End of the tale…
May 12th, 2009 by jessica
I'm starting this blog a little late in the day, but it's been such a manic few months juggling a baby, stab wounds, and a massive Shakespeare production (3.5hrs with cuts, oops), this is the first time I've had a break to think...
Well what a learning experience this has been. A couple of critics suggested The Winter's Tale was not the right Shakespeare play for such a young company on a fringe time scale. In part I agree. I totally ran out of time to really explore any of the scenes. However, this wasn't disastrous, and the preparation we did at the beginning of rehearsals and some very good casting (I'm in complete agreement with Sam Mendes when he says that 80% of your work is done in choosing the right actors) meant the actors really knew what they were doing.
Over the next few days I'm going to share what I've learned, what really worked well in terms of rehearsal exercises, what didn't, and how I think I will approach the next text I work on...
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