Stags And Hens (Modern Classics)

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Stags And Hens (Modern Classics)

Stags And Hens (Modern Classics)

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Stags and Hens is a play written by Willy Russell. Like most of Willy Russell's work, the play discusses working class society in England in the 1970s. It makes comments about the working class' intellect, life, party habits and the exclusion of the different. Contents After shifting around the monologue and cutting out Carol's lines, I realised it was really quite short! But for auditions they don't want to see anything over two minutes long; this monologue falls just a bit over one minute so I settled with this. I then had the choice as to what accent I wanted to do. Obviously the intention for the play is for it to be done in a Liverpool accent but I know that I can't do that awfully well! I can't do any accents well, saying that, however I wanted to challenge myself and also make this piece as contrasting to the other two monologues. So I began to work on researching the Liverpool accent: Willy Russell's "comedy of convenience" is set in the toilets of a seedy scouse club and aims to provide a stomach-lining view of stag and hen parties which accidentally coincide. The result is not for the squeamish, neither is it for those without a sense of humour. The monologue itself isn't actually a monologue, its more of a duologue but with the other characters lines cut out of it. So the first thing I had to do was to cut it up and make sure it made sense.Similar to my As You Like It monologue, we are aware that Bernadette is talking to people but its not necessary that these characters need to be present at the time. Carol is the main character in this section of the scene, and its mainly Bernadette telling her all about this guy whom 'tried to get off with me'. Carol although described as innocent is still just as loud and feisty as Bernadette. Innocences means nothing when it comes to Carol describing the guy who tried chatting her up: "I had to Berni. He made me feel ill, honest. I hate ugly people!" http://www.lyttonplayers.co.uk/Previous%20Productions/Stags%20and%20Hens/Characters.htm BOOM BATTLE BAR has 27 venues across the UK including Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Birmingham, Exeter and several in London including a venue in the heart of Soho on London’s Oxford St.

The character in the monologue is called Bernadette, and of course, she is one of the hens. Bernadette is a blunt, loud and bossy character. She is married with children which means we can assume she is about 25 up. She is quite similar to perhaps my character from Man Of Mode, a restoration play, as she tells it how it is; she has no boundaries and will just say what she thinks. This just makes her character more comical especially with the mix of a bit of drunk acting! Not only is our service completely free to use, as we are based on the Magaluf strip, we are here to help should you have any questions while in the resort or before you come.

Russel has an ear for dialogue and an eye for the ironies of life, especially when his characters are following petty conventions. His keen insight makes 'Stags and Hens' his best play after 'Educating Rita'. The ending is neatly left open, but the fatal words "who'd be married today if we took notice of how we feel?" stay behind to haunt us. Both the husband and wife to be hold their stag and hen parties in the same pub. This means that the play is full of alcohol, mistakes, men and woman. It's a really fun and witty play!! Would you like to get away from it all and enjoy an amazing break with your hen party? Then get your “Glamp On” with family-run business Lothian Glamping! Stags and Hens is a play written by Willy Russell. Like most of Willy Russell's work, the play discusses working class society in England in the 1970s. It makes comments about the working class' intellect, life, party habits and the exclusion of the different. A truly gender-neutral Sten Do idea is to do a treasure hunt or scavenger hunt in a new city. This is a great idea for a joint stag and hen party because it doesn’t require any physical strength as such, the girls will be pitting their scavenging skills against the lads’!

Thirdly, consider whether you and your partner would be happy to forgoe the traditional single-sex stag and hen parties and instead just have one big event together. Situated in the scenic rural area of Bathgate and within travelling distance of both Glasgow and Edinburgh, Lothian Glamping is the perfect destination for a unique holiday experience away from home and its luxurious family pods are perfect for every occasion. Russell was born in Whiston, Liverpool and grew up in a working class family. After leaving school with one O-level he first became a ladies' hairdresser then ran his own salon. Following that he undertook a succession of jobs, as well as writing songs which were performed in local folk clubs. At the age of 20 he returned to college and University, and subsequently became a teacher in Toxteth. Around this time he also became interested in writing drama after seeing John McGrath's play 'Unruly Elements'. I cannot, having never lived in the Liverpool area, vouch for the authenticity of the Scouse accents, though one or two could do with a little tightening. Overall, though, things like upward inflections and dropping the ‘g’ from the end of words are all present and correct (for instance, “Linda, what are y’ doin’ sittin’ there?”). In some ways, not much has changed – younger people (by no means all of them) still go out and dance and drink to get drunk whilst getting flirtatious with others with the same objectives for the night in mind. I gather I performed a really weak version of this monologue, but in my voice lessons with my other lecturer, I performed it really well with a much stronger accent!! So although it's definitely not suitable for auditions, it's definitely a monologue I want to keep to hand for the future, because it shows people a bit more of what I can do on stage!!

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You can buy a Murder Mystery game with everything you need all organised → here. 12. Harry Potter Studio Tour Unlike the other two monologues, I added more movement to this monologue. This was firstly because its a much more upbeat monologue in the first place. Also because Bernadette is meant to be quite intoxicated! And you don't see many drunk people standing still and talking well for such a long time. I made sure to relax my feet a lot more, when it came to this monologue to allow me to move around a bit. I paid a lot of attention to how much I was moving and swaying however, because I know when you get nervous you can start to shift your weight and its really distracting! As a little part of my rehearsals, I would hold my right hand as though I was holding a beer glass or something of the sort. This isn't something that was necessary but it just helped me build up my character, and I felt as though it just worked. I made a lot of my arm movements a lot bigger than I normally would, again to represent the over-confidence of a drunk person, which is where the imaginary beer glass in my hand worked. Obviously the monologue is all about this midget guy chatting her up, so I set out to make sure I was directing any quotes in the monologue towards the floor, as though he really was extremely short! Whether your sten group are beer drinkers or more the G&T kind, there are plenty of beverage-centric tours and experiences for you to enjoy together. Are you looking for a sten party activity for a group of football fans? Then you could book a football stadium tour, although we wouldn’t want to be there if you end up with fans of rival teams in your sten party…



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