CONTEMPORARY
SHAKESPEARE
DUOLOGUE
SHAKESPEARE
WEEK 1
After Eloise gave us a list on Shakespeare monologues to chose from I still found it difficult to chose which I liked, the thought of Shakespeare freaked me out.
I finally chose the monolgue performed by Phebe from As You Like it.
To be honest, I hated all of them and I just chose it as the first line gave me more of a positive feel than the rest of them.
I couldn't get my head down and try to learn this script as I couldn't understand any of it, even looking at the modern version of it. I hated the story line and I didn't enjoy the monolgue at all; this put my confidence down a lot.
WEEK 2
I haven't been focusing on the Shakespeare monolgue as much as i've been concentrating on the contemporary monolgue and the duologue, as I prefer to get two very well performed than focusing on one I'm very unconfident with and mess them all up. Although I did take a whole weekend to focus on it and learn it, and even though I put my all into it, it just could not stay in my head; I would know it for a few minutes and then it would disappear and I would be clueless.
To me speaking the way they do is hard for me, and normally learning scripts to me is quite easy, but this is nearly impossible. I have even looked at clips of females re-enacting this to help me and I still can't get the lines to stay in my head. Reading it off the script and getting into character is not hard, but putting the script down and saying the first few lines I know in character is so difficult.
Being so close to the assessement day, I don't know what I can do.
WEEK 3
I have been reading it and reading it and I'm still finding it more than hard to get lines correct, words said properly and I never thought it would be this difficult.
I'm very dissapointed, as I have been trying my hardest on this monolgue, because I'm confident with my other monologue and my duologue and it's stressful as I have very little time.
It's hard to focus on body language and my voice as I don't even know half of the duologue, so there isn't much I can do but hope that I atleast know my lines my the assessement day.