I LOVE PERFORMING.
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| That's a kazoo in my hand, by the way. |
I'm not exactly what you would call an "actress" (I'm not in the music-dance-theatre program, I'm not that good), but I love being on stage. Singing, dancing, speech-ing, I love it all.
Let's just say, however, I'm glad I'm not a performer in ancient Greece. They used only three actors in each play, regardless of how many characters there actually were*! Talk about memorizing lines, not to mention trying to project through an entire amphitheater (as Prof. Burton demonstrated in class today).
That's so interesting that usually there were only three people in the play!! For some reason that reminds me of Jim Carey... I read a little about theater too and it said that women weren't even allowed to be in the plays so imagine men doing all the women roles too. Pretty crazy! If you read my post you can see more of the limitations on women. Good thing we can enjoy acting in a play here and now!
ReplyDeleteI find it intriguing that performing was done by only three people no matter how many characters were involved. I had not realized that but am reminded of the sophisticated performances that they often had according to Professor Burton. You should give it a shot! Every once and a while I see incredible actors and actresses who can perform a whole story by themselves. It is very entertaining.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I love Johnny Depp so much--he can play all sorts of characters (all with the same Johnny Depp-flair, mind you), and play them well. Doing that myself seems a little more difficult… :)
DeleteI always knew that the Greeks had men play all of the characters, but only three actors?! That is impressive! It certainly would help keep plays from getting overly complicated.
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