Accidental death of an anarchist

I know this because of the extract, " Nobody move the day of judgement has arrived" granted he is talking to a filing cabinet containing charge sheets for criminals. Also at the beginning of the section I am doing, he is sifting through charge sheet's he has found on the inspectors desk throwing away all the petty crimes that the police should not bother themselves with and keeping the ones of importance, for example, "Taking and driving away...insulting behaviour...Rubbish...off you go son, your free! Free the lot of you, No not you...you're an arsehole...you can stay...your going to do time! This shows how he wants justice to be served as he is throwing away the non-important cases and keeping all the significant ones. I think I will find it very challenging to portray the true depth of his personality as he is quite obviously a complex person.

Where my section of the play begins.

In my particular scripted role I am working with a section of Act one, scene one, some where near the start, beginning with the Maniac saying "Yoo-hoo inspector, can I come in", I am entering the room when I know I should not be, looking very sheepish as I do not know the whereabouts' of the Inspector as he could be just around the corner. As I work my way into the room I get more and more adventurous and I start to edge my way to the desk with my papers on. When I realise that he is not in the room I sit down on the table and put my feet up and start rummaging through the inspectors private files. After a while the phone rings and I answer it, although I do act professionally at the beginning of the phone call I quickly progress into very childish and silly behaviour, for example I begin an interpretation of Bertozzo where I blow raspberries down the phone from a distance. When the phone call is finished I resume my search through the charge sheets.

What difficulties I encountered while doing this play.

My first difficulty was the learning of my lines as my usual technique would be to act it out with the lines in front of me but the majority of my lines are said when I am sat down talking on the phone so I could not align my words with any actions as I don't move. Secondly I found it more difficult than usual to get into my character. This being probably because the sheer complexity of my character was to difficult to depict in one simple scene.

The way I will perform as my character.

My voice will be normal, but in parts it will be slightly higher, and have a more sarcastic tone. I will sit in a way that shows no respect for the sanctity of Inspector Bertozzo's desk by putting my feet on the table and chewing gum then sticking it on the underside of the table, I also think that snapping some of his pencils would add to my disrespect. As my purpose for being in the police was impersonating a Psychiatrist I think I will be dressed very similarly to Sigmund Feud With the hat and the stereotypical glasses.

What my character will do in This section.

My character move's into the room, having only just left it, I proceed to the desk in the centre of the room and continue to sit down on the pristinely tidy desk of Inspector Bertozzo. I will not exactly burn down a cabinet but I will start to light it. I will then answer his phone pretending to be his secretary, sitting with my feet up as well chewing gum and putting it on the under side of the table when I have finished it.

How I will say my lines.

My lines will be said in a erratic manner that would portray a very nervous disposition, I believe I will also stutter some of my lines, and repeat the odd word when it sound's right. I will obviously be projecting my voice, that is taken for granted, but I will begin by speaking my lines quietly and in an anxious way but move on to a loader and more self-assured tone as I gain more distance between myself and the door. I may emphasise some words when I speak for example "Oh, would these 'all' happen to be 'charge' sheets to".

Evaluation.

I believe that my performance went reasonably well, I used the advice given to me and exploited all possible resources to hand. I made use of pauses to give a feel of anxiety and on a few occasions employed the repeat of words to add to the atmosphere. On the whole I think that my presentation left some what to be desired due me not being able to learn my script as well as could have been expected and my lack of assertion into the role of the Maniac prevented me from performing the script to its full potential. I found the role of the Maniac to be very difficult to relate to as he is mildly mad, or rather not of sound mind and judgement and could not see myself as the Maniac.

What I found to be most problematic was the learning of the lines, what I would usually do is to act out my lines as I learnt them, however with this play I found it close to impossible to achieve this as the majority of my play was to performed whilst sitting talking on the phone. So on the whole the only real problem I faced was script learning and I believe I should work on my memory skills for my next play.

For my next script I intend to do a comedy piece with Rob Cannel, a fellow drama student who shares a love of comical pieces. We are yet to decide upon the actual piece as there are many good plays out there but we are looking into the possibility of doing "Bouncers" or "waiting for godot" both of which we are told would suit our personalities perfectly. This experience has taught me that although my skills lie within comedy, when faced with a play with a more serious genre I can meet the challenge more positively and hopefully do the script justice.