Basset - Drama piece
‘Bassett’
Introduction-
For our task to explore play texts we were to examine James Graham’s play called ‘Bassett’.
We had 6 lessons to explore aspects of the play which followed reading the text. In each lesson we learnt something different about the story and investigated, in different ways, key parts of the play using the strategies of still image, narration, role play, cross cutting, and imagination. We used the mediums of movement and mime, spoken language, space and levels, sound, voice and mask. It involved the elements of plot, characterisation through the Stanislavski technique, rhythm, form, artaud and contrast.
‘Bassett’ is a short play named after the Village of Wootton Bassett, near Swindow, Wiltshire. In reality, Wotton Bassett is a small country Village close to the M4. It only has a population of about 1200, but is a name that most people in the United Kingdom would have heard. While in itself it is a sleepy, inconsequential Village and in most ways unremarkable, its fame comes from the fact, that as fate would have it, it is close to RAF Lyneham. This is the airfield to which those service men and women who have been killed while serving the Country are brought back home. The whole Village is known to line the streets as the coffins are brought, with full military honours, to their place of rest. This makes it a sad place, and one where there is tension between those who support the armed services and those who feel we should not be supporting war and our service men and women should be brought home.
There have been 150 men and women repatriated since RAF Lyneham opened in 2007. It is due to close in 2012, but until then, the people will continue to fulfil what they see as their duty and line the streets as the coffins pass through their town.
James Graham wrote this play in consultation with Wootton Bassett High School students.
The Story. A Synopsis-
A class of fourteen children get locked in a class room by a
Introduction-
For our task to explore play texts we were to examine James Graham’s play called ‘Bassett’.
We had 6 lessons to explore aspects of the play which followed reading the text. In each lesson we learnt something different about the story and investigated, in different ways, key parts of the play using the strategies of still image, narration, role play, cross cutting, and imagination. We used the mediums of movement and mime, spoken language, space and levels, sound, voice and mask. It involved the elements of plot, characterisation through the Stanislavski technique, rhythm, form, artaud and contrast.
‘Bassett’ is a short play named after the Village of Wootton Bassett, near Swindow, Wiltshire. In reality, Wotton Bassett is a small country Village close to the M4. It only has a population of about 1200, but is a name that most people in the United Kingdom would have heard. While in itself it is a sleepy, inconsequential Village and in most ways unremarkable, its fame comes from the fact, that as fate would have it, it is close to RAF Lyneham. This is the airfield to which those service men and women who have been killed while serving the Country are brought back home. The whole Village is known to line the streets as the coffins are brought, with full military honours, to their place of rest. This makes it a sad place, and one where there is tension between those who support the armed services and those who feel we should not be supporting war and our service men and women should be brought home.
There have been 150 men and women repatriated since RAF Lyneham opened in 2007. It is due to close in 2012, but until then, the people will continue to fulfil what they see as their duty and line the streets as the coffins pass through their town.
James Graham wrote this play in consultation with Wootton Bassett High School students.
The Story. A Synopsis-
A class of fourteen children get locked in a class room by a