The play Punk rock was written by Simon Stephens and was first premiered in 2009 at the Lyric Hammersmith in London. It's a story of violence in a fee paying private school and includes 6 characters, all of which are crucial to the story line. Starting with my character; Nicholas Chatman, a sporty and confident 18 year old working his way through his A levels so he can get to university he's in a 'secret' relationship with the girl who's recently arrived in the area- Lilly Cahill. Lilly is probably the most 'normal' characters in the play and snubs William when he asks her out. The other character in the play consist of Chadwick Meade, he's at the school on a scholarship and is bullied by the nastiest character which is Bennet Francis. The final two characters are Tanya Gleason and Cissy, Tanya being best friends with Cissy but doesn't like Bennet as he spits at her. Finally Cissy, the smart and high achieving girlfriend of Bennet.
So from when the company and I were first given the script we made a lot of changes and amendments to what we thought about each character and their relationships. Firstly we changed Tanya to Tristan as we only had two girls in the company. This meant changing some parts of the script from 'hers' to 'his' etc.
The second thing we decided to do was to think about how our characters relate to each other. I came up with the idea that Nicholas and Bennet had the richest families out of all of the characters and that's why Bennet is such a show off and feels above everyone. Whereas Nicholas, although being very rich, is a lot more quiet about it and is a hard working lad that loves his sports. Also Nickolas is the type of character to not get involved in all the drama that goes on in the school and to just get on with his work (as seen in the wasp scene). The company and I also decided that Bennet and Nicholas' fathers work together and are good friends and this is why Nicholas is probably Bennet's closest friend.
Finally the point that the company and I all agreed with and found most likely was that Bennet is a closet gay and that he fancies Chadwick, hence why he's so nasty to him and always tries to take the piss out of him. The reason I personally thought this is because he constantly bullies Chadwick and then when Tristan (Tanya) and Lilly ask Cissy about the sex between her and Bennet she shrugs it off and tries to make them stop talking about it.
So from when the company and I were first given the script we made a lot of changes and amendments to what we thought about each character and their relationships. Firstly we changed Tanya to Tristan as we only had two girls in the company. This meant changing some parts of the script from 'hers' to 'his' etc.
The second thing we decided to do was to think about how our characters relate to each other. I came up with the idea that Nicholas and Bennet had the richest families out of all of the characters and that's why Bennet is such a show off and feels above everyone. Whereas Nicholas, although being very rich, is a lot more quiet about it and is a hard working lad that loves his sports. Also Nickolas is the type of character to not get involved in all the drama that goes on in the school and to just get on with his work (as seen in the wasp scene). The company and I also decided that Bennet and Nicholas' fathers work together and are good friends and this is why Nicholas is probably Bennet's closest friend.
Finally the point that the company and I all agreed with and found most likely was that Bennet is a closet gay and that he fancies Chadwick, hence why he's so nasty to him and always tries to take the piss out of him. The reason I personally thought this is because he constantly bullies Chadwick and then when Tristan (Tanya) and Lilly ask Cissy about the sex between her and Bennet she shrugs it off and tries to make them stop talking about it.
