A Cream Cracker Under the Settee

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`A Cream Cracker under the Settee' coursework assignment Alan Burnett is an English playwright, born in 1934 in Armlet', Leeds in Yorkshire. He is the son of a co-op butcher. He attended Leeds Modern School. He is widely known for writing the six monologues titled 'Talking Heads', which was written for BBC Broadcasting in 1988 and again in 1998. Talking Heads is a series of six monologues focusing on people's lives. None of the characters are related to each other in any way. It is just showcasing problems in the lives of old people. A monologue is a play where there is one character speaking. 'A Cream Cracker under the Settee' is a monologue as there is only one person speaking. This makes it difficult to bring a character to life because the characters don't move around a lot and there isn't anyone else near them. This is why playwrights need to work extra hard to try to bring the character to life. Doris is an elderly woman in her 70s. She lives alone in a semi-detached house. In the play, she mentions that she had a husband named Wilfred, who passed away few years ago. She also mentions that she had a still born child. In the play, she mentions her good times and bad times. She also mentions that she has a caretaker named Zulema, who visits her every once a week. She has problems with her leg, as she can't walk 6 steps without falling. She never asks anyone else for help if she needs it because she as a fear of being sent to Stafford House, an old people's home, because of some superstition. One of the dramatic devices that Alan Burnett uses is the setting to bring the character of Doris alive. Firstly, a lot of action takes place in the living room. Her furniture is out of date, just like her. The colour of her living room is old fashioned, just like her. This shows that she does not keep up with the current times. Also, it is only set in

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