We received the script, it is an
extract from the play "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", the storyline of
our extract is: Years pass, and Simon (Grusha's unmarried fiancé) finds Grusha
while washing clothes in the river. They have a sweet exchange before Simon
jokingly asks if she has found another man. Grusha struggles to tell him she
has unwillingly married, then Simon spots Michael. The following scene between the two is told predominantly by the
Singer, who speaks for each of the two character's thoughts, and is the most
heartbreaking part of the play.
Before we get into details, we
decided to read the script out a few times first, then we worked on the
movement of the characters.
For Simon, he will first have a
confident standing position as he is proud of himself being a soldier, but as
the dialogue continues, he gets to know something happened to Grusha. In order
to express the change in Simon's mind, Daniel (Simon) will start to change his
stand into a more defensive position, and then later in the extract, he will
even wander around to show his impatience.
For
Grusha, she will come in with a basket of cloths, and throughout the
conversation, she is mostly trying to go forward, showing that she wants to
reach Simon (sadly there is a river splitting them), but when Simon asked her
about the child and if she is still single, we decided to show it by making
Shari (Grusha) stepping backward when that happens.
We spent our lesson mainly on these
two main characters, then we are told by Oda to read the script a few times in
our free time before the next lesson.
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