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As Marlene
as Dull Gret/Angie
as Isabella Bird/Joyce
as Lady Nijo/Winn
as Kit/Waitress/Shona
As Griselda/Mrs Kidd/Jenine
As Pope Joan/Nell
For the next few weeks, this site will be dedicated to exploring 'Top Girls' By Caryl Churchill. My cast and I will be describing our 8 week rehearsal process, and posting blogs describing our experiences and things we discovered about the play whilst rehearsing.
Liz Plumpton
As Marlene
Andrea Stephenson
as Dull Gret/Angie
Emma Marks
as Isabella Bird/Joyce
Becky Short
as Lady Nijo/Winn
Caroline Darling
as Kit/Waitress/Shona
Miriam Ayling
As Griselda/Mrs Kidd/Jenine
Paula Wall
As Pope Joan/Nell
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Theme - loss
I will attempt to explain the themes we have explored so far throughout the play. In this piece I will talk about the theme of Loss.
Loss: Loss resonates throughout the play. Almost every character seems to have experienced loss, which has affected their lives in some way:
The loss of a child is the main loss we hear about throughout the play.
Marlene: loses Angie to Joyce which was her own choice, but clearly comes back to haunt her later in life. It is only when she is getting too old to have a child she regrets the decision
Joyce: reveals that she had a miscarriage as a result of being too tired whist bringing up Marlenes child - maybe her main reason for the loss of love for her sister.
All of the historical characters with the exception of Isabella have lost a child or children - and are all affected to different extents. Its quite shocking to see the detached nature in which Lady Nijo and Griselda initially describe the loss of their children - and to how much more tragic it was to have lost a boy over a girl..
Pope Joan's loss of a child doesnt seem to be as important as the child revealing that she was a woman and resluting in the demise of her position as a Pope and her death.
Kit's loss of innocence is revealed when she shows Angie she has started her period - does this reveal that Angie is the one to lead Kit from innocence?
Win and Nell 's loss is of a job oppurtunity. Marlene is promoted above them and as a result the girls are left fighting for the next promotion.
Loss: Loss resonates throughout the play. Almost every character seems to have experienced loss, which has affected their lives in some way:
The loss of a child is the main loss we hear about throughout the play.
Marlene: loses Angie to Joyce which was her own choice, but clearly comes back to haunt her later in life. It is only when she is getting too old to have a child she regrets the decision
Joyce: reveals that she had a miscarriage as a result of being too tired whist bringing up Marlenes child - maybe her main reason for the loss of love for her sister.
All of the historical characters with the exception of Isabella have lost a child or children - and are all affected to different extents. Its quite shocking to see the detached nature in which Lady Nijo and Griselda initially describe the loss of their children - and to how much more tragic it was to have lost a boy over a girl..
Pope Joan's loss of a child doesnt seem to be as important as the child revealing that she was a woman and resluting in the demise of her position as a Pope and her death.
Kit's loss of innocence is revealed when she shows Angie she has started her period - does this reveal that Angie is the one to lead Kit from innocence?
Win and Nell 's loss is of a job oppurtunity. Marlene is promoted above them and as a result the girls are left fighting for the next promotion.
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