Review of First Week of Rehearsal/#15
The first week of the rehearsal on Romeo and Juliet scene was successful, though our group rehearsed only for three times. The first day we went over our lines to get familiar to the ancient language. I also thought about my character as Lady Capulet as well, wondering that how could I play this role to meet my expect. So I began to imagine a situation where Lady Capulet was talking to Juliet in her room.
The next day we went to the back stage to go over our scene with our scrips. At first we set up our staging: Juliet's bed on the upper right corner, the balcony where Romeo escaped away on the down stage, a door on the right stage and another one on the left stage. We set two beds in Juliet's room in order to let Lord and Lady Capulet to go into the room separately. Especially for Lady Capulet, I need to enter the room through the door which is the closest to Juliet's bed. When Lord Capulet comes in, he needs to appear from the other door. The balcony is set on the down stage because we need Juliet to speak her monologue when facing the balcony.
We've also discussed about the costume for the characters. For Lady Capulet, she needs to be in red and with some shiny jewelries and a necklace to show her richness and high social status. Costume is really essential for us to reveal each character's personalities.
When rehearsing the scene, Lady Capulet needs to be impatient but more complicated mentally. At first I need to act very happy to see Juliet, preparing to tell her about the coming wedding. She hold Juliet's hand when telling her the news and touch her face when trying to comfort her in order to make her feel better. When Juliet mentions about Romeo, Lady Capulet gets very angry and stands up from the bed, walking around and waving her arms to show her anger. Then she turns impatient when Juliet rejects the obey the parents' will, and so Lady Capulet turns to Lord Capulet and tells him what has happened with annoyed voice. It all seems that Lady Capulet is such an indifferent woman. However, when Lord Capulet is scolding at Juliet, Lady Capulet hugs Juliet, trying to "protect" her daughter. Then she comes indifferent at the end of our scene again, indicating that she is such a quick-tempered woman.
On the third day, we tried to memorize a little of the lines we had and went over the ancient language again, preparing for the following week's rehearsal. That's what we've got so far and we will be keeping working on our scene and paying attention on how to react to another character more naturally.
The next day we went to the back stage to go over our scene with our scrips. At first we set up our staging: Juliet's bed on the upper right corner, the balcony where Romeo escaped away on the down stage, a door on the right stage and another one on the left stage. We set two beds in Juliet's room in order to let Lord and Lady Capulet to go into the room separately. Especially for Lady Capulet, I need to enter the room through the door which is the closest to Juliet's bed. When Lord Capulet comes in, he needs to appear from the other door. The balcony is set on the down stage because we need Juliet to speak her monologue when facing the balcony.
We've also discussed about the costume for the characters. For Lady Capulet, she needs to be in red and with some shiny jewelries and a necklace to show her richness and high social status. Costume is really essential for us to reveal each character's personalities.
When rehearsing the scene, Lady Capulet needs to be impatient but more complicated mentally. At first I need to act very happy to see Juliet, preparing to tell her about the coming wedding. She hold Juliet's hand when telling her the news and touch her face when trying to comfort her in order to make her feel better. When Juliet mentions about Romeo, Lady Capulet gets very angry and stands up from the bed, walking around and waving her arms to show her anger. Then she turns impatient when Juliet rejects the obey the parents' will, and so Lady Capulet turns to Lord Capulet and tells him what has happened with annoyed voice. It all seems that Lady Capulet is such an indifferent woman. However, when Lord Capulet is scolding at Juliet, Lady Capulet hugs Juliet, trying to "protect" her daughter. Then she comes indifferent at the end of our scene again, indicating that she is such a quick-tempered woman.
On the third day, we tried to memorize a little of the lines we had and went over the ancient language again, preparing for the following week's rehearsal. That's what we've got so far and we will be keeping working on our scene and paying attention on how to react to another character more naturally.
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