This was our last rehearsal before Easter and it was important to let the actors know what I wanted from them after Easter. We created a props list and split the cost of everything that we needed to get equally. As well as this I told them the style of costume I wanted them to bring back with them.
For Hedda: Long skirt with heeled boots, ruffled shirt with long sleeves and possibly a corset underneath. It was very important to also highlight that Ellie would need to tie her hair back due to the period in which this scene was set.
For Mrs Elvstead: Long skirt with flat boots, shirt with a plain black cardigan on and due to Chess's posture I definitely wanted her in a corset. Mrs Elvstead would not have been seen as the same social class as Hedda as she married into an already well to do family. Mrs Elvstead was her husbands mistress however his wife got taken sick and so Mrs Elvstead then became mother to her step-children. I want this to show not only through the acting but show through costume too. Her costume will not be as smart as Hedda's.
As the holidays were three weeks long I wanted the actors to have learnt their lines by the time we got back and this was so that we could introduce props into the scene.
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