Truisms in the play

Common Elements of The Play

• Fear
• Danger
• Isolation
• Darkness
• Suffocation/entrapment
• Frustration
• Elements of reality
• Death
• Familiarity
• Fear of closing eyes
• Access people's subconscious

We need to make sure we are playing these circumstances. These are messages that we need to share with the audience in a relatable way, because they are all things that most people can associate with.

Character Journey

Props/Where am I going, where have I come from?/Set Responsibilities/costume/objectives/given circumstances.

Act One:

Scene Four

• I am Carol
• Costume: Office Attire
• I have come from home, I have been called in early because of the protests.
• Props would involve a file or a clipboard or some form of notebook
• In the circumstances, we are trying to have a meeting, we get interrupted because of the hoover and the noise of the protest, this causes tension.
• I try to reassure Ruth about her skirt
• I am irritated by Shannon's presence.
• I am put on the spot about voting.
• When I leave, I go to sort out the protests.
• I enter and exit from C (upstairs)

Scene Twelve

• I am a member of the Alpha Group
• I have come to discover more about my beliefs and others
• I am confused by Holly's questions
• I comfort Sally when she gets upset
• I have come from my house
• I am going out with my friends in the group after
• I have opinions, but feel too intimidated by Sally to express them
• I am wearing casual weekend clothing.
• I enter from C (downstairs) I exit from A

Scene Eighteen

• I am a party attender
• I have come to escape my struggles, I think perhaps I am a student struggling financially and socially
• I dance
• I shout
• I try to forget
• I don't know where I am going
• Props may include a drink or some form of drug
• I enter from A, I exit from B (downstairs)

Act Two:

Scene Two

• I am Carol
• I am wearing office clothes
• I am reading a paper
• I read aloud
• I am bored
• I sigh
• I feel irritated
• I have been called in early again
• I am bitter towards Ruth
• I am going in the car to meet the Foreign Secretary
• I take her coffee
• Props include two coffee cups and a newspaper or ipad.
• I enter from B (upstairs), I exit from C (upstairs)

Scene Seven

• I am Carol
• I am in office attire
• I am in the park on my lunch break
• I have a coffee and my iphone
• I check my messages
• I drink my coffee
• I think John is crazy
• I look at him distastefully and leave pointedly
• I am going to the meeting with the heads of the armed forces
• I enter from B, I exit out of C (downstairs)

Scene Eight

• I am Carol
• I am wearing office clothes
• I take a seat
• I introduce the heads of the armed forces
• I listen, I show everyone out 
• This is an important meeting about the future of Iran and Britain, about nuclear war, there is tension and pressure. I care.
• I enter from C, exit out of C (upstairs)

Scene Eleven

• I am a passer-by
• I walk through the park with my boyfriend, perhaps we have gone shopping
• I pause and notice John
• I listen, I persuade my boyfriend to sit.
• I am going home.
• I enter from D, I exit to A
• Props could include shopping bags
• I wear casual clothes

Act Three:

Scene Four

• I am a follower of John
• I wait for him
• I listen to Zia
• I am angry with the heckler
• I am anxious to hear John
• I realise he isn't coming back 
• I leave
• Enter from D, Exit from A
• I wear casual clothes

Act Four

Scene Four:

• I am Carol
• I am wearing office clothes
• I am at Number 10
• I disagree with Ruth
• I stand up for my opinions
• I protect myself
• I try to make her understand
• I clear the room
• I enter and exit from C (upstairs)