The Deranged Marriage Analysis
On the 1st of July I and my drama class went to see "The Deranged Marriage" by Pravesh Kumar in theatre royal, Stratford. The play was a satirical comedy portraying Asian life in the Asian community and the struggles and pressures of arranged marriages. The play was set in slough and was based on two Asian families preparing for their children to marry each other, using an arranged marriage.
I thought the play was written well, and portrayed Asian life and the Asian community very well using a range of characters. Throughout the play the set design was kept the same as it did not need to be changed, and there was only one scene as all the sections of the play flowed into each other.
Throughout the play there were a total of around eleven …show more content…
The fact that she tries to be involved in the family shows that she really must love her husband to go to such lengths to impress her husband's family and be included creating a bond in their relationship. Jennie's efforts are shown by her spending a lot of time with her husband's family to get involved in their traditions and cultures even though they are very different to hers. This strengthens the bond which is shown later in the play towards the end when Jennie and her husband talk about their relationship, dance and have a kiss which shows and proves to the audience and his family that they love each other very …show more content…
The set at the beginning of the play really engaged me because it was different and I didn't know what it was making it unpredictable. The set at the start of the play was of many steps and stairs leading acroos the stage from the left to the right, at the top of the stairs there was a metal frame with muslin over it, as a bedroom. There was also a wardrobe on the right on the stage and ladders at the left of the stage. This set really interested me because I had no idea of what kind of introduction there would be, however I also expected lots of levels because of ladders and steps.
The play was not broken up into scenes so there was no set change apart from the fact that there was props like an ironing table and bottles which were brought on and taken off by the actors as they were in their characters so it all flowed into each other very comfortable preventing the audience waiting a long time, and also making it more realistic as in every day
I thought the play was written well, and portrayed Asian life and the Asian community very well using a range of characters. Throughout the play the set design was kept the same as it did not need to be changed, and there was only one scene as all the sections of the play flowed into each other.
Throughout the play there were a total of around eleven …show more content…
The fact that she tries to be involved in the family shows that she really must love her husband to go to such lengths to impress her husband's family and be included creating a bond in their relationship. Jennie's efforts are shown by her spending a lot of time with her husband's family to get involved in their traditions and cultures even though they are very different to hers. This strengthens the bond which is shown later in the play towards the end when Jennie and her husband talk about their relationship, dance and have a kiss which shows and proves to the audience and his family that they love each other very …show more content…
The set at the beginning of the play really engaged me because it was different and I didn't know what it was making it unpredictable. The set at the start of the play was of many steps and stairs leading acroos the stage from the left to the right, at the top of the stairs there was a metal frame with muslin over it, as a bedroom. There was also a wardrobe on the right on the stage and ladders at the left of the stage. This set really interested me because I had no idea of what kind of introduction there would be, however I also expected lots of levels because of ladders and steps.
The play was not broken up into scenes so there was no set change apart from the fact that there was props like an ironing table and bottles which were brought on and taken off by the actors as they were in their characters so it all flowed into each other very comfortable preventing the audience waiting a long time, and also making it more realistic as in every day