Aristotle's 3 Unities And The Link To Our Play

Aristotle's three unities are place, time and action:

Place- a play should only be set in one location.
Time- a play should only represent the happenings of one day; the events of the past are recounted by characters.
Action- only actions and scenes relating to the main plot should be included; any unnecessary subplots should be omitted

However our play goes against Aristotle's three unities.Our play is set in many places: schools, parks, homes, bedrooms and prisons, so this clearly goes against the unity of place which states that it should only be set in one location. Likewise it goes against the unity of time. Our play includes past, present and future scenes instead of being set during one day. Finally our play goes against the unity of action. This is because the plot of our play is unclear. It isn't set in one place and at one time and so therefore it makes it difficult for us to follow a set story line. As it is a physical play I think detail is necessary and also everyone story told by the narrator (James,) is a detail that adds to the overall play.

I feel that Aristotle's three unities do not apply to the play, yet I believe they don't need to be, so the fact that they don't apply isn't a negative; I perhaps feel that it is a positive. The style of the play wouldn't work alongside the three unities. They would hinder the plot and they wouldn't let the story line progress and develop. We must also take into consideration that Aristotle lived in 300BC and theatre then is very different to theatre now. Also I feel that every piece of theatre is different and unities referring to place, time and action can't apply to pieces in general because they all require different details.