Rose In The Recruiting Officer

Discuss how you would perform the role of Rose in the Recruiting Officer, in two or three sections of the play, in order to create comedy for your audience.

The two sections of the Recruiting Officer where I would perform the role of Rose in order to create comedy for the audience would be Rose’s first encounter with Plume in Act 3 scene 1 and later in act 4 scene 1.
Rose’s physical appearance and facial features would assist the creation of comedy for the audience in her first appearance in the play with her brother. She would be short and slim and curvy built, this would immediately make her look quite young- about 20 years of age. She would be a rather average looking girl with a button nose and untidy auburn hair caught up with a
I would like Rose to wear a bit more make up: e.g more blusher to appear as if she has been flustered (by having sex with Plume) than previous scenes that have included her; this will appear to the audience that she has been treated well by Plume. I would say the first line to Bullock in an annoyed tone and emphasise and exaggerate the word ‘booby’ to make to the audience laugh. I would have both arms on my hips and half face the audience and half face Bullock. My facial expression would show how annoyed I am. As I say ‘Look’ee, I’m a great woman and will provide for my relations…’ I would walk across the stage and look towards the ceiling as I say the line to show how great I have become because of my relationship to Plume, I would talk in a dreamlike state at a slow pace. The audience would find this funny as they know the true nature of Plumes intentions- which is only to get Bullock listed through Rose. By doing this action and speaking in the way I do, I will show the naivety of Rose’s character. When I say ‘I told the captain how finely he played upon the tabor and pipe…’ I would walk back towards Bullock and raise the pitch of my voice to show that I am showing off. After Silvia comes in and begins to talk to Rose, I would change to my flirtatious tone of voice and slow the pace down as I talk in order to seem more seductive. I would prolong the words ‘No, No’ and exaggerate the word ‘handsome’ by lowering the tone of my voice at that point. I would make eye contact with Jack Wilful fluttering my eyebrows at the same time. The line ‘I know that, but he promised to marry me afterwards’ should be said gleefully and I would sway from side to side as if I were little girl, this would also emphasise my delusion that Plume actually cared for me. As Plume enters in I would show my excitement by beaming a smile and raising my eyebrows