Thursday, March 13, 2008

What to pick?

Even though I've kicked off this project with Tennessee's Cat On A Hot Tin Roof I know that I'm gonna read his famous play: A Streetcar Named Desire and I think my favorite lines will be his most famous line in all of his shows which is Stanley Kowalski's drunken "Stelllaaaaaa..." calling his wife back to him after he's hit her and shes brought to the upstairs apparent by her sister, Blanche. This was a line I heard of before but didn't know where it had come(and is part of a theater game that we play with Gina!) But I think I can use this to prove the honesty and realness of Tennessee's works. He writes with truth and takes inspiration mainly from his own dis functional family life as a kid.

I read all of act one from page 1 to page 45. This scene is between Maggie and Brick a husband and wife it introduces the setting a 65th birthday party for Bricks father fondly called Big Daddy. Who is slowly dying of cancer even though his family hasn't been able to bring themselves to break the news to him. They talk about a few things including Big Daddy's health.

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