St Peter’s Drama pupils learned from the best this week when they attended a masterclass with legendary director Richard Digby-Day who critiqued their rehearsal performances and offered valuable advice, organised by our LAMDA tutor, Frances Simon.
A former Artistic Director of York Theatre Royal, credited with discovering actors Hugh Grant and Ralph Fiennes, Richard watched four separate St Peter’s performances. He then broke down the scenes, offering suggestions on how to focus on the language used in order to shape and tighten the whole performance.
Richard was a friend to the school nearly 50 years ago, in 1974, when as director he invited pupils from St Peter's to play soldiers in one of his Shakespeare productions in 1974, and remembers it fondly!
Richard Digby-Day, said: “Working with St Peter’s pupils was very enjoyable; they were enthusiastic and responsive to my advice to always concentrate on the language, also paying careful attention to diction and articulation.”
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