Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Mrs Tremblay


28/9/15-

Today we discussed the practitioner Max Stafford-Clarke, who set up the ‘out of joint’ theatre company. He spoke about auctioning text. This means taking each individual line of you script and deciding your character’s intention for it. However, the intention must be laid out in the following format:

I *transitional verb* you (e.g. I command you, I inspire you etc.)

Whilst I found this a very difficult process, as you not only have to decide on a (or a few) word (/s), you also have to ensure they fit the required layout; I also found it a very useful process as it allowed me to consider my character’s (Dysart) motivations and intentions and also explore different ways of performing the same line. This should aid my character analysis and performance.

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