School play – “Heroin Lies”

Drugs and the mathematical function of drugs is a common problem with young great deal in society. The devil productions I will be comparing in this essay twain run on the authorship of drugs. Our play performed in class is c e reallyed heroin Lies and this will be correspondd to Junk a halt and then tv programme also running on the theme of drugs. Heroin Lies the play was compose by Wayne Denfhy in 1991, compargond to Junk written by Melvin Burgess in 1996, and as research I articulate the original news as I felt it would sponsor me to compare to Heroin Lies.In our writ of execution of Heroin Lies I play the surgical incision of David who is the father of diacetylmorphine addict Vicky. I had to take up the manipulation as a strict father who wanted his family to be affectionate and was very dissapointed in his daughter Vicky when she admitted to taking the drugs, however he shares a mutual respect with his other child Jason, who also featured in out(p) perfomance. I esteemed and read some shows and books to try and find assorted aspects of fatherhood to make my perfomance spot on, I also made diagrams of my nature and would write different aspects of their life virtually the diagram to try and re scat to know the part I would be taking up and thei characteristics.To benefactor me in my work I looked for information in many different places, such as the library where I would read books on heroin so that I would feel knowledgeble to the work we were studying. I also went onto the lucre and watched tv programmes where I would be able to watch a carrying into action by an actor playing a Dad that could enhance my writ of execution as I would try and learn the way the actors I watched would move and talk etc. In addition to this I would also watch the actions of my own dad to see if any of his characteristics would help me when rehearsing for the part of David. To help me with undertand Junk I read the book as research for more backgro und information on the floor and characters.Heroin Lies is basically a story of a normal family getting pulled apart and ruined belt down to the daughter Vicky taking heroin. The four main part are David (Father, play by myself), Jean (Mother), Jason (Son, brother of Vicky) and Vicky (Daughter and heroin addict). As the p plow continues end-to-end the play, Vicky ends up dying at the end,this saddening the auidience and most notably the three remain members of the family. The play targets drugs and young people just givig into them, Teenage pressures that the excuse eh? (David, eyeshot 15). Throughout the play, family arguments, monologues all add to the theme of drugs as they are generally arguments about how Vicky has let the family down. Another key theme is the one of give in, as thats how Vicky takes the heroin in the first place as she gives into her booster unit Mandy.Junk is akin to Heroin lies in many ways, its also a story of drug abuse and young people giving in and getting addicted to heroin. Its set in Bristol in the 1980s. Its a story of young lovers Tar and Gemma both running away from home to cash in ones chips together but end up with drug users who get the two of them into drugs such as heroin. Tar is very different to Vicky and Gemma as his parents dont rattling care that he has left and wouldnt care to find out he does drugs, whereas Vicky and Gemma both has protective paresnts that are devasted to find out that their daughters do drugs, although Gemmas dont rattling ever find out. Again like Heroin lies Gemma starts drugs down to comrade pressure and giving into friends, I got something in here that might assortment your mind Tar says to Gemma as he waits to give her a cigarette.Our mental process is set in the present day, compared to Junk which was set in the 80s. I feel that the 20 year gap between the two productions is overweight to tell as drugs have been, and always will be a danger to society and in both we can fe el the dangers of heroin taking and the affect its having on characters such as Gemma, Tar and Vicky. just about characters are alkie to one another on both plays, in Heroin Lies Vicky is alike to the part of Gemma from Junk, I think this is because they are around the same age, they both gave in to taking heroin and they are both from working class families who are bitterly dissapointed in them becoming drug addicts. Also its evident that in both plays the father roles played by David in Heroin Lies and the father in Junk are alike as they both command the relationships with their wives and they are both feeling that they are in control of the situations regarding Vickys drug problem, and Gemma running away from home, although really incomplete of them have any control in the matter whatsoever He asked you to stay out all night with him (Gemmas father to Gemma when she tells of how she wated to stay out with Tar). Many of the viewers may be able to associate to the parts of Vicky , Gemma, Tar, Jason David, Jean etc, as they too may have been in a similiar situaion. This shows how effective a play can be with this sort of relevancy and social histroical content.The members of our performance are all young and we cn relate to the arguments with the parents, therefore making it a lot easier to act as we can relate to real life issues. This may be alike to the actors and actresses in the tv programme of Junk as they were around the same age as the people in my group and myself. The theme of drugs and heroin usage is a strong theme to use as a stimulas in our performance and the original of the book and play.In our play we used many theartre skills to maitre dhotel the script we were given. We have used real life issues from our own lives to use in the performance as we feel that it would give us a better understanding of the words we were saying, this meaning better acting, giving impinge on a better performance to the audience. I used research from the net as did other member of the group. Mainly used for the work on our characterisations. We have used props and we have rehearsed our stage direrctions to perfection so that it symblises real family life yet letting the audience see all of the characters and their emotions clearly. Also we used monlogues and hot seating where people would ask us questions and we would answer in character, this helped us and the fellow memebers of the group understand for each one character with a better undertsanding.In conclusion comapring my groups peformance of Heroin Lies and the book Junk I feel that they share many similarities and few and uttermost between differeces. The main themes and characters were alike in both productions, even the storylines had its similairites I have learnt a lot from this whole get word, I learnt not wholly about heroin and the usage and affect it can have on families, but I learnt how to put that into a performance. Its been a great experience overall, and I have enjoyed working on this project a lot Also out of it I have read two very interesting different pieces of work, that have left an everlasting impression on me.