Monthly Archives: April 2012

Working in groups you are going to develop support for or against a particular line of argument in relation to Louis Nowra’s play, Cosi. Below are FIVE different arguments in which a specific position on the purpose of Nowra’s play … Continue reading →

A History of Madness In preparation for your study of Cosi (a play set in a mental institution) you are to complete some research into the history of ‘madness’. What does it mean to be called ‘mad’? Has our understanding … Continue reading →

The play’s title ‘Cosi’ is drawn from the opera ‘Cosi-Fan-Tutte’ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart About the playwright:   Louis Nowra was born on 12th December 1950. He was born in Melbourne as Mark Doyle but he changed his name in … Continue reading →