The first Tempest rehursal

We started this rehearsal going through the script as Dan my partner is still not secure on his lines and there is no point jumping into blocking when he doesn't even know what his lines mean. We went through the lines and looked at what they mean and what to think about when saying them, for example my line "do you love me" was seen completely differently by Dan than I saw it as he thought it was Miranda asking Ferdinand if he loves her as in the idea that he is superior and she is completely in love with him to the point that she couldn't wait to know if he feels the same. Whereas through looking through the lines previous we found that as a character she is very nice and she's not  consumed with swooning over him but rather she doesn't know any better and the only way for her to learn is through simply asking, so we deduced that  she is more inquisitive rather than stupidly falling over him, but it's all up to people's interpretations.  also after a class discussion we found that we are setting The Tempest work in the 40's/50's style so me and Dan looked at if we were going to do accents or not, we decided against it as it wasn't an accent Dan was completely comfortable sustaining through the piece. The time setting doesn't really change the context of the piece we decided that we are keeping the logs described in the extract and not changing anything other than the costume during our piece. By the end of the day we decided on our opening positions for the piece but there is much more to do in future lessons. Adam has kindly said he would step in and play Prospero for us in our work and we have placed his character at the highest point of the set to watch over the events and say his lines over us to highlight his status in the play.
11.12.2014
We have removed the character Prospero from our piece as he is not a vital part of the scene and he only acts as an over looker in the extract. The scene is still effect without this character and still makes complete scene. This hasn't pose a problem and in my opinion it has made it a lot easier to follow for both he audience and me as an actor. I personally think that this change allows me and Dan to create a connection between our character as there is no interruption through out.