To Do List

Monologue

1) Do stanislavski work -> Understand character motivations
2) Find out what aspects of Commedia I am adapting

Duologue

1) Do stanislavski work
2) Find out when Commedia comes in (eg. during juvenile moments)
3) During serious vs. comic scenes, how does voice & physicality change?

Both

1) Compare the use of stanislavski ( understanding motivations)
2) Pros vs Cons of staging in Bbox
3) Pick 3 scenes and show how poses or way of speech can be adapted/changed to fit commedia. Justify.

First Post

Choice of Text

Monologue

• The Imaginary Cuckold
• Playwright : Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Moliere
• Adapted by Timothy Mooney
• Character: Sganarelle (Inspired by Commedia's Arlechinno)
  

Duologue

• Amadeus
• Playwright : Peter Shaffer
• Character: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Strategy in dealing with I.S

• Using the tradition of Commedia dell'arte, I am going to adapt it into both my mono and duo (in terms of physicality)
• How the physicality of both characters differ
• How physicality is used to show the difference in characters; personality, emotions
• How physicality is used to differentiate between Tradition vs Realist/Contempt acting

To find out

• How Stan's method of physical action can be applied to Commedia
• How I can adapt Commedia servant types into duologue