One of the most effective rehearsal tasks we did was exploring the scenes without any text, but simply playing our objectives. By removing the dialogue we were really able to focus on what our characters were trying to achieve throughout the scene and the means in which they attempt this. This was really useful in the 2013 scenes with all four of us in as those scenes can get quite mixed up and confused, so it was really useful just to drop the dialogue and do it physically.

This exercise also really interrogated us on how well we knew the scene, whether or not we could play it without the dialogue. The first scene we explored - Part 2 Scene 4 worked really well, we were definitely able to play it without the dialogue, just working with our objectives. However, Part 3 Scene 1 was less so successful, we all got a little lost with scene without the dialogue - this is because there are a lot more units in this scene, various things happen and are discussed. This caused us to go quicker or slower than each other, it was much harder to follow. We caught it by the end, as I chose a definitive moment to leave the scene with the daddy long legs, which enabled my other cast members to identify the part of the scene we were at if they were lost, but I still found it particularly challenging.

However, once we played back the scene with the dialogue again - the benefits from doing it without the dialogue was definitely beneficial. The objectives were heightened as we had singled them out and played with them previously, I felt that everyone interacted with their objectives a lot more effectively and successfully then we all have in the past which allowed the scene to flow more dynamically and smoothly.

I will definitely do this exercise in later development when looking at scenes as I believe it really pushes the actor's attention to detail and how well they know the scene and the character - the fact it's so simple, by just removing the dialogue, means it will be a task that's accessible in any rehearsal without any preparation except knowing the scene relatively well. It's definitely one to do later on in the rehearsal period.