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Mother’s Day
How does Mrs Pearson ultimately win over her children and husband?
The time is ripe for reconciliation. Doris, Cyril and George have received more than enough share of the heavy dose. Mrs Pearson decides to have a nice family game of rummy. She asks the children to get the supper ready. Everyone agrees. Doris hesitates but her mother reacts sharply. Ultimately, everyone willingly supports Mrs Pearson’s suggestion.
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Is Drama a good medium for conveying a social message? Discuss.
Read the play out in parts. Enact the play on a suitable occasion.
Discuss in groups, plays or films with a strong message of social reform that you have watched.
Contrast the two ladies: Mrs Pearson and Mrs Fitzgerald.
What picture of Mrs Pearson do you form in the opening of the play and why?
How does Mrs Fitzgerald tell Mrs Pearson’s fortune?
Why doesn’t Mrs Pearson become ‘the boss’ of her family as Mrs Fitzgerald advises her to be?
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What is Mrs Fitzgerald’s advice to Mrs Pearson?
What does Mrs Fitzgerald find the cause of Mrs Pearson’s misery?
How do Mrs Pearson and Mrs Fitzgerald exchange their personalities?
How does Mrs Pearson start behaving after the exchange of personalities? Name the changes that surprise her children and husband.
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