My character Doreen is a flirty character and I think she would show that throughout the play so everything little action she does would be flirty in some way. After going through all of the scenes and blocking them it has helped me get a sense of my characters and their relationships with the other characters in the play. For example Lane and Doreen are best friends in my eyes, the both like to have fun, be flirty and have a good old laugh. I would say out of all the women in the play they are the most loose, they're not really bothered if boys want something from them because they will give it to them. Although I think Doreen isn't as loose as Lane as she is willing to kiss scullery after talking to him for just a few minutes. I feel like even though they're both best friends, Doreen is more of the tag along.
I find this scene with the
professor and Doreen a bit hard as it kind of changes my interpretation of
Doreen because the scene is supposed to be with Lane. I think this scene could
show how Doreen is up for as much as Lane is and she doesn't just follow Lane
around everywhere. It will allow the audience to see Doreen without Lane and
maybe understand her a bit better. It also allows them to know that it isn’t
just about drinking for her, it’s just about living her life to the fullest. In
this scene she is trying to make The Professor happy by talking about the stuff
he enjoys like “The memories of Wood Street”. The he starts talking about
depressing stuff so she tells him that he should enjoy life more “You morbid
bastard. Life’s a spree, Prof. Me and Lane, we get our mouths around life and
have a chew. Sometimes there’s nowt, sometimes it’s sloppy but we keep on
snoggin’ through. (She slaps his cheeks.) See you later, Prof.” This just shows
that she is having fun doing it and that she thinks you shouldn’t go through
life being sad or not taking risks, you need to loosen up and have fun.
I have come up with a few things
for Doreen though, for example I think she might have a small job as she's not
trying to get money off anyone and she's able to go out buy some drinks and
later on some chips. I do feel as she is very loose and up for anything but not
as much as Lane. For example page 16 with Scullery him and Lane just start
kissing and as Doreen goes off she says "Snog anything she will. Captain
fucking Pugwash" which suggests she has a bit of class in the way she
wouldn't kiss any guy walked past. I reckon she's in her mid-twenties so maybe
about 24years old because of how loose she is and the fact she can drink. I
feel like Doreen may be looking for a relationship and to calm her life down in
some kind of way. I think this because the line that Lane says "What about
Barry? I thought you were in?" suggests that she is committing herself to
one guys. Also a couple of lines later they talk about staying back at the pub
and Doreen says "I don't fancy it" which shows that she's getting a
bit tired of going out all the time.
I would say that Doreen's closet
friends are definitely Lane, The Professor, Scullery, Bald and Barry. Lane is
obviously her closet friend because most of the time she is on stage Lane is
with her. I would say The Professor is too because when she meets him he says
"Dor love" which suggests they know each other quite well. I thought
Scullery would be a friend of hers because she speaks to him the first time she
comes on stage and the things they talk about suggests they know each other and
can have a laugh with each other. Doreen is also very close with Bald because
as soon as they see each other he wants to have a drink and a laugh with her
and she's more then up for it. I thought Barry would be a close friend because
they obviously have something going on and I think she wants to get with him.
Her family live close by but not on the Road. She has a mum, dad and a younger
sister who is 20years old. I think she would go visit her family every so often
but not that often. She is an Atheist, British, she has light brown hair, hazel
eyes, heart shaped face, and shoe size is 6, 5ft 6 and size 6-8 in clothes. She
is fashionable and try’s to stay in fashion with the clothes that she has. I
would think she didn’t have a proper education because I don’t think her family
would have been able to afford it. I reckon she is a bit brainy, not really
brainy but she is definitely good at the simple stuff and a bit more. She can definitely
look after herself because she has her own place and I know this because she
said “I’ve lost my bastard keys, I’m locked out. Help me find em” which if she
had a roommate or something she wouldn’t be locked out. I reckon should would
of wanted to go to college and get a better education because like I said she
is starting to get bored of going out and drinking all the time. If she got a
better education and a better job she would be able to do much more and live
her life even better then she thinks she is already. She's kind, pretty and
always up for a laugh. She will say things just to make people happy for example
in the scene with the professor she says "I'll give you one on 'Wood
Street' because he loves recording everything that's happening or that has
happened so when she says that he gets all excite because it's something he
enjoys talking about. She is someone who puts other people before herself.
I can relate to Doreen in so many
ways which is why I felt like she was the perfect character for me to play. I
can relate to her in the way that she is quite loose and just enjoying life
whilst taking some risks. I’m quite loose myself and I do stuff like go to
concerts, parties, meeting new people and just enjoying myself. She also makes
people happy and puts them first which is what I do on a regular basis and she
is also really nice and I would consider myself nice too. I’m also really
excited to play her on stage and bring out all these great characteristics that
she has. I want to be able to show her giggly side, her friendship with Lane and
for the audience to remember her.
I have been looking a people who
have previously played Doreen to see what they wore and everything so I can get
an idea of what to wear as this play is set in the 1980's. In the picture below
the one on the left is the one playing Doreen in is scene. I knew that Lane was
on the right from the way she's look at Scullery so I'm guessing they’re about
to kiss. This picture also supports my idea about Doreen not being as loose as
Lane because Doreen is wearing leggings and Lane is wearing a short skirt.
Which shows Lane is more of a 'slut' then her because she covers up where as
Lane likes to show skin. It also looks like the one playing Doreen looks a bit
disgusted with what's going on and what's about to happen. The fact that Doreen
doesn't kiss anyone or try’s to kiss anyone throughout the play also supports
my idea.
From the clothing they're wearing
I can tell that bright neon colours, hoop earring, ponytail to the side or big
hair and scrunches' in their hair was the style which gives me a lot of great
ideas for my costume. They also wore tartan shirts, denim jackets and dull
colours as well as bright colours. The costume for Doreen would be to wear
bright pink tights with a pink top underneath a leather jacket and to wear black
high heel boots.
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