Evaluation - 'A Taste of Honey' by Shelagh Delaney

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Joseph Pegram 11A

Evaluation – ‘A Taste of Honey’

We began looking at the play ‘A Taste of Honey’ by Shelagh Delaney in a naturalistic style. During the first few workshops, we were exposed to the set, the characters, their relationship, their moods and their everyday lives. We acknowledged the fact the Helen and Jo were mother and daughter but didn’t always get on and there always seemed to be an essence of competition in their relationship, more like a power struggle. This power struggle can be seen visibly through the text and the way the play is written.

We used Tableaux to show moods and relationships established in the first few pages. This gave me a strong, in depth, realistic perspective to the play. When we used out facial expressions and gestures to create a frozen picture, it really helped us to gain an insight into Helen and Jo’s relationship. I think that tableau is one of the most effective skills used in drama today. It creates a visual, still picture that relates to a part of the script. I then went on to use Tableau a lot more when studying ‘A Taste of Honey’ due to the fact that I thought this was very effective and gave a clear understanding and justification of relationships and moods to the audience.

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Tableau was such an effective skill that I went on to discover new ways of conveying information when using Tableau. Through Tableau I was able to incorporate an essence of power by using levels. In my opinion, Helen and Jo were always trying to compete against each other more like a power struggle. I needed a way to show this to the audience very clearly. I thought that levels would be the most appropriate dramatic skill to use because it shows where an individual is visibly and in terms of status in an argument.

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