Get your character's individual rhythm
| Do not take the same rhythm and pitch from scene partners while in the same play and the same scene(s). |
| You may not notice this yourself. |
| This is where you need a 'guest director' from your fellow actors while you rehearse - to assess this and warn you. So that you sort out this sort of problem before you show in front of your teacher. |
| This is more likely in a scene shared by women actors. So beware! |
Character is shown in action (excerpt acting)
| You have to show the behaviour of your character. Do not be too fussy - but also SHOW the character in detail. |
| There is so much that you have to fill in through your imagination, through your use of improvisation in your rehearsal process, through your rehearsal work with teacher. |
| We have to go against the text a bit. The character - in the whole play - is shown in detail. So we have to get the essence of the character into the excerpt. This means - often - a freer approach to what is in the text. This means a workshop approach to the excerpt. |
| You could make some changes and show more of the character - the audience need this. |
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