Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
Cocktail
(2007)
Vince LiCata and Ping Chong
(n.d.; 1946 )
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Cocktail Notes
This play premiered at the Swine Palace theater in Louisiana on April 20, 2007.
Scene 4. Patients and
Doctors
14 Brahms lullaby: Listen here.
Scene 6. Ajinomoto
Commercial
22 Ajinomoto: See some Ajinomoto commercials below:
22 MSG: short for monosodium glutamate; a common flavor enhancer for food.
22 Yankee Doodle: Listen to the song here.
Scene 9. Dr. Likhit/Dr.
Krisana Decides to Go It Alone
39 super:
noun (Merriam-Webster)
1
[by shortening] a: supernumerary; especially: a supernumerary
actor b: superintendent, supervisor; especially: the
superintendent of an apartment building
2 [short for obsolete superhive]: a removable upper story of a
beehive
3 [1super]: a superfine grade or extra large size
4 [origin unknown]: a thin loosely woven open-meshed starched
cotton fabric used especially for reinforcing books
Scene 10. Making the Pill
44 carrageenan: (pronounced /ˌkærəˈgiːnən/) a sticky substance extracted from red algae or Irish moss
Scene 12. High Noon
48 High Noon: a showdown; a make or break moment; a test (usually) between two parties; also the title of a 1952 film directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper and a young Grace Kelly. Some links to reviews and synopses below:
High Noon: An Appreciation (by Richard Keys)
1:
precisely noon
2: the most advanced, flourishing, or creative stage or period
<the high noon of her career>
3: the time of a decisive confrontation or contest
There are at least 700,000 Thai People with HIV/AIDS. Only 5,000 get ARV Treatment presently. 100,000 to 250,000 would benefit from ARV Treatment NOW. Currently, only 5% of Public Health Spending is for HIV/AIDS.
Source:
World AIDS Day, 2001,
Thailand
Generic Competition Drives Down Drug Prices
Evidence presented yesterday (mon) at the 14th World AIDS Conference in Barcelona by a number of economists and Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) showed that it was only when Brazil and Thailand started to manufacture their own generic versions of anti-retroviral drugs that drug companies responded by offering substantial discounts.
Study Questions
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Review Sheet Characters Dr. Krisana Kraisintu Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer MP Patiset Horst Gebbers father
of Dirk Gebbers Dirk Gebbers son of Horst Gebbers Decha Desiree Selena Scott Elke von Schoen-Angerer daughter of Tido BMP 1, Robert BMP 2, Jack(ie) BMP 3 BMP 4 BMP 5 BMP 6
Setting Samui Island, 1957 New Orleans, 1981 Bangkok, 1991
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Sample Student Reading Responses to Vince LiCata and Ping Chong's Cocktail
Response 1:
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