It was a rerun rehearsal of last week. The actress playing Anne was not contacted to see if she could attend, so we confirmed old ground and started to get a little more in depth with the characters and individual moments throughout the B- and C- plot. There was a lot of cleaning up and clarification of blocking.
We rehearsed the B- and C-plots this evening. The B-plot is the romantic element of the show (Anne's suitors), and the C-plot is Dr. Caius and Sir Hugh Evans revenge on the Host of the Garter. Most of the Shakespeare comedies have an A-plot and a B-plot. What's interesting about Merry Wives, is that the B-plot, then fractures into a tiny C-plot as well. I have the intent of strengthening the C-Plot to be as powerful as the other two.
