It's no trouble, but I don't know how I can coach you at
a distance. Acting is "present".
"Elegy" is calm on the surface, the rage is underneath,
suppressed. It's a good piece for using the standard "Method"
of emotional memory, where you associate a very specific memory
of hurt or injustice with each time the character refers to
her father's treatment of her.
Break it down into specific parts, and make each part different
(slightly). And it helps to build mental pictures of all the
people mentioned in it, and see them, their expressions, in
your mind's eye when you talk of them. Also-- who is your
audience? A single friend? A therapy group? The literal people
in front of you when you do it?
Why are you telling it at this moment? These are things you
must imagine and bring to life. I've only supplied the words.
(8/25/04)
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