[text ID: Rehearsal Notes by Len Verwey
Sorry, I assumed you were awake anyway.
Letās try it without the heavy breathing
toward the end of the scene in the garden.
It distracts, somehow. Just speak the words, there
or as quietly as they need to be spoken.
Need in this context is vague, but do your best.
Donāt get me wrong, subtlety is not the goal,
not on our budget, but an untested intensity
will flounder somewhere between the prompter
and the first row of the audience.
They know the story too, after all,
and it will be late by the time you face them.
Donāt gaze into the distance when the
future is referred to. Donāt hope
Presumably itās not easy being us
but consider the alternatives.
Have you looked around recently?
In scene four you are passing an empty bowl around
that must seem heavy, but overdo
the heaviness and its emptiness is the final
lingering effect. Do you see what I mean?
I mean use the sharp knives carefully.
donāt mean youāre acting well, just that youāve lost
yourself in yourself again,
and where the script says scream
a step to the side and possibly a finger
touched to the mouth will do. End ID]