what do you think the accents are like in to kill a mockingbird?

Question

i'll be auditioning for To Kill a Mockingbird in my community theater in a few weeks, and i was wondering about the accents. my mom said it was like a deep south accent, like

wheas the fol?
(where's the foil?)

but i think it's more of a hick accent like in the movie, like

i ain't never gonna give up!

if you have any insight as to what accent would be more appropriate, i'd be very thankful.

waldy, you made a good point. i'm fairly certain there will be a dialect coach, because there was one for the last play, but they specifically ask for accents as part of the audition, so even if i don't practice my monologue with an accent, they will ask me to do one, and i don't want to get caught unprepared. (that's what happened in the last play, they asked for a british accent, i didn't get in the play)

Idnester, maycomb is a made up town, so it doesn't account for much. no offense.

Answer 1

If it were me, I'd go with the movie accents. Your mom is doing a more genteel accent, more appropriate to old Virginia than to rural Alabama.

A word of caution, though--you shouldn't do an accent for an audition unless you're specificially asked to do so. Because unless your accent is precisely what the directors/casting authorities are looking for, they're more likely to dismiss an otherwise good audition, thinking you don't match their vision of the role.

Also, considering that Mockingbird has several children's roles, I bet that IF they want it done with accents (and that's not always the case--), they'll be providing you with a dialect coach to teach you the accent. No point in learning an accent and then (best case scenario) getting the role and having to unlearn it and relearn it the way they want to hear it.

Good luck with your audition!

Answer 2

Well, I don't know if this is any help, but according ot the Wikipedia article on it, it's set in Maycomb, Alabama. So, yes, your mother is right. I'd probably watch the movie (preferably the character I'm potentially playing) to get the accent right if I were you.

Answer 3

The accent is Southern. Watch "Gone with the Wind" for an idea of how to speak with a Southern accent.

Answer 4

i think of what you're touching on is the small bits of timber & twigs that mkes up the mattress the logs for a hearth are laid on. It make the hearth greater handy to seize & burn. I even have enjoyed that e book using fact that i replace right into slightly woman. My brother &I used to curl up in the previous tire & roll down the embankment all of the time & chortle & howl crazily whilst it would finally flop over & we would sickly drag ourselves out ot it.

Answer 5

you could try reading the book and making up your own mind! LOL

it tells you where it is set, therefore what the accent could be... but if i remember its deep south...