How I learned to Drive

The final play of the semester turned out to be very different to all the other plays we have read so fare. How I Learned to Drive by Jill Dolan was a really interesting play that kept me intrigued the entire read. The story line of the play was simple but how it was presented and portrayed was quite different to anything we have read thus fare. It reminded me of watching Hollywood movie thriller as it went back and forth in time leaving the viewer to connect the dots.

While the play jumps back and forth in time, the play writer cleverly makes it apparent through what the characters are saying as to what stage in life they are currently at. The most commonly used technique for this was one of the characters mentioning the age of the other. The play is situated around the relationship between Peck and Li’l Bit. It is interesting how the play writer drops hints to the audience about their relationship. It’s a well structured play that kept me interested until the final line.