In a message dated 01/11/2001 2:49:20 PM Central Standard Time,
mightymezzo@h... writes:
<< I thinking of using one of the Old Lady's speeches from "Candide," as I
just
played the role last summer. When I played the Old Lady, I used a weird
half-Spanish half-French half-Yiddish accent. (She's easily assimilated,
after all.) For the auditions, I thought I would use an accent, not as
extreme as the performance dialect, but noticeable.
Anyone think that this is a mistake? Should I just go with my normal
civilized East Coast Fluffyan Usonian speech? >>
I personally think you should use whatever dialect is appropriate to the
character. You wouldn't go in and do Shakespeare like you come from Chicago
- unless that's the direction of that particular production.
Christine Thomas
Wauwatosa, WI
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