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What rehearsal techniques could you use to explore the relationship between two characters?

An insightful exercise you could consider would be status cards. After asking the cast to move freely around the space in character, you ask each to choose an imaginary card from a deck which signifies their...
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Answered by Rachael W. • Drama tutor
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What is a good rehearsal technique for developing a performer's use of voice?

Whilst there are multiple rehearsal techniques that can be used to develop a performer's use of voice, a rehearsal technique which is simple to understand and explain is the limiting the rehearsal space. Pra...
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Answered by Daniel L. • Drama tutor
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Discuss how you would perform the role of Lady Windermere in three separate sections of the play, in order to reveal her change in attitude towards Mrs Erlynne.

[EXTRACT OF WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A LONGER ESSAY IN AN EXAM] When Lady Windermere says to her husband, ‘You are very jealous of Mrs Erlynne’s honour’, I would follow Wilde’s stage direction and ‘turn to him’...
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Answered by Clara B. • Drama tutor
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What are some conventions of the Comedy of Manners genre and what is their effect?

A Comedy of Manners, also called a Restoration Comedy, is a play concerned with satirizing high class society and its misplaced values. 'Manners' refers to the way in which everyday duties are performed, con...
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Answered by Krishna P. • Drama tutor
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Romeo and Juliet - Live Theatre Evaluation

On the 30th September 2015 I saw Jonathan Humphçreys production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield which is a thrust stage. Romeo and Juliet resonates with contem...
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Answered by Ben O. • Drama tutor
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