Developing a character is one of my favorite parts of being a play. It's like the journey of best friends.
1. You meet your character and you poke and prod to find out things about their past and their general interests. When I met Fare Madrina, I felt like I could be good friends with her-but my first impression was that she was a little sharp around the edges and a little hard to understand sometimes. So I poked and prodded at her to find out what was going on behind that fairy mind of hers.
2. As you hang out with this person more, you gradually notice certain odd traits about them. Yesterday, I noticed that Fare Madrina walks funny. She doesn't walk heel-toe, like normal people do. She either places her foot straight down and walks like she's on a line, or she walks toe-heel.
3. You get to know the person so well that you know what they will say in response to things, you know the melody of their speech, and you can mimic what they do almost to perfection. I haven't gotten this far with Fare Madrina. I don't even know if she's really Scottish or not! But, hopefully in the next weeks, I can decipher more of that.
More fun tomorrow!
Your daily dose of Doctor Who:
"Always bring a banana to a party, Rose. Bananas are good."
-The Tenth Doctor =D
~Ana
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