contributed by Zoe
I've never had a problem with heat before, perhaps because it's what I grew up with, but that's not to say I don't feel its effects as much as the next person. Today was probably the worst of this week's 'working conditions'. I know everyone had a hard time concentrating--if I seemed to be in a zombie-like trance, I can't say it was acting. The weather sort of sucks the life out of you.
I was excited to get some of my scenes up on their feet, though. I spoke to my mom about how glad I was to get some of Lady Macbeth's physicality out there, and she brought up a good point. She said when she was acting, she always began her process from the inside out--analyzing everything completely before actually rehearsing the lines. She thinks, and I agree with her, that I happen to be the other way around. The more I get to be on my feet and moving and interacting with the other actors, the more her character develops.Before yesterday's zombie exercise, I pretty much had accepted Lady Macbeth as the memorable character she was and hoped to portray a similar interpretation as I had seen last year at Shakespeare in the Park in central park NYC. However, today as I was working through Duncan's murder scene, I felt like I was beginning to connect with how exhilarated she must've felt, almost drunk with giddiness.
The zombie gimp is beginning to develop on its own, too. I'm starting to let my pelvis lead my movements, and my legs sort of drag behind me, but I can feel this twitch developing, a jerk in the neck that really becomes more pronounced as she loses more control. I really hope to put out there a much more physical portrayal of Lady Macbeth than I'd seen in New York. She knows perfectly well how to conduct herself as a distant, dutiful wife, but on her own, when she's in complete control of her surroundings (including her husband), it's a different story. She's free to do as she pleases.If everyone really commits to the Zombie plan, this could really work. It's only the first week however. I can't wait until I'm not tangled with a script in my hands and can really explore the space. It's actually quite exciting. My interpretation of her morphs by the minute.
1 comment:
that's cool that you are putting so much thought into all of this Macspeas, this play is going to be soooo cool, oh, and yes, indeed, it was remarkably hot, but Im a little confused because if I recall correcctly,but in the script it said that the castle had a nice breeze, that later made it uncomfortable to be there... ha ha ha.
Sell those season passes!I am excited to be doing so!! :-D
The Macbeth t-shirts are going to be sooo cool, all of the other people at our school are going to be sooo jealous, they are going to want to join the theatre department:
A. to get a cool t-shirt...and
B. to be "one of us, one of us, one of us!"
es verdad... c'est vrai, (it's true)
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