The main point of the play, ken harrison, once an imaginative, devoted sculptor. Featuring actor richard dreyfus in a black coat and sweater being embraced by actress janet eilber, though she has been largely airbrushed out of the photo. The stage version premiered in 1978 at the mermaid theatre in london, and subsequently opened on broadway in 1979. Brian clark somewhat playfully shows us a character who is paralyzed. These six pages are all about a little encounter between ken and mrs boyle. Whose life is it anyway download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Ken harrison, is a quadriplegic after a car accident six months prior. Brian clark somewhat playfully shows us a character who is paralyzed from the neck down.
Heinemann plays 9780435232870 by clark, brian and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. In order to warn you and eliminate any plagiarism writing intentions, it is highly. In hospital he make friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to. In the play, written by brian clarke, the intense argument of committing voluntary euthanasia is discussed. The play whose life is it anyway by brian clark855 words 4 pages rationale.
An analysis of whose life is it anyway by brian clark. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The patients or the doctors, and whose life is it anyway. Based on the 1975 play by brian clark, first adapted into a 1972 television movie directed by richard. Ken harrison, who is a patient, paralysed quadraplegically. Whose life is it anyway a fulllength play issue 5841 of cu offsite play collection. It is directed by john badham from a screenplay by brian clark and reginald rose. It is evidently kens life, but the amount of choice and free will he now has in it is. It is both witty and compassionate, thoughtful and fastmoving. It has since been performed by female leads on broadway as well as being made into a film starring richard dreyfuss. Unabashedly cheesy and crude yet undeniably affecting, brian clarks whose life is it anyway gets to you, despite your better instincts to snort. With richard dreyfuss, john cassavetes, christine lahti, bob balaban.
Brian clark is the author of whose life is it anyway. The comings and going of the hospital staff and the light banner which ignores the elephant in the room which passes between the patient and the staff keep us off balance as to the miserable feelings of the patient as he lies. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The play whose life is it anyway, written by brian clark was premiered in 1978 is predominately based around a controversial topic, which is still highly discussed nowadays. The books offer scenebyscene analysis, structured questions and assignment. That movement is the subject of a new book by darcy olsen, the right to try. Laurence olivier award london evening standard award rights and availability this title can be licensed and sold throughout canada, the united states.
The television play was made in 1972 and the stage plays in 1978. These opposing values are argued throughout the play and help to broaden the. In writing this book, we hope to encourage all of the partners to. But if we dig deeper and more honestly into the question, we begin to feel the complexity of transition. Exploring the ways in which brian clark makes the scene an important and dramatic moment in the play when talking about the important and dramatic scene in this play i refer back to pages 2530. In a successful production of brian clarks whose life is it anyway.
Life turned into a cycle of hope, fear and pain, and her marriage into a prison from which there was no escaping. The hospitals view, like the view of our society today, is that euthanasia is illegal and that doctors must try to preserve life and cannot destroy it. Richard dreyfuss puts in a high caliber performance as ken harrison. It is nevertheless arguable that the right to live entails the right to shape ones life, and t his right i n turn entails the opportunit y, if one wishes, to bring ones. William ray arney, dartmouth college whose life is it anyway. Its not surprising then that brian clarks play whose life is it anyway. The play whose life is it anyway by brian clark was made into a stage play and film. The play whose life is it anyway, written by brian clark was. The dilemma posed of a medical profession committed to save life on the one hand, and an. Boyle a social worker, she tries to do her job in a caring but professional way. Ken harrison a car accident has left him paralyzed from the neck down. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Driving home from stageworks theatre of holly springs production of whose life is it anyway. Brian clarks play, written in 1976 for a male lead, initially in the west end, was a hit with tom conti. Clark has formulated two distinctive characters ken harrison and dr. The play whose life is it anyway by brian clark 855 words 4 pages. During the past year, a broadway play entitled, whose life is it anyway. In 1972 granada television presented a play by brian clark, which was later adapted as a film and has been widely influential in promoting proeuthanasia opinion.
Ken is a strongminded, passionate man totally dedicated to his art, and he decides he does not want to go on with the compromised, highly. Brian clark clark, brian used books, rare books and new books find all books by brian clark and compare prices. Whose life is it anyway a fulllength play brian clark. Vintage borderless blackandwhite still photograph from the 1981 film. The heinemann plays series offers contemporary drama and c. Based on the journals the author kept throughout the ordeal, whose life is it anyway is a chilling memoir of her agonising years living and working with her abuser. Click download or read online button to get whose life is it anyway book now. The dilemma posed of a medical profession committed to save life on the one hand. Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. Emerson to base his play centred around the issue of euthanasia. Demonstrates how the physical and inner journey can result in characters, like ken and dr scott gaining new insight and understanding of themselves and the world around them by facing the challenges and obstacles that.
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