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Analyzing the Elements of Drama “Charley’s Aunt”.- Brandon Thomas
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
SULTAN AGENG TIRTAYASA UNIVERSITY
2015
Analyzing the Elements of Drama “Charley’s Aunt”.- Brandon Thomas
I. Literary Elements1. Script
A script is the written words and directions of a play.
The example script of charley’s aunt:
(Exit BRASSETT, L.U.E., quickly. Enter CHARLEY, L.I.E., with letter, comes
C. CHARLES WYKEHAM is about twenty, good-looking, medium height, fair,
Saxon type, charming and though shy is not awkward. Rowing type, wears white
flannels,' blazer and muffler, cheap watch in breast pocket of blazer with short
chain hanging out. For later entrance with telegram--has changed blazer for a
lounge suit coat, removed muffler and wears a collar and tie.)
2. Plot Exposition
Charley Wykeham, an undergraduate of St. Hilda's College, Oxford,
learns at a fortunate time that he is to have a luncheon visitor--Donna
Lucia Alvarez, an English-born aunt who has been supporting him, an
orphan, in college. Charley has never seen this aunt, since she had gone to
Brazil before his birth and later had married, on his deathbed, a millionaire
Brazilian whose secretary she was.
The time is fortunate because Amy Spettigue, the girl Charley loves, is
about to leave for Scotland, and the aunt's presence will permit him to
invite Amy to his rooms; here he hopes to win her hand in marriage. He
also has invited Kitty Verdun, ward of Amy's testy uncle. Kitty is loved by
Charley's friend, Jack Chesney. Charley and Jack decide that a good sixth
at luncheon would be Lord Fancourt Babberly, called Babbs, a jolly little
undergraduate with a penchant for amateur theatricals.
Climax
Now the situation becomes really complicated: there appears the real
Donna Lucia, a lovely woman in her early forties, smartly dressed and
with an excellent sense of humor. She is accompanied by Ela Delahay,
Babbs' lost dream girl, whom she has formally adopted since bringing her
from Monte Carlo. She has shrewdly invested the money Babbs lost to
Ela's father, and now Ela is quite independent, hoping to meet Babbs some
day to repay him.
Arriving at Jack's rooms, they find there only Sir Francis. Donna Lucia
recognizes in him the young lieutenant with whom she was deeply in love
a score of years ago. Sir Francis, thrilled to find her again, tells them that
his son is helping to entertain Charley's aunt, Donna Lucia. The
mischievous and curious Donna Lucia resolves to masquerade as Mrs.
Beverley-Smythe (the name of a friend whose card she finds in her bag).
She wishes to learn more of her nephew as well as to observe the reaction
of Sir Francis in his ignorance of her identity as the rich Donna Lucia.
Amy and Kitty have consented to be the brides of the young men, and,
with Jack and Charley, appeal to Babbs to get old Spettigue's consent.
Babbs is doing his best when Donna Lucia appears to meet him. Babbs
pleasantly announces himself as "Charley's aunt from Brazil, where the
nuts come from." Donna Lucia has a gay time torturing him with
recollections of the dead husband, Dom Pedro, whom she claims to
remember well. Spettigue then invites the whole party to his own home.
Babbs is refusing when Ela appears, and he, in an appalled realization of
his costume recognizes her. She thinks she knows his voice, and is
disappointed to find that it emerges from an old lady. Babbs faints.
At Spettigue's, Babbs is in further misery as his host resumes his suit;
the thought of Ela discovering his identity is a constant dread, and Donna
Lucia continues her teasing. At length Babbs hints that he may accept
Spettigue, although he declares himself not "an ordinary woman," if
Spettigue will permit the girls to marry the men of their choice. While
Spettigue goes to write a letter of consent, Babbs encounters further
difficulties: Donna Lucia catches him smoking a cigar, and Ela confides in
him her love of the young man who befriended her father.
ResolutionDonna Lucia, meanwhile, has tested Sir Francis who declares himself
willing to give up the rich aunt to live with Mrs. Beverley-Smythe in a
cottage. They return from this private conversation in time to hear
Spettigue announce his engagement to Babbs (who has left the room), and
give his permission for the wedding of his niece and ward. Charley,
unwilling to win Amy by fraud, reveals the masquerade, as Babbs returns
in masculine evening dress. Spettigue, furious, declares that he will contest
the written permission given in the letter to the girls, but "Mrs. Beverley-
Smythe," observing that it is addressed to Donna Lucia, seizes it and
discloses her true identity. She promises, through her influence, to
compensate Spettigue and all the lovers are united.
