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Play  Blasted
Premiere 1995 in the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs.
Characters Three characters.

Ian, Cate and the soldier.  Plus a baby.

Ian is described as 45, Welsh born but lived his life in Leeds.
Cate is described as 21, lower middle class

 

Mum and Dad represent what Les, Mike and Sylv will become if they do not escape their surroundings.  Sylv is the only one who will escape.

Staging "An expensive hotel room

A large double bed, a minibar, champagne and ice, a telephone, a large bouquet of flowers.

Scenes 5 scenes, generally no interval.
Overview Scene One

Scene Two

Scene Three

Scene Four

Scene Five

Scene One Ian and Cate
Vocabulary  
Scene Two Ian and Cate, then Ian and the soldier
Vocabulary  
Scene Three Ian and the soldier
Vocabulary  
Scene Four Ian and Cate, a baby, the dead soldier
Vocabulary  
Scene Five Ian and Cate, the dead baby
Vocabulary  

Blasted

He puts his mouth over one of Ian's eyes, sucks it out, bites it off and eats it
This is based on the true life account Among the Thugs by Bill Buford. "In the fight that ensued, Harry wrestled one of the policemen to the ground, lifted him up by the chest an then head-butted him- inflicting a hair-line crack across the forehead... he grabbed the policeman by his ears, lifted his head up to his own face and sucked on one of the policeman's eyes, lifting it out of the socket until he felt it pop behind his teeth.  Then he bit it off" (Blasted p50).
 

 

 

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