DNA: School Edition (Oberon Modern Plays)

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Tune, Cathy (2 March 2022). "Girls & Boys: When Families Fall Apart ~ Adelaide Festival 2022 Review". The Clothesline - Digital Arts Magazine . Retrieved 3 March 2022. 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! Again, this word laughing is repeated throughout the scene. However, it is also punctuated with other words such as, ‘ terrified’, ‘ crying’, ‘ stubbed out cigarettes’, ‘ punch him’, ‘ pegged a stone’.

John Tate only appears in Act 1 Scene 3. He leads through using fear to control others. However, he is visibly falling apart during Act 1 Scene 3 as he panics and is unable to control those around him or the situation. He tries to ban the word, ‘dead,’ he says he will ‘bite their face. Or something. ’ if anyone uses the word again. However, the use of ‘Or something’ shows he has clearly not in control of his thoughts, words or the situation. Can I just say John, we haven't done anything But if we have done a thing, which we haven't, but if have than we did it together! Whatever we did, we did. Me and Phil, It wasn’t just Phil. Adam wants to be part of the group and Mark and Jan see exactly what he will do to be part of their gang: 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).

Even Leah can only handle so much before she leaves. It might not be bullying, but Phil's torturous silences eventually drive her away.' Evaluating High-Speed Rail: Interdisciplinary perspectives (Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis) a b "Dennis Kelly: I can't imagine a more violent writer than Shakespeare". Evening Standard. 10 April 2012 . Retrieved 11 March 2021.

The story centres on a group of teenagers bullying another student which goes too far and they are left with an unplanned death on their conscience. The aftermath of this act brings the characters closer together and pulls them apart. While working in supermarkets, he discovered theatre when he joined a local youth group, the Barnet Drama Centre. [7] Schama, Chloe (27 June 2018). "Theater Can Be Dishearteningly Inaccessible. Carey Mulligan's Devastating New Play Is Changing That". Vogue magazine . Retrieved 1 March 2022. I sometimes think I wonder, what would you do If I killedmyself right here in front of you? Like, what do you do?! What do you do, Phil?! Other work includes translations of Péter Kárpáti's Fourth Gate ( National Theatre Studio) and The Colony, a radio play which won Best European Radio Drama at the Prix Europa, 2004. [ citation needed] Works [ edit ] Film [ edit ]DNA twists, turns and is full of tension and skilfully explores the nature of gangs, bullies, power, violence, friendship, trust, leadership, evolution, status, choices, protection, responsibility, morality and evil chimps. And Someone pegged a stone at him. Not to hit him, just for the laugh and you should have seen his face. I mean the fear the, It was so... You had to laugh right? The expression, the fear.

Act 4 Scene 2 Phil is sat with Richard in the field. The stage directions clearly state, ‘Phil is not eating.’ Although Richard takes Leah’s role, something is missing/ wrong as Phil is not eating. This is significant. Does he realise he needs Leah?

By the bridge, last week... A fat Caucasian male, five-nine say, with thinning hair and a postman's uniform. Sad eyes... Softly spoken. Which means he gets pushed around. So much so, he's bullied into doing things he knows are wrong. And loses his sanity.'