3. Characters and Characterizations Jack Chesney
Jack is a nice, young Oxford student who loves Kitty. He and Charley are
both stereotypes of the well-meaning, slightly ineffectual, upper-middle-
class Oxford student of the Victorian era. Jack’s father arrives and informs
him that their financial situation will be limited in the near future because
of debt. Jack decides that his father should marry Charley’s rich aunt.
Charley Wykeham
Charley is an orphan whose Oxford education has been paid for by his
mysterious Brazilian aunt. He has never met her, but she is coming for
lunch just in time to chaperone his date with Amy, whom he intends to
marry. Charley is a nice, young man, intent on doing the socially correct
thing. When the aunt is late for lunch, Charley is desperate for a
chaperone, so he and Jack convince their friend Babbs (who conveniently
shows up in drag) to stand in.
Lord Fancourt "Babbs" Babberley
Babbs is Jack and Charley’s friend at school. He is a theatrical sort, loud
and funny, and prone to showing up in drag. The young men decide to
invite him to their lunch. When Charley’s aunt is late, the whole luncheon
is in jeopardy, but Babbs shows up on his way to a play rehearsal, clad in
an old woman’s prim and proper clothing. Charley and Jack convince him
to stand in for Aunt Lucia, which he does admirably, so much so that both
Jack’s father and Amy’s uncle want to propose to him. Babbs is also in
love, but the young woman he loves has disappeared. Fortunately, she
shows up with Aunt Lucia, and she and Babbs are happily reunited, but
only after he faints at the prospect of her finding him in an old lady’s
clothing.
Kitty Verdun
Kitty is the ward of Amy’s uncle. She and Jack are in love, but her
guardian is very protective of her. She behaves properly at all times. She
accepts Jack’s proposal.
Amy Spettigue
Amy loves Charley, but she is a very proper young lady, and she can’t
come to Charley’s rooms without a chaperone. She is about to go away to
Scotland, which prompts Charley’s desperate search for an older woman to
join them at lunch. Fortunately, the situation is resolved, and Amy accepts
Charley’s marriage proposal.
Donna Lucia D'Alvarez
Donna Lucia is Charle’s aunt, a very elegant, beautiful woman in her
forties. She was the secretary to a very wealthy man in Brazil, whom she
married on his deathbed. She now holds his fortune, and she has paid for
Charley’s education. She is coming to lunch, but she has been delayed.
When she arrives, she finds an impersonator, in the form of Babbs,
chaperoning the lunch. Donna Lucia pretends to be Mrs. Beverley-Smythe
so that she won’t disrupt the hilarious proceedings. She delights in
torturing Babbs by asking him questions about her life in Brazil. She meets
Jack’s father and realizes that he is the young naval officer she was in love
with many years ago. They resume their romance.
Colonel sir Francis Chensey
The Colonel is Jack’s father. He surprises Jack by showing up at lunch and
telling his son that they are in reduced financial straits due to debt. Jack
hatches a plan, which his father agrees to, in which the Colonel will court
and marry Charley’s wealthy aunt. When the Colonel meets Donna Lucia
as played by Babbs, he is not at all attracted to her, but he gamely pursues
her. When the real Donna Lucia shows up, he realizes she is the woman he
loved many years ago, and the two are happily reunited.
Stephen spettigue
Uncle Stephen is Amy’s uncle and Kitty’s guardian. He is prissy and
fastidious, and he insists that the young women adhere strictly to his rules
including no lunches with young men without a chaperone present. He is
suspicious that something is afoot at the luncheon, but when he realizes
that the old woman is Charley’s rich aunt, he is immediately drawn to her.
He courts Babbs furiously, and when he finds out he has been deceived, he
nearly withdraws his permission for the girls to marry. Donna Lucia
soothes his ruffled feathers, and he relents, allowing everyone to pair up
successfully.
Ela Delahay
Ela is the young woman Babbs fell in love with while he was cruising the
Mediterranean. She disappeared, and he thinks she is lost to him, but she
has become a ward of Donna Lucia’s, and she and Babbs are happily
reunited.
