The Boards - Tuesday - 6/3

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Things had worked out rather well last week.

That said, he had quite a few more non NPC actors worth working with now. Usually that meant one of two things: flare ups between cast members or--

Well, thank goodness none of them had the experience to engage in the other problem, he hoped. He wasn't quite sure if the production could handle a cast united against him at this stage of the game. And not for this play. Lines got drawn too deep in the sand with this play. This play was dangerous, dark.

Which was why he'd picked it.

"Well, better get things started."

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[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

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Re: You here?

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack Burton, still unsure.

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[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber Atkins

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[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal Stephanides

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[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Gladys

Rehearsal

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Notes for:
Act V Scenes i and ii (http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/titus/section7.rhtml)
Scene iii (http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/titus/section8.rhtml)
Act I Scene i (http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/titus/section1.html)

Lines for:
Act V Scene i (http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/titusandronicus/14/)
Scene ii (http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/titusandronicus/15/)
Scene iii (http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/titusandronicus/16/)
Act I Scene i (http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/titusandronicus/3/)

Re: Rehearsal

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Heeeey, Cal actually got to rehearse his lines today. That was...something. Something interesting, really. He had his script rolled up in his hand, but was doing his best to recite his first chunk of lines from memory.

"Romans, friends, followers," lend me your..., "favorers of my right, if ever Bassianus, Caesar's son, were gracious in the eyes of royal Rome, keep then this passage to the Capitol and suffer not dishonor to approach the imperial seat," pause, glance at the script, " to virtue consecrate, to justice, continence and nobility; but let desert in..." glance, "pure election shine, and, Romans, fight for freedom in your choice."

Holy run-on sentence, Ratman. Not too bad. Not extremely good, either.

Re: Rehearsal

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey was leaning back in his seat, his chin between the fingers of one hand as he watched with the sort of focus that could easily be called 'unnerving' if it held too long.

Which, being Geoffrey, it did.

"Why're you giving this speech?" he asked Cal.

Re: Rehearsal

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Uh," Cal looked slightly confused by the question as he took a light glance around the room. "'Cause...we finally got to my scene?"

He may have possibly misinterpreted the question. Just a bit.

Re: Rehearsal

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey smiled, just a little. Thank god Cal was genuinely confused.

"I mean," he said slowly, hands gesturing in a 'give me more' sort of rolling wave, "why is Bassianus giving this speech?"

Re: Rehearsal

[gkar-lastkhari.livejournal.com]

G'Kar stepped up onto the stage, script in hand, just in case.

"Who doth molest my contemplation?
Is it your trick to make me ope the door,
That so my sad decrees may fly away,
And all my study be to no effect?
You are deceived: for what I mean to do
See here in bloody lines I have set down;
And what is written shall be executed."

His voice carried far across the theatre, and he didn't have to rely on the script after all.

Re: Rehearsal

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

"So where is your Titus right now?"

He didn't like to interrupt a scene, but it sounded like just the spot for it.

Re: Rehearsal

[gkar-lastkhari.livejournal.com]

G'Kar considered his question for a moment. "He is feigning madness so that he may take revenge upon Tamora. He knows it is them come in disguise, but instead of tricking him, he tricks them."

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[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber stood on stage, resolute, chin held high, face devoid of emotion.

"Thus, in this strange and sad habiliment, I will encounter with Andronicus," She paused here, stared out over her fellow actors and declared, "And say I am Revenge, sent from below to join with him and right his heinous wrongs. Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps, to ruminate strange plots of dire revenge;" Again Amber paused, eyes unblinking.

"Tell him Revenge is come to join with him, and work confusion on his enemies."

Notes

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

If any of the actors do a scene together.

Off-Stage

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

If it isn't acting, it goes here.

Re: Off-Stage

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Since they weren't looping around to Act I again until toward the end, Cal's off-stage, mouthing through his lines. His what? Few lines. Handful of them. Still, he was kind of nervous about finally having to do something with them.

Re: Off-Stage

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber curled up in a chair, quiet, mentally going over her lines and following along as others repeated theirs.

Re: Off-Stage

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

True, he'd gotten soap from her last week, but Cal still hadn't gotten a chance to bug and interrupt Amber's rehearsing her lines last week because of the Obnoxious American stuff, so he made sure, at some point, to give her a wave if her attention ever shifted his way when they were both off-stage.

Re: Off-Stage

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

He caught her attention; she had seen him earlier when she came in, though truth to tell, she was avoiding him. Sure, Ino and her had discussed certain issues regarding him, and it was all fun and games while they had, but seeing him especially when she was feeling particulary vulnerable, well, she'd rather just keep her mouth shut. These days, no telling what was liable to come flying out of it.

Amber waved back, a tiny smile lifting the corner of her mouth.

Re: Off-Stage

[gkar-lastkhari.livejournal.com]

"Amber," G'Kar smiled as he took a seat next to her. "How goes things with you? I'm sorry I didn't come by to visit you at the store last week. I got buried in other business."

Re: Off-Stage

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"Hi, G'Kar, and never you worry about that. I never come by when you're workin' but I plan to fix that," she said, smiling a bit. "How are you?" she asked, evading his question to her.

OOC

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

PIE AND DOOM!

...pie and doom.

*dances*

Side note of business, though: feel free to use the sparknotes, folks. That's what I provide them for ^_^. I know not everyone wants to weed through this text and I'm happy to work with things from the notes. Just give it a fling and off we'll go.

Re: OOC

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

All we wanna do is eat your brains!

Re: OOC

[suit-of-sables.livejournal.com]

...your comment reached me JUST as my winamp decides to play the JC mix of "Still Alive."


We're not unreasonable; I mean, no one's gonna eat your eyes.