introduction

Question 1

Themes

Answer 1

• mendacity
• the lies the family tell each other
• entrapment
• homosexuality

Question 2

Make sure to include

Answer 2

• the stage type you will be using (thrust)
• the style your production will be (naturalistic, expressionistic)

Question 3

The original production

Answer 3

• staged in 1955
• Morosco theatre
• directed by Elia kazan (made use of a gauze backdrop)

Question 4

in the 1950s …

Answer 4

• USA was very homophobic
• hayes code and Eisenhower’s laws prohibated the hiring of homosexauls in federal jobs (exerbate bricks struggle to come out)

Question 5

Live theatre that influenced me

Answer 5

• ‘Streetcar named desire’ at the young Vic 2014
• ‘After life’ national theatre, 2021
• ‘Standing at the sky’s edge’