Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
From The Writer’s Almanac for today, 8th December. It was on this day in 1660 that a female actress appeared on stage in the role of Desdemona in Othello, probably the first appearance by a professional actress in England. For many years, the parts of women were played by boys or men. The British [...]
Tags: Actresses, Desdemona, Othello, Shakespeare
Posted in Theatre History | No Comments »
Friday, August 13th, 2010
I seem to have lost my confidence again. I’ll sit down to blog and instantly think it’s too silly, too revealing, too inappropriate or too anything else to be worth posting. Or else, as Joyce Grenfell once said of drying on stage, I go blank and all I can think of is “my own rear [...]
Tags: Lists, Self Appraisal, Shakespeare, Study
Posted in Accents & Dialects, General, German, Voice Work | No Comments »
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
These are the current audition speeches and character study I’m working on. Both from Act III scene ii of A Winter’s Tale. Since what I am to say must be but that Which contradicts my accusation and The testimony on my part no other But what comes from myself, it shall scarce boot me To [...]
Tags: A Winter's Tale, Audition Speeches, Shakespeare
Posted in Textual Study, Verse Speaking | No Comments »
