![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Li’l Bit’s mother, grandmother, and grandfather), Vogel specifies that all of the other characters are to be played by three “Greek choruses.” This is a deliberate strategy intended to better represent Li’l Bit’s trauma as it is actually felt. Instead of having all of the other characters appear on stage individually (e.g. Rather than have a conventional actor-character relationship, in which each actor plays a single role, Vogel uses only two principal characters: Li’l Bit and Peck. In fact, the play as a whole can be taken as an argument against the repression of traumatic memories by placing her experiences out in the open, Li’l Bit aims to understand them better and, ultimately, to go beyond them. Told retrospectively from the viewpoint of Li’l Bit, who was sexually exploited in her adolescence by Uncle Peck, the play presents the way trauma inhabits the memory of its principal character. How I Learned to Drive explores the effects of trauma on memory and, indeed, of memory on trauma. ![]()
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