How Does David Williamson Use Dialogue In The Club

Hello everyone today I will be talking about David Williamson’s play “The Club” and how the characters and their experiences are brought to life through dialogue. Dialogue is two or more people sharing ideas or opinions and The Club uses Dialogue to portray the status, purpose and direction of each character. Laurie is the coach for The Club and his Goal is to make the best of his players and bring the best out of them. Laurie has little power in the boardroom but is still a big influence over many decisions due to tradition in the Club. Ted, Jock and Gerry want him sacked to get rid of tradition and bring in a business approach to the game buying only the best. Laurie at first dislikes the new player Geoff until he begins to see that he doesn’t believe in himself and lacks motivation. Gerry is the clubs administrator and his goal is to fashion the club according to the principles of business and the market. Although Gerry acts like a friend to everyone in the Club in reality he is manipulative and two faced. He doesn’t like the game and he loves to manipulate people even with his power over the club he thirsts for more. He is disloyal to the clubs history and tradition and is in it for money unlike the others in the play.
Laurie is introduced having an argument with Ted as he is “sticking his nose in” and wants Geoff to play
He then motivates Geoff by telling him “I only got seven kicks in my third game and for the next four matches I wasn’t worth a cracker” this shows Geoff that even if he plays bad in a few games he’ll still be a star in the long run. He also tells Geoff that he will be sacked if the team doesn’t play well and Rostoff will replace him as nobody wants Rostoff because he’s known for his harsh