Playwrights Week 5

Finally half or our class presented their 10 minute play synopses. It was like attending a post modern literary crit analysis class. A little confronting for those presenting but a lot of fun for those providing the constructive or not so constructive criticism. The most way out script concerned a conjunction point between two 20th Century feminists and whether selling out in mid life is a good option. Daryll the stand up comedian divulged a complicated 5 scene play that created a bizarre superficiality between three people loosely connected to the art world. My play concerned an artist and her husband with the tension being about her latest works and his yearning for her to go back to portraiture. I could have written it about any relationship coming to an end this week and sounded believable though. Robert the oldest member of our group wrote about a pensioner who embezzels the temperance society's membership fund on a horse race only to lose the lot. His play was tedious to listen to but lots of people came up with ways to spice up his sedentary plot. Hilary is leading the group with her keen visual analysis and ability to steer out work in a logical and practical stagecraft. Stay tuned for next week's write up.