Modern Drama - Talking Heads

... Modern Drama - Talking Heads, Alan Bennett Compare three characters from the dramas studied. What are the differences between how the character sees him/herself, how other characters in the drama see them and how we as an audience see them? Talking Heads is a series of monologues written by Alan Bennett about mainly ordinary people in society. Alan Bennett was born and raised in Yorkshire and therefore the majority of his monologues refer to people living in areas that he is familiar with. These are mentioned several times and Talking Heads with regular appearances of places such as Ripon and Harrogate. Monologues allow us to get a deep insight into just one person's ways of thinking about the topics that are being discussed. They are, of course, very biased opinions expressed in the monologues, as each character will have his/her own feelings about the various topics that are discussed. These very descriptive

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