Shhh it's a secret

There are many issues and ideas I feel like discussing with people about this production. Unfortunately some of them become spoilers. In fact most of the issues lead to suggesting or giving away something. For example the actors are playing characters who are in many cases hiding something.

To discuss the journeys or issues we have to work on always leads to some truth or lie in the play. One actor is looking at a very incriminating secret that impacts on their performance all the way through. Even their presence at Monkswell Manor is an issue.

Another is hiding their knowledge for reasons that become clear. But there is very little else I can say. What is interesting though is the process of sorting out how equivocation is treated in performance without giving anything away and without giving anything undue weight either as a clue or a red herring. The team are approaching his well. Tomorrow's rehearsal will include an introduction of characters by the actors. The introductions will include information in creating a consistent past that leads them to the time and date of the murder, also it will help explain their equivocation if they are innocent. The rehearsal may also include actors changing parts to see how we can play with motivations and responses and build on the frame we have.

We'll also return to looking at issues of time, that is manners and social mores in 1952 England. For example men standing when women enter the room, how people sit, and is cross-legged acceptable, and class issues.