Summary Of The Play 'Noises Off'

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Noises Off Critique I went to see Noises Off on Thursday night 10/8/2015. Noises Off by Michael Frayn was presented by CNU theater with CNU theater students. Noises Off’s style is a farce/comedy. The play had nine actors and the plot was constructed by having a play inside a play. The play had three acts describing different performances inside the play. The first act was on Monday 14 January 1982 at Grand Theatre, Weston-super-Mare; the act II was on Wednesday 13 February 1982 at Theatre Royal, Ashton-under-Lyne; and the act III was on Saturday 6 April 1982 at Municipal Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees. This critique focuses on how successful the characters were with their objectives, obstacles, and tactics. In this objective, obstacle, tactic -analysis, I am picking up …show more content…
Brooke’s objective is to have sex with Garry. Gary’s objective is to have sex with Brooke but he also needs to find out where the noises are coming. Brooke’s obstacle is Gary and Gary’s obstacle is Brooke and the noises. Brooke is pursuing her goal by using various tactics. She seduces Gary by giving physical and verbal signals of her arousal. Examples of physical tactics are kissing and touching. She uses verbal tactics when she says: “Came back to the room” (sexy voice) and “I can take it off” (her underwear). In contrast, Gary is using tactics to find out where the noises are coming and to get back to Brooke. Brooke is doing a good job to seduce Gary and Gary is going back and forth between being nervous and comfortable. He’s objective makes him confused about the situation and Gary’s actor makes a good job when he goes back and forth with his intentions. The reason for Gary’s nervous is that he is worried about his job. It would not look good if he is having sex in the house he is selling to public. I think that the both actors did a very good job with their objectives and scene was interesting and

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