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What advice would you give an actress playing Juliet regarding her vocal delivery in her "Ah me. What news..." speech?

Date Submitted: 08/09/2004 10:23:02
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Theater
Length: 3 pages (841 words)
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An actress playing Juliet would have to think very carefully about her characters 'before time', her through line of action, the developing pace of the scene and of course her vocal delivery. Before this scene has happened, she has married Romeo and is now blissfully happy in the knowledge that the nurse is bringing her to him. This should be evident in the voice, facial expressions and movements used, in anticipation of the nurse's arrival. …

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…beautiful tyrant...wolvish-ravening lamb" to show how she lets her thoughts 'run away' in the emotion and then she brings the pace back down by changing the direction of her thoughts. Her tone should be totally emotionally controlled and should show her ultimate sorrow at certain breaking point in her voice. Her volume should crescendo and diminuendo when she gets angry at her loss and then fall when she becomes melancholy and grief stricken again.

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