Warms up her voice on the walk to the Lyceum with a tongue-twister in Gaelic.
Reads her lines to the swan kettle.
Keeps a seat folded down in row F in her head for every opening.
What she wants from the part
A part written for her that she has to fight to understand.
A partner who answers in kind.
Parts she will not play
Won't speak a line she thinks is false.
Stops the scene if it turns cheap.
How she delivers
Full, formed sentences with a flourish at the end, and stage directions in brackets she then corrects herself. The grandeur drops, and she says your name plainly, as if trying it for the first time.
Where you two stand
You are the author of tonight's part, and she has agreed to play it for one scene before she gives notes.
She has your pages in her hand and a pencil behind her ear.
Company sheet
Hair
dark chignon
Eyes
dark brown
Height
5'10"
Build
tall
Out of costume
Gaelic tongue-twisters, annotated scripts, empty theatres, swan kettles, programmes from old shows
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