Character played by the real Mr Kipps

and his arms stiffly held out miming the action of holding reigns. Because this character had very few lines it was harder to notice a difference in voice, however from what Keckwick did say, he had a raspy, rough voice, that was deep in comparison to the real Mr Kipps.  Jerome : the undertaker.For this character the actor who was playing Mr Kipps adjusted his posture to make him look older. He did this by assuming a feeble and crippled position; this was achieved by crouching over and looking seemingly weaker. Whilst sitting down the actor playing Jerome (and the real Mr Kipps) used his arms and upper body effectively by straining his neck, to look weaker and as if age had crept up on him, as well as doing this he used his arms effectively by raising them parentally whilst giving advice to the actor playing Mr Kipps. He struggled to keep his arms and neck held high, this illustrated his age very effectively. The actor also squinted his eyes while looking over his glasses, this helped to illustrate his age by creating the stereotypical  “old man” who was feeble physically and losing his sight, yet proud and persevering with life. Whilst the actor was moving he seemed to be much debilitated as he was sitting throughout the main scene. In comparison to many of the other actors in the play who rely on movement to illustrate actions. The actor also seemed frail while moving as many of his movements were performed using his arms that were stretched out rigidly, this created the illusion of an older man who was run down and tired, like a rusty robotic machine. Jerome was also trembled which added to the effect, it also relates the element of fear that the character would have suffered from his past involving “the women in black”. This character did not move a lot but this was also contributed to the affect of an old and frail man.  The actor adjusted his voice drastically for this character, as we saw the “real Mr Kipps” going into scene and being given directions by his fellow actor. The actor playing Jerome changed his voice so that it was quivery and in-consistent, as well as being of an higher pitch, this was also used to illustrate the age of Jerome, but I think that it also contributed to the fright of the harrowing memories of “the woman in black” who he would have been terrified of. I think this voice was very effective as it was slightly sinister which created an atmosphere but also harmless and slightly comical. The voice was also typical of that expected of an old man. Tomes : The sniffing clerk. This character was working for Mr Kipps and so remained obedient. Tomes seemed friendly and went about his business efficiently. The actor playing Tomes used a very formal posture for the character, Tomes stood tall and straight, much like a butler. Tomes is an un-threatening character and I think that this was illustrated in his posture. As the other characters played by this actor are quite individual in posture ,Tomes did not have such an impact as he was neutral in posture. The actor playing Tomes moved , swiftly and uniformly. This illustrated a sense of service that Tomes was providing to Mr Kipps by helping him out. The movements were strong, the actor kept his legs and arms straight while walking and standing. All of Tomes’ movements were consistent and did not change much throughout the play. I think that this illustrates how Tomes was masking his fear and attempting to get on with his life by being of use and being cautious. The actor playing Tomes used a cockney accent for this character, Tomes’ voice was fairly loud and bellowing as he spoke. I think that this is what made Tomes’ character interesting and this compensated for the neutral elements in Tomes’ posture and movement. I think that this helped to illustrate the fear that Tomes’ was concealing and bottling up. *-