Imagine that Steve talks to Eunice the morning after the first poker game.
- Write an extra section of dialogue for the play, in which steve reveals his thoughts about Stanley and the situation with Stella and Blanche.
- You should give careful consideration to your language choices and style, which should achieve a sense of the voices of Steve and Eunice. You should use dramatic dialogue form.
(A sunny morning follows the poker scene, Eunice is making breakfast for Steve and herself, running around the kitchen)
(Both Eunice and Steve are irritated about the day before and wants to get his feelings off his chest about Stanely, Blanche and Stella)
Steve: Eunice, is that breakfast ready? (annoyed)
Eunice: Just give me a moment, I'll lay it out on the table.
Steve: I'm hungary.
Eunice: Alright, here. (Quietly)(She is still thinking about the day before)
Steve: You still worrying about Stella? No need! Her sister just went downstairs. I don't know why you even agreed to her staying the night.
Eunice: What do you think I should have done? Stanley was going mad in that place, and I know you got caught up in it too. I just wonder what's gotten into him lately. Always banging this and banging that.
Steve: You can't talk, moaning in my head all day. (pause) It's not his fault. He's just insecure, you know what with Stella's sister in the way. I think she'd run out before the months gone, screaming her head off (laughing)
Eunice: Steve, be quiet. You don't seem to understand how these people feel.
Steve: Oh, I know.
Eunice: Do you?(Still standing, hands on hips)
(pause)
(She sits down and eats her breakfast)
www a good attempt which includes some details from the narrative and recognises that these peripheral characters are witness to what is going on downstairs.
ReplyDeleteebi not finished, this needs further development and could benefit from a clearer sense of both characters voices - think perhaps about how Eunice sides with the women and Steve with Stanley. Could draw more on the attitudes expressed by both characters at the end of the poker scene especially the exchange between Eunice and Stanley before Stella comes down.