Brassett
A waiter at Oxford.
4. Story OrganizationAt the beginning, it was seen that this drama show comedy drama because
there are some things that are really beyond logic one when it turns charley's
wealthy aunt who was unable to attend and one of their friends babbs, disguised as
a charley's aunt. In real life, of course all of it will be very weird but in the play's it
packaged as attractive as possible so that the audience forget the strangeness of it
and felt comforted by the role played by all the characters in the drama. then
conflicts posed in the beginning is still very light, it also makes the audience
interested and ask wondering about the sequel.
In the middle of this drama, the play tells how the conflict heats up. there are
some new conflicts that arise. For example, when Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez came
intend to england he met with his adopted niece (Miss Ela Delahay, an orphan) he
left his father with a lot of money, so she can be independent with it. When
charley's aunt met Miss Ela, she told her that she likes someone, but she did not
dare to admit, sir francis. suddenly Donna Lucia met with Sir Francis, and she
knew him. Donna Lucia wanted to say hello, but she knows that there is someone
else impersonate as her. So, she introduced himself to Sir Francis as others, that
being a poor widow. She introduces herself as Mrs. Beverly-Smythe. At other
times, it was the greedy, spettigue recognize him. Then spettigue throw a party so
he could talk privately with Donna Lucia. But it turns out hurt Babbs because the
woman he loves, Ela Delahay Babbs, tries to escape but she is caught by
Spettigue. In this section, the conflict still making confusion for the audience. The
play appears several conflicts which still unclear so that increasingly make the
audience more curious about the rest of the story.
At the end of this all, conflicts will be revealed truth. Like the lie of Bobbs that
disguised as Donna Lucia, then that Donna Lucia is not the aunt of Charley, and
also Donna Lucia recognizes the true her identity. In this section all will meet
clarity, no more lies. The young couples can marry and Babbs confesses his
feelings to Ela, Ela also admits her feelings for Babbs and all ends happily.
5. Setting Time
MorningSCENE. Interior of Jack Chesney's Rooms, St. Olde's College,
Oxford.Morning.
Explanation: It explains that it happened in the morning
Afternoon
The dialogue:
BRASSETT. Yes, sir?
JACK. Lunch for five.
BRASSETT.For how many, sir?
JACK. For sive.(Going to him.)
BRASSETT.For five, sir?(Laughs quietly.)
JACK (laughing). Oh, all right, Brassett; lunch for five at one o'clock.
(Goes down L.)
Explanation: Lunch happened in afternoon at one o’clock.
EveningThe dialogue:
(BRASSETT re-enters R. with cigars, cigar-cutters, matches on salver;
he places them on table up R.C. and exits R. with salver.)
SPETTIGUE (C., aside). I must make an opportunity to see her alone.
(Aloud.) It's a sweet evening. Perhaps some of you may care to enjoy a
cigar in the garden.
JACK. No, thank you, sir.
Explanation: SPETTIGUE said, “It’s a sweet evening”.
Place Railway station (Amy and Kitty arrive to meet Jack and Charley, but
Donna Lucia has not arrived yet, and so the girls leave to go shopping
until she shows up. Annoyed, Jack orders Charley to go to the railway
station to wait for Donna Lucia).
Jack Chesney's Rooms, St. Olde's College, Oxford.
The dialogue:
JACK (Aloud.) What are you doing, Brassett? Confound it all, what do
you want?
BRASSETT. I merely wish to say, sir, that I have laid out a few things
which –
JACK.- All right, thank you, get out and leave me alone.
BRASSETT. Which I thought you wouldn't care to-
JACK (in despair). Take 'em--keep 'em! Take every blessed rag I've
got
... only go away!
(BRASSETT goes to door L.U.E.)
Explanation: We can know the place is in Jack’s room from that dialogue.
In the garden
The dialogue:
JACK. Hang letter-writing! We'll give a luncheon party for your aunt,
tea afterwards in the garden.
CHARLEY.In the garden?
JACK. Yes, I'll get leave.
Explanation: They will go outside and the place is in the garden.
Drawing room, SPETTIGUE'S house.
The dialogue:
LORD FANCOURT (drawing hand away--slaps SPETTIGUE'S hand
with it). Why--are you going to take lessons?
(SPETTIGUE goes behind settee down L., and talks to DONNA
LUCIA and ELA.)
