Gregory Burke and Hoors

GREGORY BURKE AND HOORS

ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE PLAY HOORS

Ibsen and Shakespeare paint pictures and meaning to their readers using the symbolism and poetry of their extensive and heavy written word. Burke's plays are not text or monologue heavy and instead are made up of quick conversations between characters. The meaning is less in the text and more in the situation and history of characters. Finding the meaning requires taking a step back and looking at the story as a whole.

Here are some of my favourite quotes from his plays and a 3D mood board I created from reading Hoors.

GARAGIN WAY

Real Life:
Frank: “You want to kill me as a hobby?
EDDIE: I just want tay kill you. (Beat) For me.” (80)

THE STRAITS

Life corrupts:
“It’s not like you can run away in a place this size. Nowhere to run, is there?” (Doink, 76)
 

HOORS

Life’s layers: “Average bottle of perfume comes in a box. Might be an elaborate box but it’s still just a box.” (Nikki, 7)

Conceptual art created after reading and analysing Hoors by Gregory Burke

Inside one box is another and inside that is another. Three boxes to represent the three stages of life...

The First Box - Childhood, Ignorence, The Things we Used to Believe. 

Second Box - The Reality of Adult Life, Money, Time.

The last box - Not Covered yet, maybe wont be for a long time, maybe never.

THE FIRST BOX:

THE SECOND BOX

THIRD BOX