Actor / Audience Relationship

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The actors all held a beautiful quality of connecting with their characters and the audience. They were all able to feel the raw emotions of their characters and relay this through their advanced craft and story telling.

One of the characters used a lowered part of the stage to directly address the audience. This gave an air of closeness and intimacy between the character and the audience because they confided in them and addressed them directly, as they would a friend.

The character of the Moor was great in directly addressing the audience to further the narrative. 

The characters remained onstage apart from once at the beginning of the play when young Catherine came into the audience

Moments of direct address towards the audience from specific characters and in moments would use that.

Emotionally engaging to the audience and brought us on a journey with them.

During the "rock scene", Cathy felt extremely close to the audience, bringing a sense of closeness between her and the audience. 

The Actor/ Audience was often broken both by the actors coming down towards the audience or directly addressing the audience, breaking the 4th wall. Plus, the Moor acted as in-between for the actors and audience, bringing us closer to the characters and the narrative through her narration and song. Plus, the actors sitting on the side breaking their silent watching to participate further broke down the barrier between audience and actor. 

Occasional breaks of the 4th wall allowed the audience to connect with characters whilst also being embedded in the fact that they’re watching a story

Being able to see the actors when they left the stage and were essentially "out of character" despite still being seen by the audience.

The narrator was The Moor and she used direct address in order to move the story forward. The plot is quite confusing however, she tries to help break it down for the audience and fills in any gaps of time that were not able to fit in to the play to help keep the audience up to date with the plot. She also indicated any moments when time had passed and acted as a guide throughout the story for both the audience and a moral guide for some of the characters. This helped us as audience feel as though we are being told the story and all the action on stage is how our imagination comes to life and pictures the story. This is developed through the use of over-the-top caricatures which is how we imagine characters to be in our head and this all reflects how the famous book captured so many readers imaginations.