DNA: School Edition (Oberon Modern Plays)

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Scene 4: Leah does not speak. Phil offers her a sweet and as he puts his arm round her to show affection, she spits out the sweet and leaves in disgust. Phil shouts after her. DNA was developed ten years ago as a part of National Theatre’s Connections Scheme, which commissions playwrights to write plays for young performers aged fourteen to eighteen. Scene 1: The audience learn that someone is ‘not going’…this is a reference to Brian not going to the police station Lou will follow whoever the leader is at the time. She is a ‘yes’ woman and will do as she is told. She is controlled by fear (see Act 1 Scene 3). She is afraid of John Tate but also of ‘ Richard, maybe’ (p13). This causes John Tate to panic and ultimately results in John Tate and Richard’s confrontation. Lou (possibly inadvertently) has planted the seed in John Tate’s mind that he is not seen as a leader which results in the struggle for power between him and Richard. Ultimately, their conflict ends with John Tate re-gaining power through threats and fear.

Dialogue: I like the vagueness of Jan and Mark's dialogues appearing at the beginning of every part. The cross-cutting will be fun to perform, though difficult. No matter what the circumstance, you know the gang will defend itself. Not just from outsiders, but from itself. Weak leaders are seen as threats. And they constantly have to be on the lookout for challenges. Defiantly a victim of that. Y'know, whatever he wants he just doesn't Nothing. So y'know, it's just been me talking and talking about how I talk too much but... but well Phil, hasn't said nothing. Haven't you Phil? And then he comes with this idea to send the cops on a wild goose chase! Richard first appears to be a strong character and potentially someone who is able to be a leader of the group. Lou is scared of him and he presents a challenge to John Tate’s leadership. Although he stands up to John Tate ( You shouldn’t threaten me John’ p17), he is eventually put in his place when John Tate turns the entire group against Richard by telling them to choose sides. (Act 1 Scene 3). From Morning to Midnight (2013): a translation, original play by Georg Kaiser, premiered at the National TheatreThings That Make No Sense (2011): performed as part of Theatre Uncut: A Response to the Countrywide Spending Cuts, premiered at Southwark Playhouse a b "Dennis Kelly: I can't imagine a more violent writer than Shakespeare". Evening Standard. 10 April 2012 . Retrieved 11 March 2021. So much so, the Bonobo like Leah is prepared to violate her moral code, in an effort to get a response from Phil. Firstly killing her pet and then threatening to kill herself.'

Which means he gets pushed around. So much so, he's bullied into doing things he knows are wrong. And loses his sanity.' Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks". 21 February 2018. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help)True Love, Sums and Christmas (2010): monologues performed as part of The Children's Monologues one-off event at the Old Vic Theatre Chimps are evil, they murder each other. Did you know that? They kill and torture each other to find a better position within the social structure. For years we thought that Chimps were our closest living relative, but... now they're saying it's Bonobo's. Mark :" … so we were sort of, well, alright, taking the piss, sort of. You know what he’s like he was, sort of hanging around"

Saner, Emine (4 October 2019). "Sharon Horgan's unstoppable rise as master of honest comedy". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 March 2021. Lou has no complicated speeches but instead speaks using simple sentences or short phrases. Phrases such as ‘We’re screwed’ (p34) make her appear young/ not assertive and relies on being given instruction. She also appears to believe the lies the group have created (p35) Initially menacing, he tried to ignore his conscience. Shirking from the reality of what the group have done.' A chimp will find itself on the outside of a group, and before he knows it, he's been hounded to death by the others. Sometimes for months! This edition will especially resonate with students as it examines the power of teenage group mentality and constantly throws them into the deadly drama as potential participants and vulnerable victims. It gets them to consider at what point does our morality make us turn the other way?

My So-Called Life to Utopia: are these the most foolish TV cancellations ever?". The Guardian. 22 June 2017 . Retrieved 16 March 2021. They all think that he’s dead, and go about making a plan to hide what they’ve done. Their plan goes slightly wrong when they frame an innocent postman for ‘kidnapping’ Adam. Brian, a member of their group, refuses to go to the police station and confirm that he saw the man alone with Adam. However, he ends up going because Phil threatens to throw him down the grate to ‘rot together’ with Adam. Scene 1: Mark and Jan discuss that someone is ‘dead’ and this throws the audience into the middle of the action.

Rose Bernd (2005): a translation, original play by Gerhart Hauptmann, premiered at the Arcola Theatre He wrote an adaptation of Pinocchio featuring the songs and score from the Walt Disney film for the National Theatre, opening in December 2017. [ citation needed] Leah: " It’s Adam, Phil, Adam! We used to go to his birthday parties, he used to have that cheap ice cream and we used to take the piss, remember?" (p58)Kelly says that he struggled with alcoholism during much of his 20s. [10] He attended Alcoholics Anonymous and has been sober since 2001. [11] Nominations Announced for 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013 . Retrieved 3 May 2013. Kelly was one of the ten writers who took part in writing monologues based on a children's account for a one-off event at the Old Vic Theatre directed by Danny Boyle in London in support of Dramatic Need in 2010. His three monologues were performed by Ben Kingsley, Jenny Jules and Charlie Cox. [19] Cathy appears to have a callous side when she obtains DNA evidence from an actual postman who fits the description Phil made up. Did she do this because she is a social climber who is trying to impress the leader, or did she genuinely not realise what she has done? (p38)