Context:
Actors may be eager to explore the language of Shakespeare
but they may also be nervous, so it's important for them to
work in ways that encourage a connection with the words. This
can be very physical; an active exploration of the text using
running, jumping or restraining to engage the body with the
words and feel the need to speak. Actors might explore echo
or whispers to create atmosphere, resonance and muscularity.
As we speak we develop ideas which we have only just thought;
you don't always know what you're going to say next - and
an actor has to try to capture that freshness. |