We’ve started blocking rehearsals for Boston Marriage. Blocking can be tedious but we are managing quite well. In the next couple of weeks things should start to flow quickly. Rehearsal time is cut short now because of the holidays, so the first of the year we will be back to the routine. We constantly find new things to laugh at and question.
I have read that Mamet wrote this play in response to his critics that said he could not write good roles for women. They say that Mamet is known for his macho man dialogue and situations. Well- this show is certainly not “macho”, in the sense that there are no male roles. However- the dialogue and situations are simply a variation on his manly themes; the macho lines and situations are presented by "women of fashion" instead of men. There is very little question to the relationship of the women and they lay it all on the line. However, with the double entendres and Victorian era dialogue, sometimes, you just aren’t quite sure if they really said what you think they said. And when you realize that they did just say that, it is both shocking and hilarious to hear such things from Victorian upper-class society women! The Victorian setting, language and societal expectations of women of the time, combined with the expected Mamet wit and grit make for a racy, saucy good time!
Lisa
