He gave us the famous ‘To Be or Not To Be’ speech from ‘Hamlet’ and we went through each sentence, or a couple at a time, and deciphered them and then created freeze frames each time which showed Mr Chipp that we were understanding the language and what he was trying to say. He then told us, that with using the speech, to use a few lines and incorporate them with the movement we created to add a vocal element to the piece. We made sure that the lines we were saying had a relevance or flowed well. My lines were ‘Or to take arms against a sea of troubles’ which I spoke whilst pulling Matt’s arm back from a threatening position, and then ‘for in the sleep of death what dreams may come’ whilst I cling onto Matt as he’s been pushed away by Hamlet. This added a different affect onto the piece which would of helped explained to the audience what our movement was actually showing in more detail.
Remembering the lines were harder than we though as they are not the same kind of language that we use today. He made us sit spread out, repeat our lines to ourself, then walk around and say them in different volumes, paces, this helped us learn them and say them on demand without any issue.
We now have a task of memorizing the entire speech and performing it as a monologue.
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