Comparing 'Coram Boy' with my devised piece
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Drama Coursework The two plays I will write about are my devised piece and 'Coram Boy' written as a novel by Jamila Gavin and adapted for stage by Helen Edmundson. My devised piece was very different to Coram Boy, although it had some similar elements in it. It had a very fluid structure, with undefined scenes that merge into each other via smooth transitions. My devised piece was in chronological order however time was abstract, and some parts of the play fast -forwarded slightly in time. In the latter stages of the piece, some lines were repeated from previous parts of the play, however these were parts of the main character's memory. The piece was quite abstract, some scenes showing naturalistic conversation (such as the 'generals talking to the main character Colonel Armstrong), and other parts that showed complete abstraction, often depicting Colonel Armstrong's deteriorating mental health. Genre-wise, my...


