Even though most of this project was decided because I insisted at the beginning that I did not feel comfortable performing alone in front of a physical audience in costume for this piece, it is still slightly surreal and embarrassing to be performing to a virtual audience as well. Admittedly, it was a little embarrassing recording answers to the videos, even though I was technically not in front of a physical audience, the fact that I was aware that there would be the person who asked the question watching it, while also there would be numerous other unknown people watching, it became a little daunting, and I felt generally more nervous acting to a screen and talking to a microphone while no-one was around rather than acting in front of a crowd of people.
After doing my initial ‘waiting’ and ‘response’ video on vyou.com I started getting several questions sent to me straight away. Oddly enough they were not entirely the sort of questions I was expecting except perhaps from the ‘who are you?’ question. All the others seemed to be from people who were playing along with me dressed up, asking questions about the sort of plays I was doing as if the character was real - I had expected such questions to wait a little before people finally accepted that I was acting in-character, but it seemed that people were far more accepting than I expected.
One question I was asked talked about what sort of plays I had been up to, and so I replied with some of the research I had studied beforehand. The other questions however were more relating to an in-character piece of play. I was told that I looked ‘spiffy’, if I knew the playwright of ‘Wit Without Money’ and what my favourite drink was on a cold night. These were most enjoyable to respond to as I was able to behave more like the character would, and be able to understand a little bit more about him as a developing character.
Specifically with the two questions about the play ‘Wit Without Money’. In the first reply about what plays Samuel Daniel did, he replied with the title of the play and stated that he was performing as the character ‘Isabella’ because she is pretty, and he was clearly chosen because he is considerably pretty too, and that he is well-known for playing the ‘pretty’ women characters on stage. At which point, he then complains about how the Lady has better lines and banter than him. He seems genuinely annoyed with this – it seems, his character wants him to get noticed, he wants more stage time and he wants to be the one everyone remembers once the play is over and done with. Similarly, after the response to knowing the playwright of ‘Wit Without Money’, it seems Samuel Daniel is a little annoyed with him, perhaps frustrated at his success of having written with Shakespeare. Though, he does commend him on his dress sense, apparently appearance is considerably important to Samuel Daniel, and even though a person may frustrate and annoy him, he can ease up his dislike for them somewhat if they dress well.
When addressing the questions such as ‘you look rather spiffy’ and ‘show us what you’re wearing’ he is very pleased by this, and extremely smug. Clearly he thinks a lot of himself, and thinks he dresses very well – which has been established as being very important to him. He shows off his attire and agrees that he does ‘look rather spiffy’ indeed. Already it has been established that Samuel Daniel is rather confident, he takes pride in his appearance, thinking that his looks, and the way he dresses partially attributes to his work on the stage. He likes to be the centre of attention, and gets annoyed when other people show off instead of him.
So far, only six questions have been given and responded to, though already that has developed a certain personality for the character already.
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