The play A Memory of Lizzie is a fictional look at the...

The play â€Å"A Memory of Lizzie† is a fictional look at the childhood years of the infamous murderess Lizzie Bordon The Memory of Lizzie Bordon The play â€Å"A Memory of Lizzie† is a fictional look at the childhood years of the infamous murderess Lizzie Bordon. Set in America the late eighteen hundreds, the play takes place in an average middle class neighbourhood in Massachusetts at that time. The play takes place in an average suburban school, and the characters are (or at least the children of) moderately wealthy people. The Characters in the play are the childhood acquaintances of Lizzie Bordon, each aged around twelve years old, though due the era they would probably be less mature than modern day twelve year olds. Each†¦show more content†¦The girls would wear their hair tied back and the boys would have theirs cut short. The scene started with the children frozen, each playing their individual games. Then a flash-forward occurs with Frances coming forward and saying a monologue describing what happened they day Mr and Mrs Bordon died, court room style. After this the children break the freeze and talk among themselves. Noticing Lizzie, they decide to wind her up. They begin to ask her what her middle name stands for. At this they get an immediate reaction which is what they had hoped for. After a brief time of taunting her, the children begin to grow bored. Just then Rachel Brayton pipes up saying that she knows Lizzie’s first name. This brings about instant reprisal from Lizzie as she steals Rachel’s Doll and threatening her, which results in Rachel keeping quiet. After more bullying off the other children, Lizzie storms off, unfortunately dropping her prayer book, which has her full name in it. Finding out her middle name is Andrew, the children step up their bullying the next time Lizzie comes on stage, making her once more storm out swearing revenge on Rachel, even though she didn’t tell the other children The part that I played in this scene was that of David, and my character objectives were to be as offensive to Lizzie as possible. My character liked to ruin the games of other children around him and be a right nuisance. Whenever there was