I much enjoyed the production of The Rivals we viewed in class. It had great comedic value and gave us a jumping off point for our productions of acts in the coming weeks. The comedic value of the characters body language and interpretation of the script kept the play like a farce. Though there were moments where the actors omitted lines in a way that did not agree with me. If the lines are written, I believe they should be spoken. The set was cool. The color scheme was a bit boring, but it lent to capturing the attention on the actors or the props brought on set to stage different rooms. All in all, I felt like the production was well done, our team has already referenced its blocking a few times.
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My name is Captain Jack Absolute, I am 6 feet tall, I consider myself well built, I spent much of my life in the army. My father was also a captain in the army, he is who enlisted me originally. I'm currently vacationing in Bath, unfortunately my father has also made the trip. Our family is fairly wealthy, but we pride ourselves in our accomplishments rather than our money. These achievements, as well as our family's cunning-ness, is what I attribute to the respect towards us. I am currently pursuing a girl by the name of Lydia Languish. I have taken on a second personality in the pursuit. I luckily have been arranged by my father to marry the very same woman.
Today we watched the end of Stage Beauty, a film on the resurgence of theater in London England. The film portrays the story of a man named Ned Kynaston, who's profession from a young age is to play women on the stage. Through the movie the king passes a decree that only allows women to play woman’s roles, the opposite of the last 50 years of theater. The plot follows his downfall and eventual resolve with his job and his person. The importance of watching this film for me was the representation of theater in a social and political light. It is treated as though it crosses boarders, and class, from the underground bar to the kings palace, they all have theater. It is portrayed as though the king was almost an equal to the players and their houses. Generally, if anything can be taken from this film, it is that during reformation theater, things never seen before were being shown on stage in public not only private.
So this was incredible! Joe Bostick, a pretty well know stage combat teacher and our teacher's friend come to our school to do hour and a half long classes on stage combat. It was so fun!We all warmed up in the space and learned the ground rules. We learned about speed, and distance, as well independent body movement. Joe was super charismatic and funny, we learned so much, I think partially because within 10 minutes most of the people in the class seemed like they were comfortable and willing to give their all. We learned how to fight other actors and how to make it look real while also staying as safe as possible. It took a lot of trust in our partners and Joe, but in the end it was an amazing experience I see myself referencing the practices in later theater situations.
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