On Monday morning, (wet through from the rain and shivering) we began to read through the play, beginning with the scene between Antigone and Haemon. We looked really deep into the moment of orientation, even coming up with interpretations of the story behind Antigone's apology for the night before.
Me and my partner decided to play it a bit less subtly than we later decided it should have been, with a snigger from Haemon, who then digs himself further into the hole with his apology for being surprised at Antigone's outfit. We needed to have Haemon a bit more shocked/ uncomfortable than amused and as Antigone had gone there for certain reason, she needed to come closer and more affectionately to Haemon. When we performed it, I don't think really tried hard enough to relax into the mood of Haemon and thought too much about getting the story to the audience, e.g. getting the right words out rather having the right body language or tone of voice.
We then went back to the moment of orientation, and going against the stage directions in the text which made antigone run to Haemon, we made it more awkward with silence, distance and glances at the start until Antigone can't take it anymore and bursts out with her apology, then them coming together as Haemon says he's forgiven her. I liked how me and my partner did it as I feel it managed to show Haemon's caution over how Antigone will act, and Antigone's embarrassment for the night before. Mr Chipp had similar ideas to ours about how Haemon and Antigone should act at the moment of orientation, but with a bit more tension while Antigone was speaking her apology.
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