Reading to the end and doing the play
Today we read up to the end of the play and blocked the entire Pyramus and Thisby section. We continued on from where we were last lesson; from Bottom's Dream monologue. From this we continued on til the end just simply reading through the script and making sure we're all aware of the storyline. After this, we felt that out of everything, the performance of the play, Pyramus and Thisby, is the most important part to focus on so we blocked this entirely focusing on how to make it comical. Not only is AMND supposed to be a comedy but the play within the play is also a comedy. We were going to include a joke where Thisby would look through the chink on the wall but the chink is on the level of Pyramus' crotch so Thisby would be in for a surprise when looking through the chink. However, we felt as we were targeting this performance to a younger audience of 13-14 and this sort of comedy would be inappropriate for them as this would lead to repeating said activities.
For the rest of the scene, it would rely on the characteristics of The Mechanicals to provide the rest of the comedy (e.g Snug being absolutely petrified as the lion, Flute being a little bit too feminine as Thisby.)
Next lesson, we will start from the beginning and work on fully blocking each scene and giving each scene meaning.
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