I play the part of Dr Faustus in the second half of the play, I was really happy to get this part as I thought that it would be a good challenge to myself as an actor, as it is a well known part that is very strong, dominate and masculine in the play. Parts that I have played in the past have been the opposite to this, and for this part I think that I will have to put more effort into my characterisation, particularly thinking about lowering my register and the tones that I speak with.
With this part in the show there are a couple of scenes that I would like to spend more time on when it comes to characterisation. The first being the Helen of Troy scenes, as the tone of this scene is very different to the others, as the characters get close to each other. This I feel would be mainly through working on the scene over and over again to get confidence with the lines in order to be able to play around with the movements to show the chemistry with in the characters.
The second scene would be the final scene, where Faustus is repenting his soul and being dragged to hell. I see this as a challenge as the tone of the scene is very dark, and with a lot of speach in the scene, I felt that it needs something to split up the scene in order to keep it rolling.
Pride
I also play the part of pride in the first act during the 7 deadly sins scene. I was really happy to also get this part as it is a huge contrast with then character of Faustus, and would also give me a chance to do some comical acting within the play. For this part, I'm going to looking into being very animated and over the top with the character personality.
Chorus
During the first half of the play I was part of the chorus, and participated in the group numbers, for example, I am in the scenes with Faustus that are significant moments in the characters life, like we music out breaks during our performance that breaks up the text.
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