Caliban

On the night of opening performance of The Tempest By W. Shakespeare, Jill, our director, typically gave us actors a rose and a card each. She had written on mine: "I could not find a better Caliban!"-Not exactly a complement that, but Caliban held the crowd with his half bent body and his perverse way of being. There was a certain stink around me when I was there. Otto, Stephano, was great as usual. Nico did a great Trinculo. Relationships between characters are very important to bringing out the essence of a scene. When that happens, timing just works. And then there comes in a certain sense of rest that makes you 'relax' into the character you are portraying. This is a magical tip given to me by an experienced British actor, Norman Bowler, who lives with his lovely wife Diana, in Auroville.