Viola - Twelfth Night - Scripts

Script one contains all the beats and lots of ideas for objectives, in script two I removed the stressed and unstressed syllables so I could read the text better and script three is very plain with only the objectives, marks of thought change and given circumstances. I have found it difficult to learn my Shakespeare but I am slowly getting their by using the tip to read and learn a line then learn the next line but repeat the line before alongside it.

Script One

 Script Two

 Script Three

Working with Classical Text

Last lesson we began to look at our classical monologue. We learnt how to break our script down into stressed and unstressed syllables so that we could find the correct rhythm for our monologue to be spoken in. As a class we looked at Hamlets speech and picked up from tips. We underlined the words we did not understand so that we could find the meaning because we need to know what we are saying, we also marked in the breaths because most on the sentences were very long so we marked in where we needed to take a big breath. Hamlet taught us to speak smoothly and not go over the top, to only use hand gestures when needed and to let the words flow out so it is natural. we learnt also not to under do it, to have the objectives prepared and to be completely naturalistic.

We then took our own scripts and started looking at them, putting in syllables and objectives and thinking about what our given circumstances where (being given a ring, working out that Olivia loves her). In addition we noticed that the scene notes where in the text, so that the lines tell the audience what the scene is like so the answers are in the words that are spoken, this is why there are very few stage directions only entrance and exits, but there is plenty of punctuation and description.

Settings

1) Original - Cliff top, work for duke (as the story is written)

2)WW1 - (Inspired by Mulan) Good Jobs, have to be a man to fight, Olivia nurse/Matron, Duke - sergeant, dress up as man to fight.

3) Future - men dictator, women seen as little, viola becomes man, falls in love with dictator.

4) Kitty's Idea - '1950's' - women bad jobs, England, fall in love with boss.

I think I am going to choose the war version because I can relate to it more and it is my favourite Idea out of the four.

Notes from the lesson:

Learn that it's okay to get it wrong so you can learn from the mistakes
When the line comes you live through the objective through body and voice connected

Justification for Classical monologue

I decided to choose Viola from Twelfth Night because after reading the other monologues I liked this one best. I like the way she is very confused but also impressed that she can be seen as attractive to someone. I believe using this monologue I can show different emotions and it will contrast with my contemporary monologue. Furthermore this was one of the plays that I wasn't very familiar with so I really enjoyed reading the whole play and also watching a film adaptation of the play. After seeing these I knew this was the play for me because I think I will do well playing a character at a lower status and who is panicking about what to do because this character fits into my cast ability range.