Interview with Jules Melvin

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What were your first impressions of Luciana? Have they changed as the season went on? Answer

What do you think Luciana's function is in the play? Answer

What are Luciana's key relationships in the play? Answer

Thinking back to the rehearsal period, what was the most difficult thing about creating that character? Answer

Question 4 continued: dealing with the text in isolation - Luciana's ideas about subservience to men. Realising Luciana was clever. Answer

Question 4 continued: character growing through performance on stage. Answer

What role do the audience play in the discoveries made in performance? Answer

Explain your idea of Luciana collecting something. How did your original idea manifest itself in performance? Answer

Question 8 continued: Why they abandoned stamp collecting and went to napkin folding. Answer

Is that quite a normal way to work? Answer

The show is very physical and frenetic, how consciously did you decide to do this in the rehearsal? Answer

Did you enjoy working like that? Answer

How do you find working on the Globe stage and how is it different from your experience of other theatres? Answer

Question 13 continued: the building itself Answer

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