Audition choices for successful applicants

princessbell
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:13:28 +0000

I think reading lots of plays is great idea, but seeing lots of plays is good too! Unless they aren’t in print…But I went to Shakespeare camp last summer, and we saw Macbeth, As You Like It, and The Tempest performed numerous times by profesional actors. Watching someone up there doing a passionate monologue is great inspiration, and it also helps you to decipher what is going on, espcially if you are into classical texts, because no matter how much translation and research you do, there are still parts you won’t understand, but seeing it being performed in front of you can really help to clear things up (even though you don’t know whether that actor/actress really understands the text either!)