The Globe Space

I think it was really interesting and helpful to look at the Globe stage and to watch people perform on it for many reasons.
I thought it really put performance into context for me as it showed me what space actors in Shakespearian had to perform in and how they would have conducted themselves to make sure that they always were connecting and including with the surrounding audience. One thing a noticed about the actors is that they seemed to have a constant energy within them, I thought that this was good because they used this energy to make sure that every person in the audience was included in the performance. They did this through their movement and command of the stage, although I thought they didn't always get the balance right in controlling their energy as at some points it felt as if they were just running around for no reason. However I do think that they used the stage well and were able to address all members and areas of the audience and personally I think that this is really important because it means that all of the audience gets to enjoy the performance and to connect with the characters as they are able to see them and to be able to be emotionally part of the performance. I think this was really useful to watch as it shows me as an actor who is working in a thrust stage like the Globe is, how to be able to do a performance that includes all the audience but without looking forced or unnatural. I think on of the issues I personally face when it comes to performing in the Thrust is trying to give an honest and truthful performance, allowing my character to move naturally but at the same time opening the performance up to all sides of the audiences, so I think that watching another performance in a Thrust stage was really useful to experience it as an audience member to understand what I want from the actors to make me feel engaged.
I also think that contextually it was really interesting to watch a performance at the Globe because it showed us how it would have been performed in regard to the spacing that the performance took place in it. This allowed me to understand what Shakespeare was writing for and how he would have visualised his performance when he was writing as it would be performed in that space. This could show us how he may have written certain characters or their characteristics for the performance space, for example the more comical characters may have been given certain lines or characteristic's that would connect with the audience because they are so close to them, this could be argued that it gives us an insight to the characters and how they may be performed.