Approaching my script

What people say about me and what I say about myself

Mau - 'Ghost Girl', 'Are you one of the raiders?', 'I like your language it's very beautiful', 'You were wonderful', 'Because in that world I would never have met you', 'you're a princess'

Ataba - 'Half-bake', 'Foolish girl', 'This is a strong woman'

Pilu - 'Woman's wisdom'

Marisgala - 'Brave girl', 'Brave Woman', 'Strongest and Bravest women'

Locaha -'Crazy Ghost Girl', 'Mad Girl'

Daphne - 'I've gone native', 'I'm a murderer', 'I am your daughter'

Cahle - 'She is a great women', 'Are you watching her sail away?'

Cox - 'so changed. You've let the sun burn your flesh', 'the girl is mine'

Father - 'Most wonderful advantage, she knew about science. Observation and experiment', 'precious child'

Soldier - 'Just a savage'

Grandmother - 'native girl', 'you're first in line to the throne'

Man - 'She was Queen, Got married'

Boy - 'they turned into dolphins'

Who am I?

I am Daphne, a young English girl who has survived a terrible shipwreck. I am a posh girl whose father is 139th to the throne. I live in Wiltshire and was on the way to meet my father in Port Mercier when the terrible storm happened. I have blonde hair, white skin and I speak English. My Mother died in childbirth whilst having my brother who also didn't make it. I have a butler and my Grandmother looks after me, but she is always telling me what to do. I live in a very traditional society, however being on this island I have to adapt to a new way of living, the more time I spend here the more I feel as though I am falling love with this culture, the people and Mau.

What is the present situation?

Foxlip has just died and we have had a trial, now the raiders have arrived and there leader is looking for me. My intention in this first scene is to fight the raiders, to remain powerful and to be open. However when Mau is fighting cox my objective changes to protect because I am praying that Mau wins.

Where am I?

I am on the island, which is hot and humid. We are currently on the beach watching Mau as he fights cox, everything is in slow motion. I sit in the sad praying that Mau will be OK. My other two scenes also take place on the beach.

Costume

In the end I decided to wear the dress, black leggings, a jumper and my denim jacket. After the breaking in scene at the beginning I removed my jumper and jacket to demonstrate that I was becoming part of the play and was now a tribal character.

My scenes - Scene 7, 8 and 9

Scene 7-

In my first scene the given circumstances are that the raiders have just arrived. In this scene my first objectives are to open. I do this in order to show that I am confident in the fight and when speaking to Cox I am showing him that I am not scared of him and I know who he really is. When I say my line to Mau my objective changes to look, here I am looking at Mau giving him support, and I'm looking at the rest of the nation for support for Mau. When I am on stage whilst Mau is fighting my objectives become to protect and to hide, here I am praying to my God that nothing bad happens to Mau and I am protecting myself scared about what the outcome will be.

Scene 8 -

When I enter scene 8 time has passed so the given circumstances are that a few years have passed and I have just been living on the island with Mau and the others. My first objective is to open because I am really excited for twinkle to share his song with Mau. My objective becomes a lot more serious after twinkle has finished his song, it becomes to look. I am searching for an answer, seeing if Mau really has true feelings for me and when he admits them I slightly change objectives I am still looking but I also change to hide because I know I have feelings for him to.

Scene 9-

Scene 9 is the final scene of the play, in this scene a boat has arrived carrying my father but I don't know who is on the boat yet because I have gone off to tell the other Islanders. My first objectives are to look and to open, I am playing with twinkle and when I see my father my objective changes to embrace. I keep these objectives until Grandmother enters, when this occurs my objective changes to, to hide and to protect, because I haven't seen her in a long time and she is quite strict and I don't think she will approve of the new Daphne. Other objectives used in this scene are to stop, to remember and to admit. Right at the end my objective is to look because it is the last time I will ever see Mau again.