top girls - introducing a new character

We had to introduce in class a new character that could fit in 'Top Girls' play, and after much discussion and suggestions that went from Madonna to Paris Hilton (taking profit of a sex tape to make a career in show business is quite a remarkable thing) my group decided our top girl would be Lady Diana of Wales, because she got a number of achievements during her life, she used her privileged status, which he did not like, to help in many different charity causes, the most important one was related with the end of cluster bomb tragedies, and because of that she was inspirational to many people out there. This is the monologue and the stage directions we made for her:


[We hear high heels stress aproaching the table. Lady Di (LD) enters the room and sits down next to Isabella (I). When Isabella says: “Oh, it’s a long story” she adds, “Hi Di!”. And Di starts with the monologue (see above).

She is dressed in a red Chanel jacket and skirt. Even though she is powerful she speaks in a low voice, really educated when it comes to manners and makes herself the center of attention even without wanting to, which leaves the rest of the guests at the restaurant fascinated by all she says or does.
Light: a lot of Light, considering that it is a restaurant
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LADY DI: “Well, I enjoyed being a princess for a while, but it isn’t a fairy tale as everybody thinks. You have to follow many conventions, everything you do appears on The Sun, every step you take is being followed by the paparazzi and they were my misfortune in the end. Best of all, my mother-in-law, what a huge “witch”, she always wanted to decide how to bring up my children, my beloved little ones. But I have to admit that the clothes were good. I had everything I wanted, every privilege, but I never felt fulfilled. So I devoted myself to end with cluster bomb tragedies, it was one of the few moments I could feel alive and free.”

Students' group: Pablo Berrio, Montse Casanovas, Mar Fernández, Vicky Izquierdo, Sofia Marimón and Pilar Riba.

3 comments:

  1. It's not enough to describe the exercise; you need to analyze it: why this character? How would you incorporate her to the play, etc.

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  2. You have not improved this assigment as of today.

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  3. I still think that this is not a thorugh analysis. It is a description, but there is no reflection on the process. Plus, you have missed the second part of the exercise, when the monologues were read and commented in class.

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