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What is the play, A Cream Cracker Under the Settee, about and how does it work as a drama?
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Coursework Assignment Post-1914 Drama What is the play, A Cream Cracker Under the Settee, about and how does it work as a drama? I have been studying a twentieth century drama called 'A Cream Cracker Under the Settee.' It was written by Alan Bennett and appeared in the BBC1 series 'Talking Heads.' It has been written in the form of a tragi-comedy monologue where the juxtaposition of humour and pathos reflects real life. In this drama an elderly woman named Doris reveals her thoughts, feelings and past experiences to the audience. Doris is an elderly woman of 75, who lives alone and appears isolated from any form of socialising. The social services advise her to go into a retirement home called Stafford House as her independence is becoming limited but Doris persists that she wants to stay in her own home. Throughout the monologue Doris expresses her emotions as she reminisces...
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