Unfortunately due to other commitments I had not been able to meet up with the girls prior to their performance in front of the class before their exam the next week. I bought in a variety of props for them so that the class could see how the scene runs and how naturalistic the scene is.
During the performance I noted that Ellie's stage voice was very quiet and especially quiet if in the following week we were to perform in the university theatre. Compared to Chess I could not hear what Ellie was saying and realised that we had to work on her diction as well as her tone and pitch.
I think that the actors were fairly nervous when performing but they did not need to be as we had rehearsed so many times before. The blocking needed to be looked over as it was quite clumsy and the moments in which they drink their tea to highlight the awkward silences needed to be changed.
As a general viewpoint though I still felt that the actors could really give more to their characters so I told them that I really want to see jealousy from Hedda and I want to see the desperation when Mrs Elvstead is talking about her husband and her admiration for Lovbourg.
Once again due to timetable clashes I would only be able to work 1 on 1 with Ellie to perfect her stage voice. I told Chess that I want her to go back over the character parallels and re visit the lines with it again.
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