Making Up Lines

[deird_lj]

Had rehearsals last night.

The scene I'm in is one long party sequence. And yes, I have many lines, but I have even more time standing around in the background murmuring to people in vague having-a-conversation tones.

After a while, you run out of stuff to say to each other. Some people have been just saying what they're saying ("Pretty dress, pretty dress." "Ooh! Admire, admire, show off my dress." "Admire."), which is hilarious to listen to.
And last night my conversation partner and I got sick of that, and started reciting nursery rhymes to each other. There's something extremely entertaining about saying "Incy-wincy spider climbed up the waterspout" in very serious tones, while fluttering a fan and trying to look beautiful...

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Re: Rhubarb

[klme.livejournal.com]

Twas interesting when I was in 'My Fair Lady', and we had the scene at Ascott, all walking past each other haughtily and politely. There were those who stayed in character entirely - "Good morning, lovely to see you today, that was a good race" etc, and then those who used the chance to try and make their partner laugh, which would of course be entirely out of place in that scene. I remember having to practically run off stage after my dear partner remarked in the poshest Ascott accent "My dear you look like a cow in that dress. Let's go out for KFC"
Theatre is fun :)