Pace and Energy

Pace and Energy

For the show of the 39 Steps, it’s a very fast paced show and also rather melodramatic and as a group we wanted to show this in the best way without going too over the top and killing any possible jokes. For our first scene which is the Sheriff and inspector we had rehearsed it at a normal pace and as if it was like an interview of some sort. However, very quickly we had some ideas that we thought would be comedic and so decided to put them in and when showing the other group, we received positive feedback so we knew quickly that we had got that scene right. I feel that with this play it was funny at parts because the pace is so fast and when there was a part that meant it was going slow it would add some sort of comedy value to it. When rehearsing the scenes that I’m in (Clown 1 or 2) I actually found that I would become rather hot and tired quickly just because of the amount of energy that you need to put into it. To me it felt as if it was good sign because I felt as if I was doing it right and the way it should be done. 

Personally I also feel as if the Pace and Energy need to go together with this play on the basis that you can’t really pull it off if you don’t have either of them. Even with one missing, it would be a different show completely and the comedy values would probably be meaningless and also pointless.