring into being play writing and he enjoyed it. Shirley went Greece and found a job they're which she loves doing. Willy Russell worked in a Saloon so he would have in sighting about the lives of women. This play is influenced by kitchen sink drama, this play is about Shirley who is an example of a stereo typical house wife, working class woman, she does things like shopping, cleaning, cooking and taking care of the children and so on. Shirley is also an example of a pessimistic woman who is constantly thinking that disappointing things are going to occur. Russell Satirise feminism in the play through Jane's attitude, saying men are only after one thing, which is sex, "Jane - All men are
Dicussing 'Shirley Valentine' by Willy Russell.
Shirley Valentine In 'Shirley Valentine' Willy Russell presents the transformation of a stifled middle-aged women. The dramatic techniques used in play help the audience to understand the importance of Shirley's transformation were monologues, flashbacks and voiceovers. At the end of the play the audience would be pleased for Shirley for the reason that she has changed so much and she is very happy because she can make a start to her life. The play, Shirley valentine was written by Willy Russell. His life experiences influenced through the play. He couldn't work in many places because he wasn't a qualified person. As Shirley was a housewife she couldn't work anywhere. Willy Russell bring into being play writing and he enjoyed it. Shirley went Greece and found a job they're which she loves doing. Willy Russell worked in a Saloon so he would have in sighting about the lives of women. This play is influenced by kitchen sink drama, this play is about Shirley who is an example of a stereo typical house wife, working class woman, she does things like shopping, cleaning, cooking and taking care of the children and so on. Shirley is also an example of a pessimistic woman who is constantly thinking that disappointing things are going to occur. Russell Satirise feminism in the play through Jane's attitude, saying men are only after one thing, which is sex, "Jane - All men are
The dramatic techniques used in play Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine In 'Shirley Valentine' Willy Russell presents the transformation of a stifled middle-aged women. The dramatic techniques used in play help the audience to understand the importance of Shirley's transformation were monologues, flashbacks and voiceovers. At the end of the play the audience would be pleased for Shirley for the reason that she has changed so much and she is very happy because she can make a start to her life. The play, Shirley valentine was written by Willy Russell. His life experiences influenced through the play. He couldn't work in many places because he wasn't a qualified person. As Shirley was a housewife she couldn't work anywhere. Willy Russell bring into being play writing and he enjoyed it. Shirley went Greece and found a job they're which she loves doing. Willy Russell worked in a Saloon so he would have in sighting about the lives of women. This play is influenced by kitchen sink drama, this play is about Shirley who is an example of a stereo typical house wife, working class woman, she does things like shopping, cleaning, cooking and taking care of the children and so on. Shirley is also an example of a pessimistic woman who is constantly thinking that disappointing things are going to occur. Russell Satirise feminism in the play through Jane's attitude, saying men are only after one thing, which is sex, "Jane - All men are
How does Willy Russell make the audience sympathise with Shirley Valentine?
How does Willy Russell make the audience sympathise with Shirley Valentine? In this essay I will be exploring how Willy Russell, the author of the play 'Shirley Valentine', makes us sympathise with his main characters. Russell himself comes from a working class background and was born in Liverpool which is where half the play was set. He started of as a hairdresser and from here he got an insight into women's life .He started to attend night class on drama and this is where he picked up his love for script writing. After this he began to write comical songs and then he began to write scripts. His first play 'Blind Scouse' was premiered at Edinburgh festival and then in 1990 he wrote 'Shirley Valentine'. Kitchen sink drama deals with working class people and their everyday lives, and this is related with Shirley as this play deals with her everyday life. Kitchen sink drama relates with 'Shirley Valentine' in many aspects and this play may be influenced by kitchen sink drama. Therefore, Russell's past experiences of him growing up in a feminine household has influenced this play by being the basis of Shirley's aspects on life. It also concerns working class lives, social problems and relationships. Willy Russell invite us to feel sympathy for Shirley by portraying her as a person with many hopes and need unrealised. For instance, how she is treated by her husband almost
Shirley Valentine.
