Drama!

I dug up my last notebook from the archives today to find some study notes, and I discovered that there's actually some good writing in there that I should probably type up. Which makes me wonder if there are things from all my other previous notebooks that I should type up too...

I jotted a couple of things down yesterday that I discovered as I was reading. (Yes, reading!) The first one's a quote from a textbook on early English Drama by one of the playwrights I'm studying, Sir George Etherege:

"My heart was never touched for any for whom there remains not still some impression of kindness."

The second was something I stumbled across in Stanislavski's An Actor Prepares (I think it was quoting Coquelin):

"Art is in itself a creator, it creates its own life, beautiful in its abstraction, beyond the limits of time, and space."

I came up with a few lines yesterday. I think I'll publish them in my Google Docs sometime.

Ooh, speaking of Stan the man, Sharon Kennedy (a local actor and director whom I revere) ran a free acting workshop on Wednesday night as a way of beginning her rehearsals for The Return (Stark Raven Theatre, October 19th, 20th, 25th & 26th @ the Lighthouse Beach Resort). We went over objective, motivation and action with some text from Australian plays. We didn't have time to go too in-depth, but it was really helpful to revisit it. It's given me some fresh inspiration for interpreting some of the scenes I've been thinking about. Also, I made some new friends! (/contacts, hehe.)

I MC'd the local heat of Storm The Stage last weekend. Therese (my lovely friend from Margs) got through to the next round. The judges came into the wings afterwards and had a good chat to the four contestants and gave them lots of advice which I *happened* to overhear from my conveniently chosen hiding place backstage. Steve Lawson is someone I'd like to work with! I hope the opportunity arises. If not, I'll seek it when I have time.

When I have time seems to be one of those things at the moment. I'd better get back to work. Exam on Thursday. I'll keep you posted.

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