Evaluation of The Cherry Orchard Performance

I believe the strengths of my performance was my energy given to the role on the night, the fact that we had rehearsed thoroughly meant that I was comfortable in what I wanted to display as Ranyevskaya. I believe that I had worked on my objectives thoroughly so that I was able to find the intention behind my lines and what I wanted to impose upon the other character. This was enabled through my thorough research on "Want Do Feel" and I believe that I was able to pursue what I wanted giving the nature of my character and the emotional roller coaster that I was aware of due to the fact that I knew what I wanted and how it would make me feel.

If I could I would've liked to explore my given circumstances much more thoroughly that even though I did explore I would like to introduce bolder decisions into my piece, such as really working on the idea of me being much more tipsy and therefore heightened in my characteristics due to the fact that I had just been out to a restaurant. I would like to see what effect that that would have on the scene and whether it would change the dynamic and atmosphere of the piece. 

I have learnt that although naturalism is about finding the truth there needs to be an element of performance and individuality between the characters without making it archetypal. I also found investigating and using Stanislavsky's system really increased my knowledge of performance and how to execute a character in an interesting and deep way in order for your character to be believable and really bring it to life.I also found that explore the units of the scene through the Stanislavsky system helped to ensure that I fully understood what was happening on a deeper and more analytic level, as I felt fully prepared and confident in my character, enough to just think about my purpose and objectives so much so that it shone through when I spoke my lines. I believe that I conveyed myself well to the audience as my objectives where made clear through my tone, pace and body language which thoroughly resonated a sense of ignorance and disregard for anyone but myself (Ranyevskaya). 

I found Romy's performance mesmerizing as I believed that she fully captured Ranyevskaya's personality and objectives, you could tell that each sentence had a purpose and was inflicted upon Trofimov to draw a specific thing from him. I believe that she commanded the space well even though she sat still the whole time she gave off a feeling of ignorance and almost belief that nothing could possibly become any worse, her short monologues exposed her character and I believe that she handled it very well.