More accurate ideas of play:

- Possibly set in WW2 (Auschwitz concentration camp) 

- Claudio and Hero represent the hate and denial in the war. 

- The power of what love can overcome in any situation (represents Claudio's love) 

Films to watch / base idea: 

- Freedom Writers 

- Schindlers List 

- Bent 

- Boy In Striped Pyjamas 

Using the intensity of how love can transform someone's ideals and perspective. Keeping the idea of pressurised conformity. How we could mould that around the 'absurd' relationship of Nazi's and Jews. 

Another idea: 

- Adultery 

- Jealousy 

- Feminism 

- Stereotypes 

A woman being accused of cheating on a man is the worst crime ever, worse than a man doing it, because that is what men do. 

Films / plays 

- Brief Encounter 

- Knee High 

- Great Gatsby 

Another Idea: 

- 1920's 

- women's movement (suffragettes) 

- role reversal 

- sexual revolution