In this lesson we ran from scene 1-4 of Mother Courage. Overall I think that the run through went really well, we was focused, energised and just went for it. It did take 1 hour and a half to do 4 scenes, this was without songs as well so we do need to pick up the pace. Our goal is to get the whole play in under 1 1/2- 2 hours. However we are half way through the play and bit shouldn't take much longer before we finish, and start to complete full run through.
Scene 1
This scene was full of energy and you could really see that everyone was putting in lots of effort. However I do think that Henri needs to add some comedic value to his performance. When Taylor was playing Mother Courage in this scene , you could really see the energy she was putting into her character, her projection has improved a lot since we started this year. Also even though she is putting on a really hard accent her diction is still really clear so she is heard by the audience. I think that Warren needs to work on his breathing technique as I do find that at some points he can become out of breath, this is also partly due to his pace as well. Perhaps this is something he might like to work on. I think for Amy, she needs to work on her facial expressions more, as Kattrin doesn't speak words properly she can't say how she feels, Amy really needs to make sure she can convey Kattrin's emotion through her face. Although she could try and work on the groans Kattrin makes, perhaps different groans for different emotions as well.
Scene 2
In Scene 2, Joe is really good as the role of The Cook, I think he makes this scene as his character is extremely funny. You can really see Joe use of characterisation in this scene. Warren plays his second character The General is this scene, I can't really see a difference in character here as they sound the same. Perhaps he could try and work on an accent to try and distinguish the characters between each other. In this scene, Cameron really starts portray Eilif's arrogance, I think this can be seen through his analysis of Eilif as in Subtext. He has really shown the development of his character since we first saw him at the start of the play.
Scene 3
This is the longest scene of Mother Courage and so much occurs in this scene, I think that this is a reason as to why the run through took so long. I play The Quartermaster in this scene, I still think I need to work on the characterisation of The Quartermaster. I am not properly portraying as a wheeler dealer. I am going to take some inspiration from 'Only fools and horses'. I think Del Trotter is a great representation of The Quartermaster, the kind of character you make dodgy deals with. I think Alice is great at playing the role of Yvette, she uses projection really well, the only thing I would say Alice could work on is maybe adding coughing/hacking to make the disease Yvette has believable not just a said truth. Hugh portrays The Chaplain in this scene, I think he is really good at portraying The Chaplain, his accent suits the character and his projection is excellent. However one thing Hugh could work on is his pace, he does tend to say his words to fast. Will plays the role of Swiss cheese in this scene, I think he does a great job of making Swiss cheese seem young, this is due to the pitch of his voice, he makes Swiss cheese have a really high pitched voice which in turn created Swiss cheese as a young character. However one thing Will could on is his tone of voice, at the moment I think parts of speech are very bland in tone and do not portray the right emotion.
Scene 4
Scene 4 is the scene where I play the role of The Clerk, I think I was really confident when portraying this character as The Clerk is my favourite characters to play. As I was comfortable in this character it really allowed me to immerse in the performance and out lots of energy into it. Again I think I should now start to think about and use tone of voice with my accent so I can convey The Clerk's emotion through this. I think Warren really shines through in this scene, he does a great job at playing a drunk role, however if Warren wants to enhance the effect of his drunkenness. He could perhaps slur more of his words and use more of the space available to him. Stumbling around the stage could make him seem more drunk. Tyler, who plays an old soldier, is excellent at using a hoarse voice to highlight the old age in the character, when he does it over the top it adds comedic value to the scene as well which is great.
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