Stanislavski's Techniques In Road By Jim Cartwright

To learn more about Stanislavski’s theories and performance style we explored ‘Road’ by Jim Cartwright. Cartwright was born and raised in Lancashire – where his first play ‘Road’ is set. The play is set in the 80’s when Margaret Thatcher was in power. Margret Thatcher became most unpopular with Northern Ireland and England due to the large unemployment rates during her time as Prime Minister. Unemployment began rising in the 70’s as companies were modernising their businesses. However, rates continued to grow quickly when the Conservative Government came into power in 1979, rising rapidly until, by 1983, three million people were unemployed. To explore these issues using Stanislavski’s style we first used a technique from his System called …show more content…
Also, the fact that I was only looking down as I spoke emphasised the point that I didn’t want to acknowledge what I was talking about I wanted to pretend that I could ignore and reject it. As an actor I found the technique useful because it helped me to further understand the link of struggle between all the characters in ‘Road’ because though their struggles are different they are all linked by one cause – Margaret Thatcher. Jerry is just another victim of unemployment linked back to Thatcher by the way she promoted the growth of southern industry and neglected the north. We can infer that Jerry served in the army from when he talks about “National Service” and that he had no job to come home too after his time served. As an actor this technique is also allowing me to make progress as it is teaching me the importance of breaking down your character to learn more about them so that you can assume a more believable role during a naturalistic performance piece. As well as this I have found that I could be a lot more passionate in my acting and that Jerry is the only character facing a different struggle to all the other characters in