Context Flashcards
Date the play is set?
1787
Were the ‘public’ were more concerned about murder or theft?
Theft. They wanted severe punishment for crimes against property 👉💸, they were less concerned about crimes against the self🔪😵.
criminality is innate.
“if you commit a crime, you are a criminal”
Philosopher?
Embodied character?
John Locke
Watkin Tench
Criminals are not inherently evil.
With compassion they are capable of reform.
Philosopher?
Embodied character?
John Howard
Governor Phillip
Criminals can be reformed through exemplary justice.
E.g. Public hanging
This was the most dominant argument of the late 18th century.
William Godwin
David Collins - public hangings “serve as a sharp example whereas death from flogging was slow and unobserved”.
how many public hangings were there in London between 1751 and 1800?
1400 people were hanged publicly in London
the playmaker quote
eucalyptus tree
“the rest of the world had been lucky to miss out on these twisted, eccentric plants”
Tawney Prince
an oath criminals in cahoot late that they wont betray each other “It’s the highest honour”
theatre/ acting style context
convicts act in a naturalistic way
Garrick- naturalism, affectation (classical poses), famed womaniser
embodied by Sideway in his Drury lane speech
kemble - classical - heightened
Macklin - Realism (Ralph)
greek theory
civilising influence of theatre
Governor Phillips
actors getting dressed backstage
William Hogarth
the Playmaker by
Thomas Keneally
Ketch in the playmaker
the world forgives actors anything
the guy who wrote about aborigine culture
Bruce Chatwin
aboriginal artist
Rover Thomas, Two men dreaming
