Im studying the play midsummers night dream, performing it in 2 weeks, struggling to learn the lines! HELP
2007-07-22 18:29:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
In can depend on your learning style as well! Simple repetition may work, but figuring out how you learn best can speed the process.
Folks are either Auditory (learn best by hearing info), Visual (learn best by seeing info) or Kinesthetic (learn best by doing) or a combination.
If you are an Auditory learner - doing you lines out loud or even listening to an audio of yourself (or an audio of your cues, and you fill in your lines out loud) may speed the process.
As a Visual learner, I would sit in a corner with the play and a 3 X 5 card covering my lines - I would read my cue, then speak my line, then uncover them, check, and then uncover my next cue. I could memorize 5 to 7 of pages an hour this way
As a Kinesthetic (or Tactile learner) it also helped me to combine blocking and stage business (hand props) with my line running...
If you are Kinesthetic, writing them down will also help.
There are a number of web sites that can help you figure out what type of learning style you are.
This has also worked for me - read all your lines as the last thing you do before you turn out the light to sleep.
Sounds weird - but in grad school I awoke with an eleventh-hour twenty minute monologue firmly memorized!
2007-07-23 10:09:58 · answer #1 · answered by Mike C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im doing the same thing this summer except we only had a week! well anytime that you have nothing going on, sit down and take out your lines, and skim over after that memorize your cues and then repeat each one of your lines over 3 times that helps your brain memorize a bit better
also another good way is to type them out on your computer or write them out because that reinforces them
good luck!
oh and by the way im doing the same play im hermia!
2007-07-22 18:36:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the lines. Read them again. Read them again. Speak them out loud as you read them.Understand what the words mean. Translate the lines to your own experiences. Read them out loud again. Read them again.
Repeat until Final Dress
Break a leg.
Nobody ever said Shakespeare was easy.
2007-07-22 18:58:11 · answer #3 · answered by d_cider1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just keep saying them out loud as often as you can. See if you can get someone to read the other lines with you. Act it out so you can associate movements with the lines. Have fun!!!
2007-07-22 18:37:47 · answer #4 · answered by Mum of four boys 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think saying the lines in front of a mirror will help you w/ your facial expressions, which, IMO, can help you memorize the lines.
2007-07-23 11:28:31 · answer #5 · answered by acameronfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do this. Try to memorise the line, then write it down. Then compare it to the original, and see how close you got. Repeat.
2007-07-22 18:35:36 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Know It All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use whatever method your acting teacher taught you.
2007-07-22 22:19:11 · answer #7 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