As someone with no
experience acting whatsoever, I didn’t really know what I was getting myself
into doing the Shakespeare course with Theatresaurus. I’m doing A level English
Literature and want to do English at University, and have loved reading through
some of Shakespeare’s plays in class. However, acting in The Merchant of
Venice, I have found out how different actually being in the play is to just
reading through the text in class.
After this course, I
find myself with a better understanding of The Merchant of Venice; it is much
easier to understand when acting it and you can really relate to the
characters. Learning the lines of Bassanio was hard, as I haven’t the greatest
memory, but I think it’s really helped me appreciate the language and how hard
it is for actors to learn lines. I’m quite girly - I’m a ballet dancer and like
shopping, so getting into character was really hard, but with the help of Lou,
who directed the play, I found myself settling into the role quite nicely. She
found everyone costumes, which really helped and paid attention to each
individual, making the play the best it could possibly be. I don’t think the
end performance would have been the same without her, to be honest!
Everyone on the course
seemed to really enjoy it, I know my brother and sister definitely did; they go
on pretty much all the courses Theatresaurus have on offer and come back raving
about how great they are. Both me and me sister started reading the full
version of the play (we only did 30 minutes) as soon as we got home and it’s
funny just reading the lines. I can now imagine my brother, Ted, (Shylock)
counting his ducats, and my little sister, Rosa, (Portia) delivering the famous
speech “The quality of mercy is not strained.”
I hope I can go on
more of the courses as I’ve found it a great help to my reading and could be a
definite talking point in a university interview. Thanks to Ros and Lou for
making my week in Somerset brilliant!
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