Lady vs. Anne

[rm]

I have two auditions tomorrow requiring a classical monologue. I usually use a Lady Anne thing from Richard III, because I think it suits me massively, and casting folks have said as much in a "that's really interesting, but I don't know what to do with you" way. I get good feedback on it, but it's never gotten me anywhere.

That said, I'm having an impulse to use something from the Macbeth stuff I did at NIDA. Something in the back of my head is telling me that it's the sort of thing people don't want to see (overdone? Macbeth superstitions?), but I also know I had serious professional coaching on it, and it's the thing that made people take me really seriously at NIDA, so part of me thinks I can just nail the thing to the wall if I do it. Of course, I also worry because my interpretation of Lady Macbeth is a bit outside of the typical bounds (good? bad?) mainly in that she's _young_ which is accurate to the period, but not to what we've done to the play in modern times.

Um... thoughts?

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[rm.livejournal.com]

If this wasn't _tomorrow_ I would learn something new. I'm glad there's Marlowe in the house though... i've been thinking that where I need to pick up something new from for a while now.

[ladypeculiar.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhhhh. Then yeah, do Macbeth. It's fresher and more immediate for you as a piece.

[ladypeculiar.livejournal.com]

As an aside though you neeeeed to read Pheadra if you haven't. It's one of my favoritest plays ever in the whole wide world and will push your buttons all to hell. I haven't thought of it in a while.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I haven't, oddly. And yes, I should and shall.