Echo in the bone summary

#1.  Summary: “Echo in the Bone” by Dennis Scott

At the wake all the characters are around having a tense conversation with each other and what they crew was really about. P, in the meanwhile is questioned about what his occupation is. The time changes:

In this other scene, Sonson arrives home for a break and lunch where he informs his mother of Mr. Charles return. When Sonson leaves, Brigit and Jacko enter to which Racheal asked them if they were going to eat but Jacko refuses with attitude then exits. The Brigit makes the announcement where she and Jacko are going to get married; she then tells Sonson and they both leave. Stone then offers Rachel the position of a housekeeper. Mr. Charles reminds Rachel of their past engagement. Madam then interjected and Rachel discloses to her about the job. The scene then changes:

In this scene, P is depicted as an ill Colonel Charles. Lally, his housekeeper brings him medicine and tends after him. Jacko comes in with a doctor along with a message from Reverend Draper stating that a new act was executed. It stated that the act should be effective the following day in regards to abolition of slavery. Jacko, saddened leaves the room due to the unsuccessful proclamation of the abolition of slavery to a stubborn Colonel Charles. Lally, being curious, eavesdrop, then leaves. The scene then changes:

In this scene, Rachel tells Crew about Sonson’s plant to work in town. Crew then refuses his idea commenting that it was too dangerous. Rachel then tells Crew about Mr. Charles' offer for her to work as a housekeeper at the Great House. Crew gets angry and claims that a man's job is to provide for his family. He gets up in a haste to go have a talk with Mr. Charles.

#2. Experience of Acting VS. Reading

During a play, one of the most enlightening part of reading is the bits where someone can sit and focus on every detail of the playwright. However when compared to the acting of a playwright, specifically “The Echo in the Bone”, nothing can compete. It is a better experience to act out the playwright because it enhances the understanding of the reader; especially where the plot is twisted and turned at every corner to make the play complex or complicated to understand. It also enhances the effects that come with the elements of drama, such as stage direction, costumes and more that associate with it. Some people find it hard to understand the reading section rather than the acting,

The reading complicated the view of one person vs. another. While reading, someone may say, for eg. The water is blue, however in another person’s eyes, he/she may describe the water as green with sunlight. The difference is seen where the person who said blue read the play but the person who acted the play understood that there was not only one element involved in the play but two. It is easier to analyze and interpret what is being done and said in the play when you act or watch it being acted out. But when you read, you have to find every clue possible to summarize the play Echo in the bone by Dennis Scott.