Read along with Troy's monologue about death, which occurs a few pages into the first scene. As you read and follow along, note the ways the actors are reading the lines and what actions the actors are putting into the scene. Then, answer the questions that follow.
1. What actions did the actors add to the scene? Why do you think they added them? What parts of the character or the scene were they emphasizing?
2. Where did the actor playing Troy pause, or speak louder, or change tone? What parts of the character or the scene did he seem to be emphasizing?
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1.) The action that the actor added to the scene, was the actions he made when he talked about the fastball on the outside corner. Another action he added was when he acted like he threw something, when he talked about death's sickle.
2.) The actor's pause came when he started to act out the part when, Troy described how death and his army came and tryed to take him.
Ke'yarn Edwards a.k.a James Baldwin
From Period 1
The actions the actor added to the scene were the ones when he used his bat to symbolize how to hit a fastball in outside corner.He uses this to empahnsize how easy it is to avoid death.
The actor who played the Troy paused to act out how it was when he was taken away by the army.Troy also started speak louder when he felt strongly about what he was talking about it.
1.) The action that the actor added to the scene, was the actions that Troy made when he talked about baseball and the fastball on the outside corner. Another one he added was when he started to talk about somehing about death's sickle.
2.)Troy paused when he started to talk about how death and some of his army tried to come and take him away.He had confidence that death one day was going to come and get him.
Bridgette Carey a.k.a Julia Alveraz
From Period 1
1. The actions that the actor for Troy added was when he stood up as he talked about Death being nothing more than a fastball on the outside corner. Throughout the scene he used the bat to emphasize the movement that he had with Death.
2.The actor for Troy sped up and slowed down at the part where he stated that everybody would eventually die. He paused and slowed his speech when describing the exhaustion he felt on the third day of battling with Death.
1.)The action that the actor added to the scene, was the actions he made when he talked about the fastball on the outside corner.He uses this to show how he avoided death.
2.)The actor who played the Troy paused to act out how it was when he was taken away by the army.He paused when describing the tiredness he felt on the third day of battling with Death.
Jacob Eldridge Or August Wilson
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