2000s
As 'Table' only takes place in 2013 (London) in the 2000s, that's where I mainly focused my research, however, I also looked at major significant events throughout the 2000s as I felt it was important to have an overall view on the entire decade.
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HISTORICAL EVENTS (the majority are London focused - in bold):
- 2000 - Turn of the millennium - bringing the dome, bridge and London Eye.
- 2001 - 9/11
- 2003 - Invasion of Iraq
- 2004 - Facebook is launched, revolutionising social networking.
- 2005 - London bombings, YouTube is launched, Hurricane Katrina.
- 2007 - Cutty Sark ablaze.
- 2010 - Hung parliament, Haiti earthquake.
- 2011 - London riots, major earthquake in Japan causing destruction to nuclear reactors.
- 2012 - London Olympics and Paralympics, Hurricane Sandy.
- 2013 - The legislation to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July 2013. The last living British person to be born in the 1800s, Grace Jones, dies at the age of 113. World War II computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, who had been chemically castrated in 1952 following his conviction for homosexuality, is given a posthumous royal pardon.
POLITICS: Labour & Coalition - Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron. War on terror; United States. Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Rise in ‘political revolutions; Arab Spring - Egypt, Yemen, Libya and Tunisia. Current Syrian Civil War.
ECONOMICS: 2007-2008 Global recession - Credit CRUNCH. A London house goes on sale for a record £250 million, 700 times greater than the average £370,000 cost of a property in the city. SOCIAL: Creation of Facebook, Youtube, Twitter. Development of Apple products eg: IPhone, IPad and IPod. Rise in YA fiction after the success of Harry Potter eg: THG, Twilight. MAJOR FILM EVENTS: Avatar, Boyhood, The Dark Knight trilogy, reboot of James Bond. Increase rise of epic, musical and comic book films eg: Gladiator, Moulin Rouge! and the Spider-man reboot. Rise of ‘internet memes’ - internet trends like selfies, the harlem shake.
Fashion in the 2000s is defined by a revival of interwar, austerity era, 1980’s and 90’s fashion - the rise of 'hipster', vintage and retro fashion.
Grace Jones, who at the time of her death was the sixth oldest person in the world and the UK's oldest person. Born in 1899, she lived for 113 years, through both World Wars and 3 centuries up until 2013. I thought this was a really interesting case to look at as Grace's life is the exact same time frame of the entire play, and looking at all the different changes in society and family normality - eg: David and Elizabeth waiting until marriage, through growing up in a religious commune, all the way up to Su-Lin and her two fathers - show the major changes and developments Grace must've lived through and witness. It's almost as if we took Su-Lin, the youngest person in 2013 and David Best in 1899, and sat them down to discuss the differences in their societies - Grace would've lived through it.
I touched on the development of Apple products, such as the iPod; which was first released in 2001 and up to 2013, had over 32 different types and generations. I found this quite interesting as obviously one of the biggest quirks of Su-Lin's character is the fact she listens and sings along to her music. Though music and song is featured throughout the play, Su-Lin's songs are the only instances where she listens to it digitally rather than just singing it. I feel this shows how developed 2013 is in technology compared to the previous century and how technology developed in the time frame of the play.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/6466684/Top-100-defining-cultural-moments-of-the-00s-noughties.html
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