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Discuss the intentions of my character, how were they shown?

My intentions for the character of which I played (Doug the caretaker) were for him to be a grumpy old git and for him to be like he has got the weight of the world on his shoulders. This being the play “teechers” would have linked in with the fact that Doug was always in a mood and being grumpy because of the kids at whitewall were miss behaving and being rude which rubbed off on Doug the caretaker. He comes onto the stage with an arched back and a screwed up face. Doug shows that he is always grumpy and a git by the tone of his voice and how he talks. He talks like he has just breathed in a load of smoke and like there is something on his chest. I achieved this by putting on that voice by moaning and changing my voice so that the audience would understand who I am and who I wanted to convey across. The reason that I made it so I had an arched back was because then the audience would know that I was old and that old men can usually be grumpy and that is what Doug is like so that is why I made him appear to be old so that it seemed to make sense. Doug didn’t have that much energy so when I was in the stage I tried to make it that I was quite slow and I did that because then it would seem real.