Romeo and Juliet and Directing

September 10, 2008

Jim Schulz

It was very obvious in class today that directing plays a tremendous part in a play. It will either make it or break it! When our group was preparing to present Act IV Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, I was playing Capulet. The first time I read through my lines were very uneventful and rather dry (I was just basically reading words). There was no emotion and every line sounded the same. One of our group members pointed out that I needed to put more into what I was saying and try to depict the emotions that Capulet was expressing. She directed me as to how the lines should be read, showing how Capulet was really feeling. It was obvious that this made a tremendous difference. Although I don't feel I captured the full effects of what I was told, I definitely learned the importance of good directing and how it can make the play a winner.