We had rather a disjointed day. An hour's work on blocking this morning followed by a visit by the author, Jonathan Holloway, who heard a read-through (with minor changes) before lunch. Then costume fittings for most of us including a marathon for Sophia of about six separate outfits. Then an hour or so of blocking before end-of-day.
Very interesting talk with Jonathan after lunch. He has various firm convictions about the story which are based on close work on the novel - an example being that Renee never has any feelings for Roger save guilt and his usefulness as a financial support. This was originally my instinct also, although both Karen and Sophia argue that there are moments in the script which suggest that Roger and Renee are codependent, and there is definitely something in that. They are both damaged but they've survived, and whilst their relationship doesn't contain anything I would call love, there are probably many different ways of expressing and recognising love that don't conform to any romantic Hollywood notion. It's all Roger/Madeleine/Renee on Monday, so I'll take my Freud along. Or maybe my Charcot...
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