The summer of the 17th Doll
...the layoff. The main characters were Pearl, Olive, Emma and Bubba all of whom play a role in the summer of the 17th doll. The plot follows firstly the characters feelings toward Nancy getting married and how they are dealing with it. “Why should Nancy get married it didn’t achieve anything, it ….it just ruined everything” (Olive scene 1) “That girl knows what’s good for he. Nancy knew that the fun wouldn’t last forever so she left while she still could “ (Emma scene 2) . Then it shows how Pearl gets invited to stay and how all the characters deal with the invitation before finally agreeing to let her stay. I believe that our play dealt well with the issue, it showed how the change occurred “Olive: Our shift is almost over; when Nancy still worked here we used to go have a drink afterwards. Pearl: Nancy is that friend of yours who got married isn’t she? layoff.” (Scene 1 at bar) “ I know! Since pearl will be alone this year, and Nancy’s gone and changed everything, why doesn’t pearl come over during the layoff instead” (Olive in scene 3) as well as how the issue of change was solved through the different characters monologues. We didn’t see it necessary for Olive to have a monologue as her feeling we revealed well through the plays dialogue “Give her a chance! I know she is a bit uptight, but she’ll loosen up” (Olive in scene 3 on Pearl) I think hat some improvement might have been expending the monologues because I believe they dealt with the issue to quickly, maybe we could have had two monologues to show a better transition. We tried to portray a clear context of our play through the set, costumes and language. We used biscuits and alcohol, which would have been around in the 1950s in Australia. We also used handbags and costumes, which suited the period such as long skirts and white blouses. Language is one of the most important things in showing context I think we could have used more 1950s Australian words but we didn’t really have a deep enough understanding of the language to do that tough we did used words like “oh gosh”(bubba scene 3) to show the context as well as we could. If we did it again I think we would need to explore the language further. I believe that I used quite good verbal communication in the play; I tried to change my volume and pitch to show different emotions such as anger and excitement. I also added bit more energy to my voice to show Olive’s eagerness a...