EvaluationOur version of A Doll’s House, act 3, was set up on more of a contemporary level as we sat along the outside of the performance space and there were two squares, one each side, we had to work within. This was to show claustrophobia and no escape.
the first performance was in front of our peers and strand teachers. We watched and performed our scenes in chronological order. I really liked the fact we had as chance to have a full dress rehearsal with costumes, lights and audience. This is because, we could run threw our scene how we thought to run it and if something really didn’t or even really did work we could fix or keep possessions and movements. For example, I felt in this first performance I kept up staging myself as Charles was sitting behind me and I kept looking back towards him a bit too often. Something I considered to go well was, mine and Charles’s timing when we were talking over and cutting each other off. Although, one of my sections of speech I gave a too long gap and Charles came in earlier.
Our second performance in the evening I felt had more energy. I felt a lot more nervous and syked up for this one, which was odd as I didn’t think I could get more than I was from our first showing. There was an all rounded flow of energy from all of us, I feel everyone’s queues and lines were really great. For my scene I felt I got the right balance of turning back and talking to Charles and looking forward to the audience and talking.
One person that very much stood out for me was Charles. I love his portray of Torvald and I think he capturers his scenes remarkably. His use of articulation and the way he spoke I feel just made the character. Also I feel Charles’s comic timing was amazing during the scene with Daisy and Adam where he is drunk.
