The Winter's Tale - penultimate rehearsal
The mood is confident at the Leper Chapel tonight. Lines are mostly learnt and we're going to concentrate on some of the transitions and choruses which have been tripping people up.
This goes well, running over the detail of some of the slightly more ragged scenes, but ultimately it's down to us to know the lines. Tanya is unfortunately sick, while Harry's baby is due today and director Richard is understudying his role. Still we manage to get a lot done and finish with a speed run through the whole thing.
This is useful as it means we get to experience the whole play again - minus the music - but it does place additional stress on the actors to get their lines out... Just as I was confident of having them all, the tension is ratchetted up another notch and they spill all over the grass leaving me grasping for the sense of the information I have to impart.
Better now than Saturday night...
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