Good progress today on a number of fronts simultaneously: Christine came in to do more bellydancing movement work with the Egyptian ladies; we figured out how the various Romans reacted to Egypt's culture; we worked through and semi-blocked several early Egypt scenes; and John, Monica and I started to crack the complex, ever-shifting relationship between Antony and Cleopatra.
Monica, Beverly, Leah, Erin, and Jennifer did some great work in building a coherent Cleopatran entity--moving in unison, or building off each other's movements, in a way which really captures the stage. Then the four waiting-women had a conversation about their respective characters. Hopefully, they'll share some of their observations and discoveries on this very blog...?
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Yes, the rescripting I've done leaves Alexas and Mardias somewhat out of the loop at the play's end. In the original play, those two characters were male servants of Cleopatra (Mardian was a eunuch), and they did survive to the final curtain.
I'm inclined to do the same in this case, simply in order to conserve stage space (at the end of King Lear, there were five bodies onstage, and it was starting to get hard to walk around!).
A bit unrelated but would Snakes on a Plane be appropriate research material???
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