Cosi

Cosi – Louis Nowra 1972


Quotes

“Burnt out old theatre” – dramatic tension.

“Love is not so important these days”- Lewis first perspective on love

“Without love the world wouldn’t mean much”- after different situations and encounters Lewis’s perspective on love changes.

“What if someone forgets to take their medicine”- Lewis tone is hesitant and apprehensive at the beginning of the play

“They are normal people who have though extraordinary things and thought extraordinary thoughts” Justin (social worker) view on the mental patients which enables Lewis to see them as “normal”

“Go burn a cat” – humor a significant technique used by the composer to lighten the tone of the play and allow the responder to laugh along with the characters

“By the following year I was in Sydney” – final soliloquy at the end of the play is first person; honest and reflective tone is used to clearly view the changes which have taken place.
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