(Aside to JACK.) What's he looking at me like that for, like a boiled
owl?
JACK (taking SIR FRANCIS'S L. arm and bringing him down c.) Dad,
I'm glad you know about Kitty now, she's a splendid girl, isn't she?
(KITTY crosses to LORD FANCOURT.)
SIR FRANCIS. I like her very much, I must say, Jack.
JACK. You've taken a load off my mind, dad. I thought I was quite
without means.
SIR FRANCIS. Not altogether, my boy. And you've thought this
matter well over?
JACK. Night and day, dad, ever since I first met her.
Explanation: The setting place of the dialogue shows that it is in drawing
room, SPETTIGUE’s house.
6. DialogueDialogue is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange. In Charley’s Aunt Drama, there are some dialogues between Jack and Brassett, for example, in act I. BRASSETT. I beg pardon, sir, but would you mind--?
JACK. Yes, very much; go away, I'm busy.
BRASSETT. Yes, sir, but--
JACK. I'm busy with the most important affair; get out!
BRASSETT (raising book or two off table, and hesitating). Yes, sir.
7. Monologue, Soliloquy, and Aside
Besides the dialogue, this drama also contains the soliloquy, that is a special
form of monologue, where no other person is present on stage beside the speaker.
This soliloquy can be seen in the first act I.
JACK. I can't! I can't get into the vein. (Flings down pen.) I don't know
what to say--don't know how to begin. I wish to goodness I'd spoken to
her at the dance the other evening, (rises, to C.) when she told me they
were all going away for the summer; instead, I've gone and left
everything till the very last minute, and now I'm regularly nonplussed.
By George! I know what I'll do. I'll make an exercise of it. I'll write
it out a dozen different ways, and send the one I think looks the best.
(Goes back to table and sits, takes up pen.) So come on, Jack, here we
are, in love with the dearest girl on earth--tackle her like a man, and
tell her so, or they'll be off north, you'll be gone down, and have lost
your chance for ever. She's my fate, and I'm hanged if I shan't be hers!
So here goes. (Writing.) "My Darling "! (Stops.) Rather strong, perhaps,
to begin with. (Tears up paper, places on L. of writing-table, begins
again.) "My Dear Miss Verdun" (Stops again.) No, too formal--and not a
bit what I really feel. (Tears that up.) "My Dear" Hang it, why not?
(Writes boldly.) "My Dear Kitty "! That's grand!
Then, in case of a monologue, other characters can be present on stage, either
overhearing the speech of the person talking or even being directly addressed by
him or her. The main point is that one person holds the floor for a lengthy period
of time. This drama also presents the monologue.
In the first act in this Charley’s Aunt also presents an aside, that is spoken away
from other characters, and a character either speaks aside to himself, secretively to
(an) other character(s) or to the audience. For example of Charley’s Aunt is shown
in the first act:
JACK (aside). Just as I'd made such a good start, too! (At letter again.) "My Dear
Kitty".
8. Conflict
Conflict arises when Charley’s aunt does not show up in time to chaperone the
couples, it can be proven in the paragraph below:
Charley's aunt telegraphs that she will be detained for several days. The girls
will shortly be returning--what to do? Babbs drops in, garbed and bewigged for
rehearsal in a show where he plays the role of a Victorian old lady in a long black-
satin dress. The desperate Jack and Charley draft him, willy-nilly, to impersonate
Charley's aunt during the time the girls are there. The girls come back, and Babbs,
beginning to enjoy his role, puts his arm about Amy's waist as they chat in
feminine fashion.
There is consternation among the group, however, when Amy's uncle,
Spettigue, is reported approaching. Babbs, as Charley's aunt, is left alone to get rid
of him. He lies cleverly enough to achieve Spettigue's departure, and then Sir
Francis comes in, dressed for courting, to present another problem. Sir Francis is
hardly attracted by the odd-looking old lady, but he is gallantly doing his best
when the suspicious Spettigue returns, demanding that the girls leave at once.
When he is told that the old lady is the fabulously rich Donna Lucia, he quickly
changes his tune and becomes an ardent and rival suitor.
II. Technical Elements
1. Scenery
There is some scenery that used on this Drama to provide the beautiful, to make
the audience feel the drama itself, and to communicate the environment.
