... or audience confused and without any real explanation for the unfolding events. This in turn causes the audience to be uncomfortable and ill at ease. The play is riddled with elements of the absurd and surreal in which the central character, Stanley Webber, is threatened by forces or people whose precise intentions neither he nor the audience can define. This paper will ... sounds natural. This leaves the audience wondering what the precise intentions of the characters are. Goldberg speaks continuously in platitudes and clichés making him seem like a conservative, middle class family ma...

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... the fear he felt. The use of props such as smelly smoke pellets were also used to help the audience get a sense of what it would be like to be near the Bat Boy. Music and dance were also used as a main tool to communicate the feelings and motives in the play. This production is a farcical comedy that moves nicely from slapstick to ... drama. It is full of witty dialogue and songs, tabloid worthy plot twists, and feigned seriousness .I feel that the play was straightforward. I could see where some audience members might not ... long gone from the theatre. The music explored rap, hoe dow...

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... moved house, the whole set was changed in the interval and then the actors again brought on small items to change the setting of where they were. I read the book before seeing the performance and didn't know how they would achieve this. In Blood Brothers the ... in Blood Brothers. It keeps the audience interested and balances out the conflict and sadness in the play. Throughout the play I experienced different types of humour such as when Mickey and Eddie are discussing Sammy's head. Mickey tells Edward about Sammy having a metal plate put in his head when ... a professor with a bomb. T...

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... people and Sammy pretends to be a professor with a bomb. The bomb is really a condom full of water and it explodes over the children. This makes the audience laugh without actually hearing any words spoken. However, blood Brothers are not a straightforward comedy. There are elements of sadness, happiness, frustration and pain in the play. We experience conflict that balances the humour. There ... are examples of physical, verbal, overt and covert conflict throughout the play. The most notable example of physical conflict is when Mickey shoots Eddie. The audience are reminded ... of the ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... people and Sammy pretends to be a professor with a bomb. The bomb is really a condom full of water and it explodes over the children. This makes the audience laugh without actually hearing any words spoken. However, Blood Brothers' is not a straightforward comedy. There are elements of sadness, happiness, frustration and pain in the play. We experience conflict which balances the humour. There ... are examples of physical, verbal, overt and covert conflict throughout the play. The most notable example of physical conflict is when Mickey shoots Eddie. The audience are reminded ... of the...

• Word Count: 884
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School