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Blue/Orange
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In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. An incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service, Blue/Orange premiered at London's Cottesloe Theatre in April 2000 and transferred to the West End in 2001.
Award-winning writer Joe Penhall first rose to prominence in 1994 with his Royal Court play Some Voices and he has been described by the Financial Times as 'one of the finest playwrights of his generation.' Blue/Orange is an accessible and vibrant play, which explores a number of important issues and which makes it a good choice to study. This includes themes of race and representation, sanity and insanity (and in particular the social structures, stigma and complexity surrounding schizophrenia), as well the political context of New Labour and spin, and questions of prejudice and difference.
This Student Edition features expert and helpful annotation, including a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters, language and structure of the play, as well as a list of suggested reading and questions for further study and a review of performance history.
Award-winning writer Joe Penhall first rose to prominence in 1994 with his Royal Court play Some Voices and he has been described by the Financial Times as 'one of the finest playwrights of his generation.' Blue/Orange is an accessible and vibrant play, which explores a number of important issues and which makes it a good choice to study. This includes themes of race and representation, sanity and insanity (and in particular the social structures, stigma and complexity surrounding schizophrenia), as well the political context of New Labour and spin, and questions of prejudice and difference.
This Student Edition features expert and helpful annotation, including a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters, language and structure of the play, as well as a list of suggested reading and questions for further study and a review of performance history.
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Information
their
patient
reflects
on
the
system
as
a
whole.
[
.
.
.
]
Psychiatric
practitioners
may
or
may
not
see
similarities
with
their
own
working
lives,
but
for
the
uninitiated,
the
programme
should
provoke
some
serious
reflection
on
how
mental
health
conditions
are
diagnosed
and
treated.
In
her
final
paragraph
she
pointed
to
the
piece’s
wider
aims
and
concerns:
For
those
people
who
are
disillusioned
by
the
approaching
general
election,
tonight’s
programme
should
be
a
shot
in
the
arm.
Penhall’s
play
is
a
timely
and
provocative
reminder
of
why
policy
matters,
and
of
how
politics
affects
the
lives
of
some
of
society’s
most
vulnerable
people.
Despite
its
specificities
of
time,
place
and
context
–
or
perhaps,
in
part,
because
of
them
–
Blue
/
Orange
has,
then,
proved
to
be
one
of
the
most
performed
plays
of
the
past
twenty
years.
That
it
has
done
so
tells
us
about
the
continued
significance
of
issue-led,
argument-driven
plays
in
the
British
theatre.
However,
as
O’Hara
suggests,
its
impact
lies
as
much
in
its
underlying
arguments
about
language,
power,
politics
and
policy
as
it
does
in
its
explicit
points
about
race
and
mental
health.
Commentary
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Joe Penhall
- Plot
- Commentary
- Further Reading
- BLUE/ORANGE
- Notes
- Questions for Further Study
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