There is fine period detail, a curtained set with boldly chequered stage-cloth,
decked out with tall white lamp-stands behind which characters lurk to overhear
confidences. With admirable economy, there is much doubling. Matthew
Townshend convincingly portrays a knowing and soldierly Brassett, and with
rapid costume change, moves with speed from irascible and love-struck Spettigue
to urbane Sir Francis Chesney. The two free standing doorways, some chairs and
the 8 portraits of Queen Victoria are what adorn the dorm room set. (The one with
a moustache painted on it is hysterical.) The garden set consists of green felt
placed upon the stage and a lawn type of green scrim with Queen Victoria
outlined on it while the drawing room consists of the chairs arranged in a different
way. (Picture attached)
(The Scenery of Charley’s Aunt Drama)
2. Costume
Jack Chesney: Light-coloured lounge suit and college tie, leander pink and white
diagonal stripes.
Brasset: Dark trousers and short dark grey alpaca coat, white collar and dark tie.
Charles Wykeham: White flannels,' blazer and muffler, cheap watch in breast
pocket of blazer with short chain hanging out. Second costume :blazer for a
lounge suit coat, removed muffler and wears a collar and tie.
Sir Francis Chesney: Brown lounge suit, bowler hat and carries gloves and
Malacca walking-stick.
Stephen Spettigue: Small short side whiskers a la Sir Edward Clarke. Dressed in
a frock-coat, grey cloth waistcoat, wearing top-hat, and carrying furled umbrella,
and gloves.
Lord Fancourt: Frock coat, silk hat, stick and carries gloves, and a deep cerise-
red carnation. Second costume: shirt sleeves waistcoat and trousers, but still
wearing wig, bonnet and mittens.
Donna Lucia: Afternoon summer dress and coat to match,hat and gloves.
Ela Delahay: Summer dress and hat and carries purse-bag and gloves.
Jack Chesney Lord Fancourt Babberlay Sir Francis Chesney
Brenan Kitty and Amy Donna Lucia and Ella
Sir Francis and Charley’s aunt
3. Props
3 Tables 2 Vases an Arm chair a bench
2 Handy fans 2 Kinds of flowers a Piano a Chaise Lounge
4 Champagne bottles 2Carpets Pen Papers
4 Glasses a Teapot set 2 plates a Magazine
Book cases Sweater Antimacassar 2 Single chairs
a Tray with 3 tumblers a Tablecloth 2 purse bags Boxing gloves
6 dining-room chairs Writing-table Books Envelope
Table cover in dark material Single Stick one bottle of claret
Clock and photographs of chorus girls Pipes Tobacco jars
One square decanter half full of whisky one glass jug of water Cupboard
Antique furniture large Gladstone bag Well-worn comfortable chairs
4. Sound and Music
The Eton Boating song by A.D.E.W orchestra plays first 16 bars with gradual
crescendo.
A musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by George Abbott.
Musical Numbers
Act 1
Overture – Orchestra
The Years Before Us – Male Chorus
Better Get Out of Here – Charley, Jack, Kitty, Amy
The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students’ Conservatory Band
– Ensemble
My Darling, My Darling – Jack, Kitty
Make A Miracle – Charley, Amy
Serenade with Asides – Spettigue
Lovelier than Ever – Donna Lucia, Sir Francis, Ensemble
The Woman in His Room – Amy
Pernambuco – Ensemble
Act 2
Where’s Charley? – Jack, Reggie, Patricia, Ensemble
Once In Love with Amy – Charley
The Gossips – Patricia, Female Chorus
At The Red Rose Catillion – Jack, Kitty, Ensemble
Finale - Company
III. Performance Elements
1. Acting and Make up
- Acting
This theater was performed with the good acting from each actors and actresses.
They were very animates the characters. Especially, the characters of Fancourt
Babberley. The actor who performed as Fancourt Babbarley was performing two
different characters, man and woman. In the first, he had to perform as a man,
Fancour Babbarley, but then he had to pretend as a woman, Donna Lucia
Alvadorez (Charley’s Aunt).
- Make up
For characters’ make up, they used simple and appropriated make up depended on
each character.
2. Speaking
Speaking is vocal expression, projection, speaking style and diction.
3. Non-verbal Expression
Gestures and Facial Expression
The gesture and facial expression of them were clear. They show their
expression clearly. If they feel afraid, they show it clearly. If they feel
annoyed, they also show it clearly.
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