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Sam Claflin as Alastair in the film adaptation, 'The Riot Club', 2014 Alastair Ryle undergoes the biggest transformation in 'Posh'. Starting the play as a quiet, socially awkward undergraduate with dreams of become a Conservative MP, he is soon discovered by members of the Riot Club and given admission due to him being brother of the legendary Seb Ryle. Over the course of his first dinner with the club, Ryle slowly reveals the true extent of his Right Wing stance and his hatred of the middle class, believing that his right to act as he pleases has been snatched by a conglomerate of people who adhere to pretend to be civil and act above their "place". He soon spirals out of control, viciously beating the owner of the gastropub and being arrested for the attack. However, it is revealed that friends in high places have lead to his being all but pardoned, a wary allusion to the true power of the establishment Background Alastair is always in his brother...

I settled with these two monologues after careful consideration of the plays and their respective characters. The part that caught my eye more than any other by a long shot was William Cain. Although he is on stage relatively little compared to the protagonists of 'Her Naked Skin', I saw in his scenes a diversity and depth of character that was unparalleled across all three works. His background and heritage as well as his place in society puts him at odds with his gut and his heart, and he is visibly torn throughout the play. This pulls emotion to the forefront of the character, and while reading his scenes I felt excited at the prospect of trying to encapsulate this on stage. Although a select few other rolls across the three plays also offered similar explorations, such as Chris' father in The Laramie Project, I decided after some thought that Cain was the part that I was set on playing. This was important when making final decisions on monologues for a number of reas...

Biff Loman, 'Death of a Salesman' You know why I had no address for three months? I stole a suit in Kansas City and I was jailed. I stole myself out of every good job since high school. And I never got anywhere because you blew me so full of hot air I could never stand taking orders from anybody! That's whose fault it is! It's goddamn time you heard that! I had to be boss big shot in two weeks, and I'm through with it! Willy! I ran down eleven flights with a pen in my hand today. And suddenly I stopped, you hear me? And in the middle of that office building, do you hear this? I stopped in the middle of that building and I saw - the sky. I saw the things that I love in the world. The work and the food and the time to sit and smoke. And I looked at the pen and said to myself, what the hell am I grabbing this for? Why am I trying to become what I don't want to be? What am I doing in an office, making a contemptuous, begging fool of myself, when all I want is out...

Edward "Ted" Heath was Head of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975, serving as Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974. His time as an influential member of government coincided with and created some of the biggest cultural and social upheavals in the history of the United Kingdom. He never married. Young life Heath was born in Broadstairs in Kent, and was educated at grammar school (unusual for a Conservative MP) before attending Balliol College, Oxford. He was an isolated child, his mother having decided that he was to make something of himself. He was an avid pianist and later conductor, having a deep-rooted interest in orchestrating all his life, possibly as a retreat from the chaos and exposed nature of politics. In the play it is implied that his piano tutor had made certain sexual advantages towards him, possibly a reason why in later life he made it so difficult to make a romantic or sexual connection Sexuality Heath's sexuality has been questioned many ...