Today we spent four hours working the fight choreography for the Arden of Faversham scene. It looks like it will be a very exciting fight to work with, but may have some issues to contend with with the placement of the audience.
Dr. Faustus – Old Man
An enigmatic figure who appears in the final scene. The old man urges Faustus to repent and to ask God for mercy. He seems to replace the good and evil angels, who, in the first scene, try to influence Faustus’s behavior.
Mary Magdeline – Wrath
Arden of Faversham – Mosby
As a lover of Alice, together we have conspired to have Arden killed in order to take his wealth and his woman.
The Shoemaker’s Holiday – Rafe
In returning from a war in which I was presumed to have been killed, I find my wife engaged to be married to another man.
Iron Age – Hector
Cymbeline – Philario
Antony & Cleopatra – Camidias
A soldier on Antony’s side, warning him against battle at sea in favor of battle on land.
Starting work on a new show. This blog will be used to journal my experiences in rehearsal, workshops, research and on stage while in production for Inside Out for the University of Toronto.
Cheers,
Tom Tranmer
VICE / PLACE / DESIRE FOR
1. Pride / Heart / Glory
2. Anger (wrath) / Forehead / Inflict pain
3. Envy / Chin / Take what others have
4. Lust / Loins / Physical Release
5. Sloth / Feet / Immobility
6. Avarice (greed) / Hands / Possession
7. Gluttony / Stomach / Consumption
VIRTUES / PLACE / DESIRE FOR
1. Humility / Chest / Others before self
2. Meekness / Nose / Peace
3. Charity / Shoulders / Fellowship
4. Chastity / Forearms / Evenness
5. Industry / Legs / Accomplishment
6. Generosity / Heart / Giving
7. Self-Control / Arms / Patience
Scale: Vice or Virtue / Master Intention / Place / Superhero
-> Cocktail of Vice or Virtue = Emotional State
GESTURAL EXPRESSIONS
2-Hand
Supplico – hands up, waist high, palms out (request)
Ploro – hands folded, begging (Imploring)
Admiror – hands up and open, head high (surprise)
Explodo – right hand as fist into left (fury)
Indignor – clawed hands, stomach centre crushing can
1-Hand (Right)
Minor – Raised fist, knuckles out
Mendico – Cupped hand, outstretched
Invito – Pointed index finger, others curled (invitation)
Iuro (euro) – Hand up and palm open forward (I swear)
Dimitto – Palm up and outward
Having just received the script for the show, I selected the Rafe line from The Shoemaker’s Holiday. The virtue I selected was Humility/Humbleness with the mirror vice of Greed.
VICE
Dominant Intention: Possession (desire to)
Superhero Emblem: Gaping Vortex
Burning Place: Emptiness in pit of stomach, a longing to be full and yet perpetually empty.
VIRTUE
Dominant Intention: Giving (helpfulness/selflessness)
Superhero Emblem: Cape of Comfort
Shining Place: A Warm Heart, compassion and sympathy for the individual and their plights.
Burn After Reading may share more in common with the Ladykillers than the Coen brothers recent success, No Country For Old Men, but still proves to be a genius piece of filmmaking accumen. Complex and varied storylines convege in a very satisfying and humourous way. The acting performances are top noch and more than deserving of a Creme brûlée cheesecake as a cap for a wonderful day.
Tt Jt
Posting from my new white iPhone. What fun!
Got four sides and was asked to choose to perform two. These spots look to be a lot of fun and very funny. Some spots anyway. Think of the successful Rogers wireless commercials and you will have some idea of what the spots are like.
P.S. I am posting this from my iPod.
Basically an excel gum commercial. Not much more to say beyond that I think it will be a very funny commercial when it eventually does air.