'Checkout' Play

Outfit

In the one-act play 'Checkout' by Johnny Grim, Mr Morgan is a leading character. An old man in his late fifties who lives in Australia and is a regular customer of the store 'G-Mart'. Mr Morgan should in my opinion wear a simple hat, jacket and trousers like presented below but they should be neat and clean as Mr Morgan is someone who has a lot of respect for himself.

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Props:

- Walking cane (for Morgan)
- Expired ticket to a bus tour in Paris (for Morgan)
- Store themed apron (for Jenny and storeman)
- Fat wallet (for Wedgecock)
- Desk (for Mr Wedgecock)
- Cashier stand
- Shelves with supermarket goods

Stage Set

*The blue part on the floor from downstage right to upstage left is where the imaginary customers besides Morgan are walking and Jenny points them to walk in that direction to try the self serve machines.

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Reflecting on Othello Performance

On the 17th April my drama class performed the comedic version of the last two acts of Shakespeare's Othello. The audience had a good laugh and I feel that the play was a success. Apart from directing one of the scenes in previous classes, my role was as an announcer in Act 4 Scene 1 and Act 5 Scene 2. In comparison to some parts that my fellow classmates were to act out I didn't have much to memorise. I remembered to come out at the end of Act 4 Scene 1 and said the lines. I know myself to have stage fright but after rehearsing in class and at home my small part went fairly smoothly despite the fact that one of the announcers that was supposed to speak alongside me didn't come out in time and remained backstage. At the end of the play, Act 5 Scene 2, I was to come out and bring the play to a conclusion by speaking in chorus with the other 3 announcers on stage. There was an announcer that came from the wrong side of the stage and I had to walk to the other side so that the number of people was even on either side. We only rehearsed the line together twice and started speaking at different times on stage at which point I messed up my lines in confusion, so I would improve that if we were to redo the play. Finally, our whole class was to sit backstage and exclaim 'die' or 'gone from this world' for dramatic effect instead of the actor on stage saying it and I made sure to follow the script as the play went along and say the words when needed.