On the 22nd of September I performed a monologue from the Shakespearean play 'Julius Caesar' to my class. The monologue performed was "you've urgently Brutus...with your cause of grief." (Act 2 scene 1) by a confused and concerned partner Portia as her husband Brutus has repeatedly slept walked several times leaving Portia worried and determined to find out the cause. To help me with the understanding of my monologue, I read the synopsis of the play and a break down of Portia's monologue to make sure I do not miss out but include areas of expression of emotion and points to make sure my performance would include every aspect it needed to.
Performing this monologue to the class was a good experience as it helped me recognise the areas of my performing skills I needed to maintain and areas I needed to improve on.Starting with the good feedback I had received, it was highlighted that I am comfortable with the acting style of naturalism as my facial expressions and tone of voice showed the true feelings of my character. Also it was said that the positioning and use of space I used worked well with the monologue as I had turned my back on my class as if they were my characters partner to signify frustration, which was expressed in the monologue.
Moving over to areas and performance skills I would need to improve on, first being the maintenance of my voice projection, as I would fall in the habit of starting off loud but falling quieter and quieter with a lack of projection in my voice. Which in all meant that the class felt as though towards the end they had struggled to hear me. Also a tip that was shared by my class was to break up my monologue into different sections as it would allow me to portray my characters points towards her lover much clearer and in less of a rush, thinking about the points she makes and how to express it more desperately as this is one of the main feelings she felt towards Brutus in this monologue.
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