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    Death of A Salesman Rehearsal Plan

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    This rehearsal plan summarizes preparations for acting out an important scene from Death of a Salesman between Willy and Howard. The actors researched their characters, formulated a script with thoughts and expressions for each line, and added props and actions to emphasize their objectives. They drew inspiration from a film adaptation and worked to truly feel their characters' mindsets during rehearsals. Getting into their characters' objectives and reacting to each other helped create a realistic atmosphere for the performance.

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    Death of A Salesman Rehearsal Plan

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    This rehearsal plan summarizes preparations for acting out an important scene from Death of a Salesman between Willy and Howard. The actors researched their characters, formulated a script with thoughts and expressions for each line, and added props and actions to emphasize their objectives. They drew inspiration from a film adaptation and worked to truly feel their characters' mindsets during rehearsals. Getting into their characters' objectives and reacting to each other helped create a realistic atmosphere for the performance.

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    This rehearsal plan summarizes preparations for acting out an important scene from Death of a Salesman between Willy and Howard. The actors researched their characters, formulated a script with thoughts and expressions for each line, and added props and actions to emphasize their objectives. They drew inspiration from a film adaptation and worked to truly feel their characters' mindsets during rehearsals. Getting into their characters' objectives and reacting to each other helped create a realistic atmosphere for the performance.

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    This rehearsal plan summarizes preparations for acting out an important scene from Death of a Salesman between Willy and Howard. The actors researched their characters, formulated a script with thoughts and expressions for each line, and added props and actions to emphasize their objectives. They drew inspiration from a film adaptation and worked to truly feel their characters' mindsets during rehearsals. Getting into their characters' objectives and reacting to each other helped create a realistic atmosphere for the performance.

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    Death of a Salesman Rehearsal Plan

    We chose the conversation between Howard and Willy that ends up


    with Willy being fired because we believed that this was the most
    important and significant dialogue to occur within the text. It was a
    clear portrayal of Willy as a failing salesman that distinguished him
    from the arrogant successful nature of Howard. Most of all, the section
    outlined and explained Willys past as well as the reason he became a
    salesman. Ivan and I also liked how it mentioned the phrase death of
    a salesman as an easter egg.
    We started off by researching what the exact natures of the two
    characters were like through the internet and book itself. We tried to
    play out and visualize what the setting would be like during drama
    periods. After reading through the dialogue several times as well as
    reading the whole text, we formulated a more detailed script of our
    duologue. This script more clearly outlined what each characters
    feelings, thoughts, variation of sound and facial expressions would be
    in every single line. We even cut out a paragraph that we agreed was
    unnecessary to the building of our characters given the time limit we
    had to stick within.
    However, as we went through our script over and over again, sitting
    down, we realised that there needed to be more action within the
    dialogue that was still realistic and true to the characters. We started
    brainstorming props to add, attire of the characters, objects within the
    room and interactions with the space that emphasized the desires of
    the characters.
    When we were starting to become stuck within our own ideas, we
    decided to download a film version of Death of a Salesman to be able
    to see on screen how Willy and Howards relationship unfolded.
    Drawing inspiration from the movie, we adjusted some lines because
    we thought that they felt more natural.
    During our rehearsals, sometimes it would be extremely difficult for
    Ivan and I to truly feel or let ourselves become the character. This
    was because we didnt fully relate to the character given our
    circumstances. Yet i overcame my difficulty in understanding Willy not
    as a character, but a person, by imagining myself 40 years later,
    disappointment that i had not achieved all the goals that i
    optimistically believe i will achieve now. This really shook and shivered
    my spine, which channeled into my voice and body when i shouted the
    line I put 34 years into the company!. In that 3 or so seconds, i had
    really became Willy, the old and failed salesman.

    One of the main considerations that helped the fleshing out of


    characters within our minds was analysing what the objectives of our
    characters were in every word they uttered. But even knowing the
    objective of my character when he grabs Howard by the collar, an
    action we had written in, it was hard to actually portray it because i
    wasnt actually angry at Ivan and there is a huge difference between
    acting angry and actually being angry. As contradictory as it may
    seem, it was actually the imagination and over-the-top-ness that
    helped in showcasing my character for what he really was in that
    situation.
    When a boxer punches a still bag, he feels less weight than if the bag
    was moving towards him when he punches it. The same applies to
    speech or emotion. When Willy is angry and begs Howard, the fact that
    Howard wanted nothing more than to get away from Willy was a factor
    that helps the atmosphere of realism of the performance when both
    actors have gotten the mindsets of their respective characters
    embedded in their minds.

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