Play Writing Devices : Nang Nak the Museum

Abstract

The play writing devices for Nang Nak the Museum combine the legend of Mae Nak Phrakanong with the plot of a stage drama, Danger of Ghost Wife's Loveliness Opera, which remains the key characteristic of the traditional Mae Nak Phrakanong or the obligatory scenes expect in this movie. Those images, such as the horror of Mae Nak, her affection for Phor Mak and the end of her life, as well as the interpretation for love, are was the theme of the story. The presence in the theater script for Nang Nak the Museum mentions four types of affection and relationship between different characters, which are love possession, love triangle, love accompanied with benefit and love with desire. The play writing devices for Nang Nak the Museum that are carried out by the producer, still remain the major structure and character of the original story but the contents, events, and situations are adjusted to make it an up-to-date contemporary story. The mimicry and sarcasm in dialogue, setting, costumes, characters and music are contained within the story