Alex, is a leader of a gang who constantly steals, rapes and assaults people. During one of Alex’s violent and harmful acts, his friends, or “droogs” as he refers to them, turn on him and he is sent to jail for raping and accidentally killing a young women. Through his sentence in jail, Alex is given the opportunity to participate in a new rehabilitating program called the Ludovico’s technique.

However, the play did have a few weaknesses, one being that the story was a bit unclear about the time setting. Having never read or watched the play before their performance, I was confused when the play was taking place. From their performance, I was lead to believe that the time setting was back in the 40’s or 50’s because of their attire. At one point we are shown Alex and his droogs along with several prostitutes who are dressed in styles that resemble the style from the 40’s. Still, we were also shown many other scenes where they wore modern clothing. For example, the clothing of the governor and his assistant resemble the clothing from the present.

The Collin County Community College version of A Clockwork Orange, was directed and performed excellently. The play is unlike any other performance at Collin County Community College, because the language that Burgess developed called Nasdat, is difficult to understand, much less perform. The language added humor to this violent and cruel story. It a

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