Set in a mental institution in 1970, Cosi explores the experiences of a first time director rehearsing a production of Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte with the institutions patients. As the Vietnam war protests take place outside, Lewis becomes emotionally involved with the actors' lives. ‘Mad actors are bad enough, but madmen...’
‘They are normal people who have done extraordinary things, thought extraordinary thoughts.’
‘Love is an emotional indulgence for the privileged few.’
‘Love is what you feel when you don’t have enough emotion left to hate.’
'Without love the world wouldn't mean much.'
‘The music of this opera keeps the world in harmony.’
Characters•Lewis – Central character, director of the play, fresh from uni, not confident, boyfriend of Lucy •Roy – Central Character, asylum patient, encourages Cois Fan Tute wild mood swings, passionate but unrealistic. Calls Lewis, Jerry. •Henry – Patient, ex lawyer, shy, physically strong and violent when angry. Protective of Lewis •Lucy – Lewis’s girlfriend, student politics, has affair with Nick •Nick – Leftist, Nicks friend who he fall out with, director, insesitive •Justin – Social Worker, give Lewis tips on how to handle the patients •Julie – A short term patient, involved with drugs, has affections for Lewis •Cherry – Patient, aggressive and affectionate •Ruth – Patient, obsessive, lacks confidence, anxiety, problems with reality •Doug – Patient, High energy, confident, disturbing, pyromaniac
Set in a mental institution in 1970, Cosi explores the experiences of a first time director rehearsing a production of Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte with the institutions patients. As the Vietnam war protests take place outside, Lewis becomes emotionally involved with the actors' lives.
‘Mad actors are bad enough, but madmen...’
‘They are normal people who have done extraordinary things, thought extraordinary thoughts.’
‘Love is an emotional indulgence for the privileged few.’
‘Love is what you feel when you don’t have enough emotion left to hate.’
'Without love the world wouldn't mean much.'
‘The music of this opera keeps the world in harmony.’
‘Comedy is better when it’s real.’
•Roy – Central Character, asylum patient, encourages Cois Fan Tute wild mood swings, passionate but unrealistic. Calls Lewis, Jerry.
•Henry – Patient, ex lawyer, shy, physically strong and violent when angry. Protective of Lewis
•Lucy – Lewis’s girlfriend, student politics, has affair with Nick
•Nick – Leftist, Nicks friend who he fall out with, director, insesitive
•Justin – Social Worker, give Lewis tips on how to handle the patients
•Julie – A short term patient, involved with drugs, has affections for Lewis
•Cherry – Patient, aggressive and affectionate
•Ruth – Patient, obsessive, lacks confidence, anxiety, problems with reality
•Doug – Patient, High energy, confident, disturbing, pyromaniac
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