After rehearsing the scenes more and going over the changes we made, I felt there were still areas I did not fully understand. To help with this, I researched the directions and philosophy of the writer, Sam Beckett. The initial research I did was good enough for a basis but the additional research, definitely helped much more, as I learnt the way in which he directs and the vision he had for the actors in his play. The part of the scene that confused me the most was the meaning. What it all meant, and why certain things are the way they are. Researching into Beckett’s intention for the play and other elements of the play, such as the repetitive and circular nature of it. After watching the 1989 performance in France and researching the play, we rehearsed with the new information and felt extremely happy with what we made.
Moving on to the performance, both I and my partner felt very happy with the final product. Besides a few missed timings and slightly off-time for a few of the lines, we got a lot of the parts we rehearsed into the performance. Our volume was better than we began with, we got the timing right on a lot of the lines, and were generally content with what we had made given our unfortunate beginning.
The Actor’s Bible 