When we had our final rehearsal of Electra on the Tuesday it went so much better than the run through's of the previous day. The first run we blocked as Rachel wanted to make sure all the staging and blocking for each act was correct. This was helpful because it allowed to get to know the lighting better, where I would be light correctly and seen properly, it also allowed me to explore the stage more, and run through things that I hadn't tried before.
By this stage the majority of us had all of our lines down, and only a few lines were being forgotten or missed, this was a vast improvement to ours previous rehearsals the week before, in which almost whole pages were being prompted. This showed the lack of discipline and professionalism everyone had to making time to learn and understand their lines. For me this was a big of a struggle as I found it challenging to learn my lines in such a short amount of time, another factor that did not help was the language it was written, at first its quite difficult to wrap your head around what your saying and its a lot easier to learn lines once you understand the meaning of what you're saying. When everyone understands their lines and knows their lines it helps the play to flow more easily.
The second run we did went a lot smoother and everyone knew their movements and lines to a really good standard. We ran the whole play in the time set which was an hour and 10 minutes. There was a few pauses due to some people struggling with lines and their ques but other then that I feel things were going to go well for the performance that night.
I feel that I portrayed the part of Electra with great conviction and clarity, I understood every line said, I empathised with and portrayed all the confusion and pain that a person would go through with an experience such as this. My voice rang clear and aged as a person would be with a life like this. In happy moments I went ecstatic, running around, over smiling, throwing my arms about, as if every emotion I felt was the most extreme version of itself.
The second run we did went a lot smoother and everyone knew their movements and lines to a really good standard. We ran the whole play in the time set which was an hour and 10 minutes. There was a few pauses due to some people struggling with lines and their ques but other then that I feel things were going to go well for the performance that night.
I feel that I portrayed the part of Electra with great conviction and clarity, I understood every line said, I empathised with and portrayed all the confusion and pain that a person would go through with an experience such as this. My voice rang clear and aged as a person would be with a life like this. In happy moments I went ecstatic, running around, over smiling, throwing my arms about, as if every emotion I felt was the most extreme version of itself.
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