Road is structured into two clear acts, which each contain several scenes.
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Michael Lee Road - Element 3 Road is structured into two clear acts, which each contain several scenes. The way in which Cartwright has wrote the play makes it difficult to determine where scenes end and where scenes begin, the only indication of where scenes end is when Cartwright has put 'blackout' as a stage direction. The play is very complex in the way that it is set-up. There is no central backdrop and scenes are rarely revisited, but characters may appear in more than one scene. The action takes place over one whole night in a northern town although there is an exception to this time frame. Joey's story is not set over one night it is set over two or more weeks. The main reason for Cartwright upsetting his time frame like this is to emphasise the dismal and harrowing reality of what Joey and Claire have chosen to do....


