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N2C - 30/11/16

 On this rehearsal we were supposed to be doing a script free run-through whilst our teacher watched.  However, due to some people knowing very few of their actual lines we had to postpone this run-through for another time. So most of this rehearsal was spent learning lines, going over small bits of staging and making plans for fitting in extra rehearsals because it became very evident that we needed more time and we only had 2 weeks before performance.

Because most of my speaking parts are with The Boy, I spent most of that two hour rehearsal helping him learn his lines because I knew the majority of mine. But it was actually quite useful to have a rehearsal that was focused solely on lines in which I could go over and over the script and really ingrain those lines whilst helping him to learn his lines. I also gained a better understanding of his lines from having to go over them and brake them up into smaller bits and decide what the intention was behind the words he was saying, that gave me a better understanding of the whole play and how to deliver my lines in response to his lines and also how to respond to the words he was saying with facial expression and body language.  And because on the Monday rehearsal we focussed so much on the final scene, he knew most of his lines for the final scene and so did I so it was mainly just focusing on the first scene which is actually quite long, so spending quite a lot of time on that scene proved to be quite useful.   And also from gaining a better understanding of the script and being more confident with the entirety of the play it meant that in the upcoming rehearsals we were able to increase the pace of the script as we were more confident with the lines and the dialogue just seemed a lot more natural.
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