Only 6 scheduled rehearshals to go. I am beginning to make sense of the production and I look forward to having a full cast this week.
My temptation with 'Larry' has been to play him as an angry, agressive patriarch who shouts a lot and looks menacing most of the time. As Lennie points out, this is too easy a characterisation and Larry is much more complex than that with a profoundly compassionate nature and a deep love for Sasha. He also seeks attention and reassurance from the women in his work environment and whilst being a charmer he has remained faithful to his wife although he reveals plans to 'stray' into infidelity.
Playing drunk is hard! The best drunk I have seen on film is Richard E Grant in 'Withnail and I': the balance between being audible and comprehensible but maintaining a credible drunk persona without hamming-it-up is a fine line to tread. Will I manage it? Only time in rehearshal will tell!
See you all over the next 2 days.
Alex
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