In this rehearsal, we split up into two groups of two and a group of three. In each group, we had one director and the actor had to perform Lucky's monologue from Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett. The three groups were, Hugo (director) & Tristan (actor), James (actor) & Louis (director), Amelie (director), Silvana (actor) & Emma (actor).
HUGO & TRISTAN
Hugo and Tristan placed their scene in a bar or pub. Tristan played Lucky as a very intelligent but drunk man, telling Hugo all of the knowledge in his head. In this performance, we interpreted it as if Godot was a drink or a bartender who they were waiting for. This made it very contemporary and the themes of alcoholism and existentialism link, as a lot of people believe they find answers and happiness and the bottom of a bottle.
JAMES & LOUIS
Louis directed James to play Lucky as an old professor. This was very effective and the audience interpreted it as if he was giving a lecture. Even the stuttering that is in Lucky's monologue was done so effortlessly in the way a lecturer would do it. Half way through the play, Louis put on some church music with organs. This immediately made James look like he's a preacher. It brought the theme of religion in, which is very relevant as well as being a considerable amount of peoples interpretation of Waiting for Godot, with Godot being God.
AMELIE, SILVANA & EMMA
Amelie directed Silvana and I. Before we started, she showed us this video: (1h55)
After we watched that, she explained that she wanted us to be like two different parts of Lucky's brain. A more intelligent side and a crazier, more obnoxious side. In order to do this, we split up the lines to ones that were more intelligent and ones that were waffle. I took the crazy side and Silvana took the intelligent side. We had a hairband on our wrist which attached Silvana and I together. Amelie directed us so we looked as if we had purpose to what we were saying even though it didn't originally make sense.
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