Drama, how not to do
Original ID : 5541 Created On : 2005-12-21 Last Modified : 2006-04-03
“With a partner, come up with a short scene of a bully and a victim before showing it to the class,” said Mrs Young.
Following several rehearsals, Dave and I stood up to present our five-minute piece:
Me: Oi you, give me your lunch money.
At which point he punched me full in the face, thus ending the play.
Unbelievably, I then got a bollocking for ‘provoking’ Dave - Mrs Young clearly oblivious to the fact that a) it was a piece of theatre, and b) it was Dave who veered wildly and violently from the script.