Thursday 15 December 2011

AS LL Streetcar Production Task - Dialogue

ELLA 1 Integrated Analysis and Text Production
EXTRACT OF A STREETCAR PRODUCTION TASK

Imagine a brief dialogue between Eunice and Blanche at the end of Scene Three where Blanche returns to Eunice’s after her conversation with Mitch. Stella has returned to the apartment with Stanley.


Give careful consideration to the language choices, form and style in order to convey a sense of a spontaneous dialogue between Eunice and Blanche. Also give a sense of the voices attitudes and assumptions of Blanche and Eunice.


What is the context of this dialogue?





Consider stage directions:






Relevant representations of spontaneous speech:






The character of Blanche – characteristics – attitudes






Impressions of Eunice:






Due in Thursday 5 January