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Home | A Midsummer Night's Dream: In rehearsal | See the scene played different ways

In rehearsal

Ways in
Ways of speaking
Putting a scene together
Status choices: sexual powerplay
Choosing a mood

See the scene played different ways

Who's this? Sinead Keenan plays Hermia, Trystan Gravelle plays Lysander.

This movie is in five sections:
Version 1 - Lysander is dominant is playing
Version 2 - Hermia is in charge
Version 3 - The scene in this production
Hear the actors on status
Discussing version 2

Context: Different status choices will involve adopting different body language and individual movement, varying the amount of movement and stillness and creating different moments of interaction between the characters. Put simply, a higher status character is likely to stand more confidently, take more space, be comfortable with more stillness and interact more powerfully with other characters.

Status choices

Sexual powerplay
See the scene played different ways
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