After learning about Agnes' character in more depth by reading the play, I thought about her life story, the type of character she is through the way she interacts with others and how I can make those traits transfer through the mannerisms and physicality in my performance.
"... Agnes an almost childlike young woman singing happily,
looking out the
window. Then Agnes hears a slight sound and stops abruptly."
I feel she should be quite agitated, and sensitive when discussing her Mother and the Lady, for example. I have ideas of how I might direct myself through the progression of Agnes' monologue which I have annotated on my script;
- 'and I... I'm never sure if it'd her, or the Lady who tells me things!' At this pause I could sharply glance to the corner being slightly afraid and hesitant of sharing her vision and exposing herself, still with a child-like quality
I also thought about the tone and vocalization I should try to adopt when performing this monologue, I feel I could try to differ it from my classical monologue which is more confident and assured in its tone. Something which I want to really consider is that Agnes' character has had no influences from the world outside of her court where she lives. Which would mean her tone being quite raw and organic, and it shouldn't reflect the tone of a typical teenage girl or young woman.
Online script: http://nldslab.soe.ucsc.edu/charactercreator/film_corpus/film_2012xxxx/imsdb.com/Agnes-of-God.html
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