Costumes for "Two"

Landlady

• Body-con dress/wrap around (v-neck)
• Big/tacky jewellery
• High heels

Alice

• Sari (stuffed with pillows)
• Leather jacket
• Trainers
• Woolly hat

Fergie

• Kaftan
• Trainers
• Large, colourful fake nails

Mr Iger

• Green and yellow sweater vest
• Hankie
• Yellow shirt - green trousers
• Glasses
• Brown loafers

Mrs Iger

• Football shirt
• Long, flowery skirt
• Tattoos
• Hairy legs
• Socks and sandals

Lesley

• Big cardigan
• Jeans - light  coloured shirt
• Flat shoes

Maudie

• Pencil skirt
• White frilly blouse
• Blazer
• Heels
• Red bag

Moth

• Bomber jacket
• Skinny jeans
• Converse
• Quiff

Old Lady

• Rain mac
• Nice scarf & satin gloves
• A-line skirt, with pleats
• Button-up blouse
• Comfortable shoes

Woman

• Pencil skirt
• Leopard print top
• Red shoes, gold bag
• Hoop earrings

Mr & Mrs Iger life analysis

Typical Friday
Mr Iger wakes up, probably on the sofa and wakes Mrs Iger with a tea. She goes to work while he cleans the house/does the shopping. She comes home from work, then he drives her to the pub. They go home, watch some TV, and then go to sleep in their separate beds.

Secrets
Mr Iger slept with someone at the beginning of their relationship, and so he spends his days trying to make up for it, which explains his desire to please. He likes strong, masculine women and gets off on his wife's bossiness. Although she may seem to despise him, Mr and Mrs Iger still love each other after all their years of marriage.

Mr Iger moodboard

Mr Iger grew up in a three bedroom, semi-detached house somewhere just outside London. He was born in the sixties, and so most of his teen years were spent at discos, which is where he met his wife. He is the youngest of five sons, and was babied by his mum, which would explain his submissive attitude towards his wife. He used to work as a journalist, however he was forced to retire when the credit crunch hit. His wife has him trained like a dog and keeps him on a tight leash, he even sleeps on a sofa downstairs. I thought his glasses could be his symbol, as they are something that he can hide behind.

Moth moodboard

Moth grew up in a dodgy part of London, played football on the streets and hung around shops with other kids. He now lives in a small, two bedroom, terraced house with Maudie. His bedroom has a purple and grey colour scheme as it was decorated by his girlfriend. He is unemployed and so he spends most of his time playing games or going down the pub. He doesn't speak to his dad and his mum died a few years ago. He is a gold digger, but he charms his way out of trouble. He has a lot of memories involving fights and trouble with the police. He can normally be seen wearing a football shirt, and he always wears a gold chain.

Evaluation of "Two"

Moth

• What do other people say about you?

Maudie: Moth. Moth she wasn't interested.

Maudie: I've had a good talking to by some of the girls at work today. And they've told me not to let you keep using me.

Maudie: Look at your eyes, they're everywhere, up every skirt, along every leg, round every bra rim. Why oh why do you keep chasing women!

Maudie: I'm the only woman on earth interested in you.

Maudie: You'll try anything won't you, just to get into my handbag. The romantic approach, the comic approach, the sympathy approach.

Maudie: You're romantic, like something on a fade. I love that.

Maudie: Well you can move.

Maudie: Ooo, another trick, you snide, you emperor of snide!

• What do you say about other people?

Moth: (to a young woman) You're beautiful you. You're absolutely beautiful you. Look at you. You're fantastic. I love you. I love the bones of you. I do. You think it's too quick don't you. But you can't see yourself. You're just... I'm in love with you, I'm not joking. I've seen some women, but you. Let's get back to what you are, beautiful. Did you smile or did someone turn the lights on? You are beautiful you. You stand for beauty. You sit for it too. Look how you sit, like a glamour model, that's how. You... You're quiet though, but I love that in a girl, love that, don't get me wrong. You're beauty you. Beauty itself. Beauty is you. You're marvellous as well as being beautiful too, you. Yes, too good for this place I'll tell you that. What's a beautiful girl like you doing in a place like this (...) you are a star, and you don't even know it. A star before you start. Everything about you's just... You are it. The beauty if all times. You're just beautiful and that's it. Done, finished, it. Because you are the most beautiful thing ever brought to this earth. And you're for me you. You are for me.

Moth: Of course I do. (He loves Maudie)
Moth: (to Maudie) what does a princess like you see in a loser like me?
Moth: (to another girl) You're beautiful you. Look at you. You're fantastic you. 

• What do you say about yourself?

Moth: I'm losing everything, my flair, my waistline, what's next to go - you?
Moth: Im going to give you all I've got left. My final, last and only possession. My dancing talent.

Moth: I can Maud. I sure as hell can Maud. (dance) 

• Given circumstances

Moth has a girlfriend called Maudie, but he is always hitting on other girls, even though none of them are interested. He only stays with Maudie because she gives him money, which makes me think that he is an unemployed gold-digger. He is probably in his early to late forties, as he hurts his back when he dances with Maudie and is afraid of commitment, as he only asks his girlfriend for her hand in marriage when she threatens to leave him.

