As in our version of The Tempest Prospero is a Witch Doctor and instead of putting spells on people he uses drugs to control people and to make sure that he has the power. It is really important that we know what drugs would be used by him so that we can understand the effects that they have on people.
For those playing the natives it is important to have knowledge about these sort of drugs as they are a part of their society as they come into religion and medication, which forms the way that they live and the norms of their society. Such as in our society nowadays we understand about the normal medicines and would go to the doctors when ill, we have to understand that in our play the natives put the same amount of trust in the Witch Doctors as we do in our medical system, and we have to be able to exercise this trust in our performance.
Also for those playing the characters who come off of the boat from the main land, like my character, it is important to know and understand the effects of the drugs because if we get drugged in the course of the play it is crucial to know how that would effect the characters so that when acting on stage it can be truthful and not over dramatized, it allows us to understand how we would act when drugged on these drugs so that it can be real to the moment and not fake.
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