Rights and availability this title can be licensed and sold throughout canada, the united states. It is directed by john badham from a screenplay by brian clark and reginald rose. The patients or the doctors, and whose life is it anyway. The immediate answer to the question 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. Ne habeas corpus in brian clarks whose life is it anyway. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. 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. The dilemma posed of a medical profession committed to save life on the one hand, and an. Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. 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. Whose life is it anyway ken i didnt expect to see you here tonight. These opposing values are argued throughout the play and help to broaden the.
These resources are to help students who are studying whose life is it anyway. The play whose life is it anyway by brian clark 855 words 4 pages. Download the adaptable word resource subscribers only download the free pdf resource free members and subscribers see other resources. Boyle a social worker, she tries to do her job in a caring but professional way. Brian clarks play, written in 1976 for a male lead, initially in the west end, was a hit with tom conti. The play whose life is it anyway by brian clark was made into a stage play and film. Original, play, drama, broadway opened in new york city apr 17, 1979 and played through oct 27, 1979. The comings and going of the hospital staff and the light banner which ignores the elephant in the room. Any one of us might confidently respond, its the teens lifethe life of the youth who is transitioning into adulthood. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Script is first rate, and so is this stageworks theatre of holly springs production by pamela vesper and kurt benrud june 2, 2018. Pdf ne habeas corpus in brian clarks whose life is it. The heinemann plays series offers contemporary drama and c. Whose life is it anyway lessons teaching resources.
Driving home from stageworks theatre of holly springs production of whose life is it anyway. Richard dreyfuss puts in a high caliber performance as ken harrison. 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. The stage version premiered in 1978 at the mermaid theatre in london, and subsequently opened on broadway in 1979. Set furniture plan draw, below, the set you plan to use for your scene. These pages can be freely downloaded and printed out as required. Brian clark somewhat playfully shows us a character who is paralyzed from the neck down. Pdf the body as a site of conflict in brian clarks play whose life. During the past year, a broadway play entitled, whose life is it anyway. Ken harrison has been so severely injured in a car crash that he is totally paralysed.
In the play, written by brian clarke, the intense argument of committing voluntary euthanasia is discussed. Arthur miller, willy russell and alan bennett nestle within the shakespeare collections. This material may be freely copied for institutional use. The television play was made in 1972 and the stage plays in 1978. Outwardly hes cheerful and often very funny, but hes overwhelmed by the fact that he has lost control of his own life. Ken harrison, a successful sculptor, is paralyzed in a car accident and kept alive by support systems in a hospital. The main point of the play, ken harrison, once an imaginative, devoted sculptor. 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. Brian clark is the author of whose life is it anyway. Only moving his head, the actor vividly conveys the former sculptors anger, frustration, loneliness. Ken harrison a car accident has left him paralyzed from the neck down. 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.