Shirley Valentine Essay Originally 'Shirley Valentine' was a sensational monologue performed by Pauline Collins. Willy Russell wrote it as a screenplay about a tedious and lone some middle-aged woman's story who is trapped in her marriage. She has the utter extravagant opportunity to escape from this miserable life of hers to go and search for the real 'Shirley Valentine'. During this journey we are shown the different stages of her life as she sees them. Russell has used devices such as flashbacks and voiceovers to make the screen play more interesting for the audience to understand. These devices play a big role in the structure of the play. This essay illuminates Shirley's transformation and how the formation of the play shows this. Russell has used a wide range of cinematic devices. This allows the audience to understand Shirley in a more better interesting and effective way. We are shown credits before the start. They overlay pictures of more domestic activities which any typical house wife would have to do. For example gardening and cleaning. We also hear a soundtrack which gives a negative feeling because of it's sympathetic mood. This gives us a clue about the film and also introduces the idea of regret. The lyrics describe some one who is not appeased and satisfied. This would make us think that the movie is about Shirley and her unsatisfied life. The film opens
Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine coursework Coursework Question How do the dramatic techniques used in the play help the audience to understand the importance of Shirley's transformation? In the play written by Willy Russell 'Shirley Valentine', Shirley transforms from a quiet middle aged woman to a confident and changed woman. She transformed from a housewife doing domestic chores all day to a confident, relaxed and more appealing woman. Russell uses dramatic techniques to show these changes: flashbacks show recent events of her life, and voice overs allows us to hear her true feelings, by this we are invited to her own world, where she thinks what she likes. The audience will see Shirley in different points of views, this will happen because of the voice over and the flashbacks, which help us, to see more of life and what she has been through. The use of dramatic monologue/direct address to the audience, helps the audience understand her opinions and feelings, as if they are with Shirley through out the play. The dramatic monologue helps the audience with the voice overs and flashbacks, and helps us to understand Shirley's true thoughts and feelings. The play was written by Willy Russell; he was born in 1947 and raised in Liverpool. Russell was brought up in a working class family. He writes about his early adult experiences, by working as a ladies hair dresser and always hearing
Shirley's monologe - Shirley Valentine.
Shirley Valentine Hello Wall here I am in my old clothes as always, at the same time of day and doing the same thing, as always but today there's a little difference.... A 42-year-old married woman cooking for her lazy arsed husband who complains about working all day. That's how I've been feeling these past years of my life. I spend most of my afternoon cooking whatever he wants. And guess what! Yep you're right! Here I am in the kitchen cooking for him. The only good thing about this time of day I get to talk to you. Even though I talk to you through out the rest of the day too. Today I'm going to accomplish something, well...... hopefully! Joe is almost home and he is in for a big treat today. He's been such a good boy he deserves to eat chips and egg on Thursday instead of steak on Thursday. What surprise he's going to have he'll probably think I'm having an affair as it isn't his birthday he'll wonder why the surprise. I'm tired of having set food for each day of the week, if he wants to eat his tea he's going to eat whatever I want to cook him not what he want otherwise he can buy and cook his own tea and ill do mine. But if I know my Joe he'd rather starve than do his own tea, so this will rattle his cage. He'll realise that I don't want a life that's a monotonous routine. I learnt that on countdown yesterday! What do you think Wall? Ohhh
shirley valentine
Modern Drama Assignment 'Shirley Valentine' by Willy Russell Focusing on the 3 extracts from Shirley Valentine, but referring to the play as a whole. Show how Willy Russell presents Shirley's life. The play of Shirley Valentine is about a middle aged women who was a rebel in her younger days, she goes on holiday to find a better life, she goes to find 'Shirley valentine' because she was bored and depressed just stuck in her house all the time. She feels that she is taken for granted and thinks there is a better lifestyle waiting for her. By the end of the play we see that Shirley and Joe are reunited just like they were when they were young. Willy Russell takes us into flashbacks through the whole story; this is one of many dramatic techniques used in the play to show Shirley's past. Russell showed the couple as a loving young couple but they end up as an older couple feeling young again. In the first extract we are shown Shirley and Joe as a young happily married couple painting their kitchen. They are playful and loving. Willy sets the atmosphere as a happy one. Shirley has a high self a steam and she is enjoying herself with Joe. The language used in the first extract is in a rude manor but it's playful as they are young and happy. He uses words like 'you little bugger' and 'you're a bloody head case'. Some people may find this offensive but I think it sets a joyful
Character study of Shirley Valentine.
Character study of Shirley Valentine At the opening of the play we see Shirley Bradshaw, a typical middle aged housewife being taken for granted. She is treated as a domestic slave rather than a person. People assume that that she will do whatever they want her to do whenever and all they have to do is click their fingers. As a person Shirley feels isolated and alone, she has no one that she feels she can talk to properly. She has got all these feelings locked up inside that she can not let out because no one will listen. To show how desperate she is, she ends up talking to a wall in her kitchen: (E.g. I like a glass of wine when I'm doin' the cookin; - Don't I wall? Don't I like a glass of wine when I'm preparing the evening meal?) Shirley thinks she is worth nothing. When she looks in the mirror she sees the boring middle-aged Shirley Bradshaw. She has no self-confidence. She longs to be the old Shirley Valentine. The woman everyone wanted to be the girl at school that broke basically every rule, the person that went out and had fun with her friends. During the course of the play, we see in a series of flashbacks the various problems and feelings Shirley experiences. The first few flashbacks we see confirm what Shirley is feeling and how people take advantage of her. They show that her life is not her own, but it seems as though everyone else controls her. Her life is