Spalding Gray

.Arguably the most well-known autobiographical performer of recent decades. Spalding Gray  led way to a turn in the American Avant-Garde theatre. I specifically like his use of  direct address within his performances. His fast paced and erratic speech adds a touch of comedy to his performances, regardless of the subject matter.  As a solo artiest he explicitly  address the problems within society  through the use of  recorded media and stories.

 

spalding gray

 

.I have chosen to  research Gray as I am keen to use his performance style and his performance techniques within my own work. Like Gray, I want to use  coordinated writing, live performance, and audio recording to develop the  monologues of both Virginia and  Sylvia. Autobiographical  storytelling will play a big part in performance. As I will be using various sources and stimuli to bring the two women to life. These been Virginia’s suicide note to her husband, as well as poems she had written. I will also be using her book Mrs Dalloway  as a base for my performance and I will also be using quotes and references she herself had  made before her death. For Sylvia I will be using  Ted Hughes Birthday Letters as a stimuli to create her monologue, as well as poems she had written and like Virginia i will also be using things she said in interviews about what she things about life.

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