RESPONSES
My initial response is, when ever I think "Shakespeare" I always think about all the plays he's ever written, Shakespeare was one of the greatest and maybe the greatest and best play wright in the world, he's a famous historical figure that people nowadays still praise, his plays were phenomenal, they contained everything from romance to DEATH!
Another thing that comes to mind is Old English and the medieval era. Language was a very important part of Shakespeare's work it is different compared to how people talk now, although it's still English it was different instead of you they would say "thy" or "tho" so it's like a whole new way of speaking for some people and that creates a whole lot of challenges towards actors but to me I find it fun learning a new language but old English isn't a new language it's just a different way of speaking English which is nice, I love learning and through that I can always develop my skills again and again. I have had a few challenges with Shakespeare as he also invented words which were known as informal language which now we call slang however it wasn't slang like now it was just words that were used to curse somebody, another thing that Shakespeare did was put sexual innuendos in his play this was to get people more into his plays however in the modern world people have to identify and analysis the what each phrase is to uncover it's secret meaning examples of this are found in a lot of his plays including his famous play Romeo & Juliet. I really enjoy reading Shakespeare's plays as he uses some many techniques that we use today one of my favourites is symbolic language, this makes the play have subtext and hidden meanings throughout which as an actor it's good to discover them as it could help you when your not sure what to feel or what expressions to do when being a certain character with certain lines.
The play that we are going to be working on is Macbeth by William Shakespeare, It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. It's about a brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia. Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death.
The play that we are going to be working on is Macbeth by William Shakespeare, It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. It's about a brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia. Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death.
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