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Me and Filipa both have come far from the last showing to Drew and Ryan, Ryan said if he was to comment of anything it would be I need to show exasperation in my voice because you couldn't sere my voice you needed to hear it.

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In class we were given a lot of feedback, the main concern was we needed to connect with the play which i found especially difficult to connect with the story line, I had to take a lot of time to sit and put myself in that situation so I could feel what my character feels.
Another note Ryan and Drew mentioned is that it felt quite flat but when I get a feel for the emotion it should pick up though it will not pick up a lot so I need to show emotion through body language and facial expression.
There was also no relationship shown between me a Filipa.
What we need to do is play and experiment with different emotions.

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Ryan said that once again I'm not putting my full self into the monologue he said I need to play more with the character I will do this by trying different ways of speaking and acting.

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My feedback for my song was I need to still have emotion, I feel i still had trouble because i don't like to be vulnerable this is something I need to work on if I want to become a performer.
There were also times where i was off key but it did improve from my feedback from ryan.

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There's a picture in a silver frame hanging dusty on my wall.
And two people with their eyes the same holding daisies, I recall.
And the baby in the sailor dress and the pigtails - that was me.
And the other was my mother on our Easter by the sea.
People tell me that I'm just like her and I wonder what they see.
She was lady, lace and cameo, not the gypsy, that is me.
She spent her evenings making poetry, I spend my nights making time.
And I wonder, am I living partly her dreams, partly mine.

What would she think of the too many men
The lies I get lost in, again and again
The tears in the morning, the booze and the blues in the night.

It's been years now since I've seen her face, heard her footsteps on the stair,
but just lately in my dreams at night,
I will call her and she's there looking pretty like she used to
before time and tears tore her apart.
And she tells me that she loves me then she leaves me in the dark.

Mama don't leave me, Mama don't go.
You know the answers to all I don't know.
My dreams come up empty and my hearts lying dead on the floor.
Mama don't leave me, Mama please stay.
Mama I need you to show me the way.
I'm lost and I'm lonely and I can't find my way anymore.
Mama -- Mama

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Contextual research THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE 

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Contextual research THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE 

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Thoroughly Modern Millie is an American musical romantic comedy which came out in 1967.
The musical is based in 1922 in New York City, the character Millie who i will be playing in the song is determined to find work as a stenographer to a wealthy businessman and then marry him.
The song Not For The Life Of Me is the opening song sang by Millie the song itself tells the story of a girl who has moved to get a better life she tells us how people have doubted her and she starts to believe them she starts to think about going back home but she rips her ticket and decides to risk it all.

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I was told I need to open up more, Ryan told me that i am putting a wall up and its stopping him connecting to the song and to me, there were parts of the song where I was not in key.
I will take on the feedback to make a connection with the audience I need to do an emotional recall warm up so I can really portray the right feelings.
I will record myself singing and listen back to see how it sounds so i can make sure i am in key .

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Born  Good Friday, April 13, 1906, in Dublin, Ireland.

Beckett studied French, Italian, and English at Trinity College, Dublin from 1923 to 1927

Wrote a trilogy of novels in the 1950s as well as famous plays like Waiting for Godot.

In 1969 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

samuel beckett was the third writer to come out gay, he was born in Foxrock, Dublin.
he was born in 1996 anf died 1989 at age 83
when his dad died he became depressed and started writing poetry and plays which he came out with the idea of
. born
. live
.honest
.die
when his had died he began to ask ' what am i now?'
he had a huge passion for nature and animals
his favourite quotes were:
if you dont teach me i shall not learn
if you dont love me i shall not be love
if i dont love i shall not love

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Absurdism was made by a small group of European playwrights.

Elements included illogical plots by characters who appeared out of harmony with their own existence.

Absurdism is commonly studied in schools and university and theatre courses.

The genre was to protest gainst tradition, provoked by the dissolution of failed ideals post World War Two.

Plays that were done under the Theatre of The Absurd are commonly characterized as grotesque, due to the characters features they had their dignity taken away and are rendered as clowns.

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Most feedback on our piece was the way that we were expressing our characters, like for example: Whenever we had to change from May, The Mother, Amy and Mrs W. It's been also pointed out that it is clear when we change those characters, from Narrator, Character and it is really important for it to be understandable as well. One of the main challenges pointed out at us, was the story behind our script.

How did the mother died?

What does the counting steps mean?

What does the pacing mean?

Why is the mother not in the scene?

