Our Country’s Good
Hinchley Wood School AS
Welcome to HWS blog for Our Country’s Good (OCG). I will keep this updated on a weekly basis (hopefully) and you guys will also be able to contribute if you want.
There are many different processes for how to rehearse; for us it is to explore the text and to explore practically several elements:
Social, cultural, historical and political context
Response to practitioner (in our case Stan the Man)
So far we have sat together for a few lessons and read the play and explored the text. We have also started to explore ‘blocking’ the first scene in our search for a shape that tells the story best and have explored character work, creating some improvisations which explore on-stage relationships, and delve into the imaginary life of the character outside of the play.
I feel that our first few lessons on OCG have been creative and thought-provoking with analysis of the text, practical and imaginative ensemble improvisations and even a research and presentation project which gave us all chance to share knowledge of the social and historical context of the play.
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