Ever since the beginning of the semester I've been fascinated with this idea of suspension of disbelief. Even the most elementary change in a character can alter their entire persona. Early in the semester I was in Acting class and wore a hat the first few week. The fourth week comes around and I decide to not wear the hat. You know what happened, I'll tell you what happened; the teacher didn't even recognize me. It's happened many times before, but the fact that it happened in Acting class during the same semester in which I've taken Studies in Shakespeare makes it a little more intriguing.
Furthermore, I've attempted to employ and been an advocate of this tactic since our School of Night group started meeting and constructing our interpretation of Henry IV: Part I. If one of our groupmates were to wonder how they would play two characters then I would suggest my fallback stage direction, "Just grab another hat, the audience will get it."
In acting, it's not all about the costume, but it sure helps the point get across and draws some particulars for the audience to feed upon.
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