I have auditions next Monday for Romeo and Juliet and I am in desperate need of help. I have my one minute Shakesperian monologue found and picked out but I don't know if I should audition using an English accent or just my regular voice. Ah! Please help. English accent or regular?
2007-01-03 11:36:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Practice with an english accent and without. When you see the director ask politly if you should use an english accent and either way you will be prepared. Break-A-Leg!
2007-01-03 12:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by BroadwayStar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting, I have an audition Monday for Romeo and Juliet too!!! And I also have to have a one-minute Shakespearean monologue. Hahaha. Crazy. Wouldn't it be insane if we're both auditioning for the exact same play at GHHS? You sound like someone I know, funny. So, my advice? No accent. Show your strength through your body language and acting, I feel like an accent could negatively take away from the whole monologue. Ok actually, I'm positive that you're Becca! I heart you! You'll do AMAZINGLY on Monday! We'll be FuNkY FrEsH again! (Yes it's Krissy!) Hahaha! See you Monday!
2007-01-05 15:48:21 · answer #2 · answered by Krissy-Girl : ) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are quite adept with a British accent and you feel comfortable pulling it out at any time then ask the director when you get there. If you have trouble with it then don't use it and don't even ask. If the director asks you about it then by all means do your best. Shakespeare is not about the accent but about the content, the words and emotions that fills ones soul. That which is life with all it's intrinsic foibles so nonchalantly tossed over ones shoulder to pierce the heart of man. That be the nature of the play.
2007-01-03 11:57:58 · answer #3 · answered by Killer Spike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were you, I would use your regular voice. At many Shakespeare auditions/shows that I have been in, the director has asked the actors to drop any accents that they are using. That is just my personal experience.
2007-01-03 14:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by dramagirl107 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate seeing Shakespeare done with a British accent. It's unnecessary. What's more important is that you get the rhythm of the lines correct. Understand the poetry. Know which words are accented and which words are softer.
Shakespeare wrote in Iambic Pentameter, which means every other word is stressed. Knowing which word is stressed is half the battle.
2007-01-05 16:29:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you ask your director? They usually have something in mind. However, when I auditioned for my school play, my director told me that she just wanted to see my acting. So, if actor will use the accent in the play, it might be a good idea to use it in the audition. Your best bet, though, would be to ask your director!
2007-01-03 11:40:27 · answer #6 · answered by Shelby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never, ever, EVER audition for ANYTHING using ANY kind of dialect unless you have been specifically instructed to do so in advance by the director.
Especially Shakespeare!
Use you best, clearest speaking voice. You'll be fine.
2007-01-04 03:15:28 · answer #7 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first think of u r the character if u r performing as romeo save your eyes extra often than not on your companion continuously think of the folk till now u understand no longer something if u r directing it save a keen eye in the top of characters
2016-10-29 22:36:30 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