Thursday 4th September 2014

Thursday 4th September 2014

Today in Theatre class, we finished reading the play we are studying ‘Noughts and Crosses’. Once we started reading it in our first lesson, on Monday 1st September, I noticed that the play had a very similar storyline to a very famous Shakespeare play called Romeo and Juliet (which is one of my favourite Shakespeare plays) so I couldn’t wait to finish reading it the following lesson. I thought the play was very interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed the story line because I thought it was so romantic and captivating. However I would have liked it if Calum had lived instead of died, and witnessed his child grow up.

I liked the idea that the racial context was switched around- from black people being the lower class and white people being the upper, to white people being the lower class and black people being the upper. I think this switch in class made more people aware of how serious the racism was. The small, tiny details in the storyline where they talk about the “black-coloured plasters” and the “white-coloured plasters” and the word “whitemailed” really opened up my mind and many other minds of the class.

I think reading this play has really help me develop as an actor because it helps get an understanding of the characters, the play and how lines are said. This can help me because I can try and incorporate it into my character to make the role get to its best ability. When you are taking part in a play (no matter how big your role is) is extremely useful and important to read the whole script because it gives you a broader understanding of your character, how they act, how they talk, their thoughts, how they feel about different characters and what they’ve been through to make them the character that they are. And by using all of this information you can develop you acting and your role to it best quality.

I have really enjoyed reading this play and I cannot wait to start acting!