1
Q
Themes
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- mendacity
- the lies the family tell each other
- entrapment
- homosexuality
2
Q
Make sure to include
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- the stage type you will be using (thrust)
- the style your production will be (naturalistic, expressionistic)
3
Q
The original production
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- staged in 1955
- Morosco theatre
- directed by Elia kazan (made use of a gauze backdrop)
4
Q
in the 1950s …
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- USA was very homophobic
- hayes code and Eisenhower’s laws prohibated the hiring of homosexauls in federal jobs (exerbate bricks struggle to come out)
5
Q
Live theatre that influenced me
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- ‘Streetcar named desire’ at the young Vic 2014
- ‘After life’ national theatre, 2021
- ‘Standing at the sky’s edge’
