Two Men In Buckram Critque
Two Men In Buckram
The play Two Men In Buckram was written by Ian Austen in 1978. Performed at the Townsville Civic Theatre in 1997 it follows a morning in the life of two men, Oliver and Walter, in jail and all of the bizarre conversations that occur as a result of their desire to find entertainment. This critique will give a further outline of the plot, looking specifically at the characters roles and relationships and then discuss the elements of drama the performance applies. Following that the stylistic conventions of the performance will be examined.
The plot, as previously mentioned follows Oliver and Walter in one of their mornings in jail. They are two political prisoners who are suffering because they are capitalists rather than communists which the audience discovers once the "Big Brother" voice is heard from the speaker box projecting its capitalist views. The two men are seemingly best friends but this may have occurred as a result of their extended period in......
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