‘Bouncers 1990s Remix’ by John Godber and ‘Shakers-Restirred’ by John Godber and Jane Thornton :: Drama

For my Coursework I studied Bouncers 1990s Remix by John Godber, and Shakers-Restirred by John Godber and Jane Thornton. For my Coursework I studied Bouncers 1990s Remix by John Godber,and Shakers-Restirred by John Godber and Jane Thornton. primarilyset in the 1980s but later adapted for the nineties, the plays argonoften performed together. They tell stories about urban nightlife fromthe points of view of nightclub bouncers and cocktail waitresses. individuallyplay only involves four actors, and they play all the parts. I enjoyed perusal the plays as they use comedy, melodrama and music to portraysome very unlike dispositions. I also noticed that sometimes, beneaththe comic aspects of the play, there were more(prenominal) serious messages aboutlife.Area of Study 1 Character and mise en sceneOur play was similar to Bouncers and Shakers as we worked ingroups of four too.Our characters were police ships officers, as we felt that the police seejust as much of the things that go on in nightclubs and bars asBouncers do. As well as being police officers, we also played all theparts of the littler characters in the bars and clubs. We took thisidea of playing multiple characters from the plays we read.My main character was a female police officer called Karen Smith. Shecomes across as a very strong, blunt and confident character, from arough background, but she hides a secret. When Karen was younger herdad was really violent to her, her mum and her sisters, and it wasyears in front he was finally caught and arrested. It was as a ten yearold, sightedness her dad taken away, and feeling so relieved, that shedecided to be a Police officer when she grew up, so she could helpother people.(See Role on the wall) I wanted to show the hard and soft side ofKarens character, and so I tried really hard to show the apprehension forher harshness. At one point she speaks directly to the audience abouther departed this is when her true character is revealed. The others in my group played the following roles flavourless Tom Rivers a police officer who has only recently fall in theforce. He is gay, and is worried that people will find out. He triesto attend extra tough.Sam Ron Brown - he has been a police officer many years and thinkshe knows everything. His wife died a year past and now all he has ishis work.Anna Marie Graves a young policewoman who is very pretty and