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Shakespeare- initial thoughts

Shakespeare- initial thoughts I studied Shakespeare in English at school (Macbeth itself, actually) and I found the play quite interesting and enjoyable. The characters are well written and despite being written in 1606, Lady Macbeth is written as a female character that has some sort of power over her husband and others. Whether this was written as a humorous thing that seemed improbable or Shakespeare actually wanted there to be a strong female in the play is hard to tell, but the characters and their backgrounds are very memorable.
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UAL Level 3 Acting Units 1-4

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Skills, fears and hopes A couple of days before, we had an induction day where we completed sheets of paper full of the skills we need, fears and hopes for the upcoming course. We had a range of different ideas but when we came back on Monday, we had a finalised it into a list: Skills: *confidence *awareness *imagination/creativity *collaboration *discipline *listening *openness *voice *observation *enjoy! Fears: *habits *being shy *getting it 'wrong' *fear of failure Hopes *friends *openness I hope to go back to this list at the end of the year to see how many of these I have achieved by then/need to work on improving. Vocal work On Thursday we did vocal work in class. We first laid on the floor to relax and stop tension before practising our vowels and consonants. Vocal work is important within acting to help with diction and concentration. We also learnt about glottal stops which are harsh stops of the vocal cords when saying consonants such...
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