Thanks MTVMANN.
Lady Macbeth doesn't actually kill anyone.
Her presence shows that women can be just as power-hungry as men, but society forces them to claim power in different ways.
Lady Macbeth's true power comes from her ability to manipulate those around her.
She keeps her husband under control, she charms her guests into thinking that her husband is sane, and she sweet-talks Duncan to give him a false sense of safety and lure him to his death.
I am indeed in an all-female production, which adds new challenges to the role.
Lady Macbeth calls upon the spirits to make her more like a man.
But in this production, I am one of two females who is actually playing a female (the other being Lady Macduff. I'm not sure why, but our director changed the handmaid into another doctor. *shrugs*).
Because of that, I have to make it obvious that I am, indeed, a female.
This is especially important, as some of the females who are playing males are not particulary good at being males...
So I think I'm going to go for a kind of a sexy/evil edge to it.
When trying to mislead Duncan, I think I'll flirt with him mercilessly.
It will be appropriate to play up my femininity in that section, as it's meant to contrast with the growing corruption of the character.
Also, I think that I will allow myself to slip into more of a feminine identity in Act IV, when going crazy.
Of course, I haven't discussed any of this with my director yet...
But I want to have made some good strong choices before we get into rehearsals.
And if he doesn't like them, then I will be perfectly willing to change.
:)
I starred in a short film called
Magnetic Personality. Check it out!
