Alan Bennetts Monologues as Dramas :: Alan Bennett Essays Monologue

Alan Bennetts Monologues as DramasThese plays are written for TV rather than theatre and areexperimental for different styles of playacting with more emphasis beingplaced on the single thespians face. This is in order to show subtlechanges in expressions hopefully giving the viewer a more clearinsight into the characters feelings. This is more appropriate for ACream Cracker as it is a moving story, which is portrayed, even moreso in the subtle movement of Doriss face Cracked the photo. Werecracked, Wilfred. Doris has cracked her wedding photo to her latehusband Wilfred, the sadness being emphasized not only through and through hervoice yet through facial expressions is far more effective. It alsoworks well in Her Big Chance as the falseness of Leslie comes acrossthrough her trying to be professional and the false gestures andexpressions she puts into doing this. Are you on the cans because idlike some direction on this point. Here Leslie is an extra on the sidereal day soap Cross roads and is asking for direction on the simplest ofparts, in order to suggest that she is professional so that she mightget a call back. succession putting this across to the viewers she usesgestures suggesting that Rex is not as professional and devoted to thejob as her.In these plays there is only a single actor/actress in these casesLeslie and Doris with all the other characters seen through theeyes of the main character. This does not give us the chance to haveour own opinions close the other characters but gives us the views andopinions of the main character. This is useful on both plays asalthough it tells us less about sub characters it tells us a lot moreabout Leslie and Doris and their feelings about the people aroundthem. Ive a feeling Scott may be gay Leslie suggests this as he isthe only man, to date, involved in the film who has not attempted totake advantage of her naivety. This tells us of how she is naive andfinds herself extremely attractive, as the first man who doesnt makea sexual advance towards her is labeled gay. Zulema doesnt dust. Shehalf-dusts. From this we apprise that Doris takes pride in her home andlikes it spick and span, also that she thinks she is able to livealone and does not need home help. It also tells us a min aboutZulema, that she is not fully devoted to her work as the dusting isonly half done.Both actresses portray the characters very well and make them both