I'm really excited since I just got the lead female role in our school play, and I want to find a good efficient method for memorizing lines. Thanks!
2006-12-09 05:39:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Read your lines over and over again, out loud. What I like to do is, record everyone elses lines on a cassette leaving space for you to say yours. Then pop in the tape and say your lines where they fit in. It really helps.
2006-12-09 06:41:00 · answer #1 · answered by gabymiraglia 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Congrats on making the lead! last month i had the lead role in a play. i had 97 lines to memorize! read through your script whenever you can. this will help you learn the basic storyline of the play. (it will also help you improv during the show if you need to!) highlight all of your lines. this really helps. im not sure why, but it really worked for me. then, have someone read the play aloud, but let you say your part. good luck! you will do GREAT! just have fun! :D
2006-12-09 16:59:51 · answer #2 · answered by LAY LAYx3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Break the play into small pieces, by scene or by act, however small you need to make them to be efficient. Recite the lines, record them if it helps, and visualize the play, as though you were sitting in the audience. It will help you memorize lines if you can visualize a logical progression of actions in the play.
2006-12-09 06:12:19 · answer #3 · answered by KD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually get the main part in a play whenever I am in a play. Everyday I read a scene in the play, I first read my lines, then I go over it, then I go over it again, it is like memorizing vocabulery words for a test. When I am sure that I know all my lines in that scene, I ask my mother, or brother, or sister, or anyone who is around to read the other characters line, and then I read mine.
Congratulations on your part! Break a leg!
2006-12-09 10:35:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rehearse as much as possible especially if it's a formal rehearsal with the director etc..you'll get used to where on stage you should be when u say particular lines, it works as a prompt. I've been acting for 11 years and I'm in my final year of my Drama Studies degree and there's really no quick fix but it gets easier as you find what methods work best for you. Everyone learns lines differently but I find rehearsing with your co-stars is the easiest way
2006-12-10 06:42:46 · answer #5 · answered by Natalie M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take everything one part at a time. Maybe do two pages one day, and two pages the next. Constantly read the play outloud. Get family or friends involved: That way your can have practice with the chemistry with the other parts. Hope I helped
2006-12-10 09:18:22 · answer #6 · answered by coolgurlwells 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And Italian Run-Throughs only help if you have like 15 more lines left because you need to know them for a run-through
2006-12-11 03:10:03 · answer #7 · answered by zombie_mker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just read through it...a lot and get friends and family to do read through with you.
Just get the lines first, then as you get to know them, put the emotion in.
When I did plays, we used to get the whole cast together and do quick read through (like the whole play in 30 min). It helped us to know our lines and cues.
2006-12-09 10:15:56 · answer #8 · answered by Dolphin lover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read through the script three times so you are aware of the
cues then read your own lines until you have them memorized.
Thank you very much, while you're up!
2006-12-09 07:00:08 · answer #9 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read it out loud as you record it. Listen to it again and again. It'll be just like listening to a song.
2006-12-09 05:42:14 · answer #10 · answered by Marie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