Devising

We had another rehearsal today and decided to cut some of what we have come up with so far. We have decided to take out some parts and change them.

We were able to use a scarf today and develop further into some ideas on how we could make our piece even better. We've now decided to include a section about Nora searching for her sight, whilst I am trying to get the gas off me. We also use a scarf to represent the gas and use it to blind Nora and choke me.

We have included a section with a telegram and a woman who's husband has been reported as missing and we have taken real accounts of soldiers and new stimuli, such as the poem and motivational posters, as well as news reports and broadcasts convincing people to go to war.

As Nora talks about convincing people to sign up for the army and what a great thing it is that we're doing for our country, I am talking about what it's like to be gassed, by quoting the diary entries mentioned earlier. By saying these two things at the same time, it really highlights the juxtaposition between the two speeches and how people at home were "blinded" by the reality of war.