How it must feel for the daughter to always be: changing the drawsheets, sponge her down, pray for her, moisten her lips. (how to express it while walking).

It was also pointed out that the usage of the shoes is very important and essential to a powerful performance, where Beckett wants: a lot of pacing and walking actually starts making the carpet floor very used, very old, very tired, and it could represent numerous things.

A psychotic breakdown

Schizophrenia (It can be reduced with medication, but many people react different: some hear them far away, some hear them right next to them, some hear them in their head, and some hear them in a mean way, where they tell them do harmful stuff)

Hallucination

Depression

In my personal opinion, I think that it's up to the public to decide whatever they think it's happening in the play, but it's up to us, to include a little bit of everything throughout our emotions and show different levels of characterisation.
It was also pointed out that the way that we set up our staging, as in a catwalk and a tower where I would stand in, completely covered with a black curtain, only showing the feet wasn't ideal.
So they suggested about using different things. Could be:

Behind the curtain

Inside the floor

No where to be seen, using different speakers from the room, changing the sound from one to another, just like in cinemas, where it sounds like a whisper.

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Jean Genet was born in 1910, he was given away by his mother to an orphanage in the summer of 1911, he was quickly put into a foster home but ran into trouble extremely young, he was removed from his foster home and school at the age of 13, he had to endure psychiatric treatment after he stole money from his gaurdian. in 1926 he was sectenced 2 years in prison. This is where we could explore is budding homosexuality. He joined the army in 1930 to get out of prison but only spent 3 years in Syria. 1933 he spent a decade of his life as a Gay prostitute and theif with occasional visits to prison. It only took him one more time to be caught stealing to end up with a life sentance, the sentace was reduced to 3 months, when he served his time he soon wised up and gave up his life of crime. This is when be began to write plays.
THE MAIDS was his first to be published in 1948.
THE MAIDS is set in France it is about two sisters who brutally kill their mistress. the play as many elements that did actually occur during his time.
the play is filled with illusions created by the maids as a way to fight their opperssive circumstances. They are embarassed and ashamed because of their life of poverty, the fantasize about being wealthy snf prestige they do this by taking turns to play the mistress when she is not at home. Because of Genets homosexual backgroud THE MAIDS was written originally for men, he wrote it to express himself because being gay was looked down upon, you where never to talk about it or even act upon your true feelings. THE MAIDS artfully explores identity as all of the characters where different versions of himself.

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my performance of the maids started stongly i was in character and i thought i was portraying her well, as we were allowed script i was still on script this is where i messed up during my line i was trying to find the next line on the script but couldnt find it this is where i broke character and laughed, i also apoligised to the audience. Ryan and Drew both picked up on this and at the end did say that was a major error. They went on to nsay because of that the rest of the performance just didnt feel the same, i agree with this because even as i was performing i did feel the level of professionalism and characterisation went down alot.

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the maids script.

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To be punctual

Respecting each others valuable time.

Be professional in the best sense in the world.

Come prepared.

ctors can have pressure.

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The connection that is linked to a character, it can be something or someone e.g. Significant other, Mother, Father, Siblings etc.

A characters connection linking to the play.

the relationship is mostly linked to the primary characters (Protagonist and Antagonist).

Includes meaning and tension.

having interaction with the other characters.

maintain a relationship status.

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Jim Cartwright the writer of two was born in 1958 in Lancashire, growing up he was surrounded ny working class people. It was rare for people to go to university which meant his writing came from his surrondings rarther than books.
He soon found an audience with the Royal Exchange in Manchester, his first play ROAD was staged in 1986.
once he had found some sort of fame from his other plays Cartwright stated he was living a double life, he had one life of glamour and London premiers and another life of being in his home town with working class people. Two gives us an insight into his life. the play was concieved in working class communities centred around factory work whose livelihoods have been stripped away. A community spirit, fueled by crisis and forged in the local pub — a place where you recognise everyone and know what they’re going through.

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Talks about the nature and habit of a certain character.

The qualities that character has.

The behaviour of a character how they walk, how they talk how the stand etc.

By looking at the history and biography of that character, you get a chance to see their personality.

Actors exploring more on the role they are given.

the actor has to focus on their mind

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My feedback for my monolouge was i need to polay on the humor much more, drew said that i should of built up more because it was quite flat, i should have played with my character more also. The play is a comedy and i didnt capture it.
Ryan also mentioned that i made a mistake he knew i did so because i looked up thinking about the next line.