Romeo and Juliet

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Date: 18 March 2005 13:05:05

Tommorrow morning I'm going to go to auditions for Romeo and Juliet - if I am sucessful, this will be the first drama type production that I will be part of since leaving secondary school. It will also mean that I have to act sane for several months, but that should be do able...

I'm not sure how to prepare - I've not done an audition for anything proper for a long time, but i've read Romeo and Juliet, and prepared a piece (Portia's speach in the Merchant of Venice - you know, the one that goes the quality of mercy is not strained it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the earth beneath, it is twice blessed... ).

It's a bit annoying really, i'm the wrong age or sex for most of the decent characters - I'd love to play the nurse, but I'm guessing 20 is too young, I'm too old for Juliet (wasn't she 14?) and much as i'd love to play friar lawrence I'm not a bald middle aged man...Shakespeare wasn't that hot on female characters really (for obvious reasons)...it's a shame...

I'll let you know how the auditions go...