The crysalids - form and structure

Form And Structure The Crysalids is split into two parts: 1)<Tab/>Waknuk and 2)<Tab/>Beyond Waknuk The play in total is about one hour and is a series of short scenes, which develop a story, and follows narrative of the central character - David. None of the scenes in Crysalids seem longer than 3-4 minutes and some are even 30 seconds long. Most of the scenes are delivered …

…Guard our purity. If they knew about us what would they do? The longer it goes on, the greater we deceive them. In our heart of hearts, we want to be like others are. That's all. Just like others are.' The structure of the play (particular the use of short sharp scenes, moving quickly from one space or time to another) lends itself well to presenting the play as a form of promenade theatre.