Mr Iger

• What do other people say about you?

Mrs Iger: No, not a try. Get them here. It's pathetic.

Mrs Iger: But I must say, I must say, it is another typical cock up by Mr Feeble man. I mean what's to getting to a bar for a drink? Are you a man or a mouse? Squeak, squeak, there's my answer. You should do something about this. I mean it's typical, too typical of the little. I mean, if you were big, big as I wanted, well, well...

Mrs Iger: Ay dear, what have I done to you, my dinky.

Mrs Iger: Come here my detailed little man. Your weediness is welcome here. Come away now. Come on. My compact chap. 

• What do you say about other people?

Mr Iger: (to a random man) Shut your face fatso.

Mr Iger: (about Mrs Iger) Oh no, she's going to kill me.

• What do you say about yourself?

Mr Iger: Dear, I'm having difficulty getting to the bar again.

Mr Iger: Does this mean I can sleep in the bed tonight?

• Given circumstances

Mr Iger is a weedy, pathetic man who tries hard to impress his wife, but he is in no way the man of her dreams. He has probably put up with being mentally abused by his wife for a long time, and he finally cracks and tries to prove how manly he really is, but she comes along and emasculates him again. He doesn't sleep on the same bed as his wife, so he is most probably lonely and very unhappy with his life.

Evaluation
I thought that the read-through of the script was very funny. I like the banter between the landlord and the landlady, and thought that it was better when Tapz started to put on a Jamaican accent. I like my character of Moth, and I think that I could have a lot of fun with him, but I think that I'll have a harder time portraying Mr Iger as he is more withdrawn and quiet. It says in the notes that the pub and everything in it is going to be mimed, but I would prefer to use props, such as glasses and other actors. 
I like that the Landlord and Landlady come on between all of the couples, and their constant arguing, and I like the bombshell at the end, which brings a more serious town to the script. The one part of the script that I didn't like was the conversation between Lesley and Roy. I got really annoyed and angry that he abused her, especially when she mentioned that she had a child. 

Lesson write-ups

During this lesson, we decided on a play. From the research we did at York Road Primary School and Hartley Primary School, we decided to devise a play based on fairy tales. A few fairy tales have wolves in, and so we decided to use some characters from these fairy tales to make a play with the wolf being the central character who seems to be the antagonist, but is then revealed as the protagonist, which shows the children that we shouldn't judge a book by it's cover. Because the wolf is heard throughout the play, but not seen until the end, we have decided to use lighting to make the wolf a shadow until the end of the play. We have decided to call it Grimmsville.

In this lesson, we decided on the story line of the play and how we can make the play interactive for the children. We also discussed how the play would teach the children different morals, for example, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover and that you have to earn respect.

During this lesson, we thought about the main characters of the play and their back stories so that we could take a Stanislavskian approach to portraying these characters. We then decided who would be the best people to be these characters based on our skills and assigned roles.

During this lesson, we discussed the staging of the performance, the placement of the audience and the technical details, such as the music we need, the lighting, and how we are going to portray the wolf. We decided to use a light and white bed sheets. 

Character profile - the boy who cried wolf (Jack)

Name: Jack (the boy who cried wolf)

Age: 17

Height: 6"1

Shoe size: 11

Birthday: 28th September 1996

Theme tune: Shakira - "She Wolf", Rihanna - "Love The Way You Lie"

Physical description: tall, medium build with purple hair. Walks with a bit of a "swag" and touches his nose a lot. Arms are usually out.

Personality: bit of a "Jack-the-lad" and thinks he's a lady's man. Tries to act tough, but he's really a big wimp who just wants some friends. 

Family: an only child, moved out of his parents' house because he didn't like being told what to do. 

Likes: likes to listen to music, dancing and going clubbing, looks after sheep for a living, but he really wants to be a DJ. Gets around a lot, but really loves Little Red Riding Hood.

Dislikes: doesn't like silence, or being lonely. He doesn't like any competition or being second best.

Favourite meal: Caesar salad and devil's chocolate cake with diet coke.

Notes from York Road

These are my notes from York Road Primary School

This is the analysis of my notes from York Road Primary School

Research for children

Independence from family - three little pigs are moving out
Friendship is important - Little Red and Boy are friends even though he lied
Develop confidence - talk about importance of confidence in play - have to be confident to make friends

Thinking about the future - talk about what the little pigs want to do - it's important for children to know that actions have consequences
Liked by friends - Boy lied to feel accepted by the village, kids lie to be accepted in their friendship groups - they feel he can relate to them

Concern for others - everyone is concerned for the wolf

Health & safety - road and water safety could be talked about in the play

Limit access to food - kids won't like that, we should keep the sweets - teach them that body image doesn't matter

Friendships are important - Little Red sticks by Boy even though he lied - teach kids it's important to stand by their friends





Other POVs more clearly - Red understands why Boy lies
Increased attention span - play can last longer - especially if we get them involved


Right and wrong - we can incorporate lessons - it was wrong for boy to lie

Respect - Boy could save the day and earn the villagers' respect - teach children that respect should be earned

Puberty - could lead to a funny sketch
Do things as a family - three little pigs stand together - teach kids that family is very important, whereas friends come and go