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Analyse the atmosphere at the start of Act three (too page 55 CONNOR: “yeah”). A close study of Trevor Griffiths’ comedians.
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Analyse the atmosphere at the start of Act three (too page 55 CONNOR: "yeah"). A close study of Trevor Griffiths' comedians. At the beginning of Act three the comedians return from their show to discuss their performances. There is a "low, tense, anxious, angry, baffled mood". Trevor Griffiths creates this atmosphere through the use of language, form and structure. There is a feeling of defeat at the start of Act 3. The comics who remained loyal to Waters have failed in their aspirations to become comedians; those who pandered to Challenor's view of comedy have betrayed their teacher and the values they aspire to. Griffiths creates the sense of their failure through stage directions. The comics sit "glum, drained and separate" with "simple exhaustion underpinning the low" atmosphere. Price's mock funeral service for the comedians is symbolic of this failure "we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of...
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