Title: Lady Mary 1 “As an actor”

Word Count: 200 words (minimum)

As an actor how would you show your role as one of Lady Mary’s friends to an audience?

In your answer you should refer to:

• Who your character was;

• How your character felt;

• Voice;

• Movement;

Give reasons for your answer.

Hello, I am the little sister of Lady Mary, she recently got engaged to a man called ‘Mr Fox’; a man I or she knows much about him all she and I know is he lives in a big castle, goes to a pub every week, tall, handsome(as she says.) and very kind. But she said all of his wives before her had died strangely, we spoke to the priest about it- because he was a friend of Mr fox- and he said that he as least had over five wives! Strange.

    I felt very happy for her because she finally met someone! It has been years sense she has actually met a man, or anyone for that matter. It’s nice that she is finally getting out there.

    But I am also worried for her because she just met the man also she does not know him well and all his other wives had DIED! What if she is making the wrong choice, what if this man is not all what he says he is? But I can trust her, I trust she will get to know him before the wedding, if she does not like him she will call the wedding off… hopefully

All in all I am proud of her, finally getting some wind under her wings and getting out there and meeting people! Well she could have took some time to get to know him properly but it is her choice!

T Read the question carefully and think about how the answer should be written. This question was "as an actor" but you have written as the character. This should be reflective not creative writing!

My character was the little sister of Lady Mary, I think that she would be shocked because of all of the obvious reasons. One: her big sister has been alone for many years and did not go out much to make new friends or boyfriends. Two; she just met the man and is engaged to him. And three: she doesn’t know pretty much anything about him.

But I think she would be happy for her because Lady Mary has been alone for many years and would be happy for finally getting out there and having fun!

I think she would show that shock by putting on a higher voice a bit slower as of trying to find the right words. I think she would put a excited voice and hug her when she first finds out, and then do the shocked voice and pointing at her, trying to be the big sister out of the two.

Word Count: 200 words (minimum)  

How do you think the story Lady Mary and Mr. Fox should end? Write a story (out-of-role narration) continuing from the last line of mine …

"Then I dreamt that I ran downstairs and had just time to hide myself when you, Mr. Fox, came in dragging a young lady by the hair. And the sunlight glittered on her diamond ring as she clutched the tapestry where I lay hidden, and you drew your sword, and cut off the poor lady's hand."

Then Mr. Fox fixed Lady Mary in his stony gaze and his smile broadened just a little as he repeated, in whispering voice that could scarcely be heard: "But it is not so, dear heart, and it was not so, and God forbid it should be so!" Then Lady Mary stepped closer to him, and the smile left her face, and her voice rang as she cried:

"But it is so, and it was so,

Here's hand and ring I have to show."

And with that she pulled out the poor dead hand with the glittering ring from her skirts and pointed it straight at Mr. Fox. He laughed at her, a slow dry laugh, draped his arm around her shoulders, he could feel her tense up as he clutched her arm with his other arm as he whispered into her ear; “how dare you?”- His grip tightened- “you dare tell me that …” he started walking, horribly pulling at her until she thought her arm would be pulled off completely.

“I let you under my roof, I care for you, I do my best to please you, yet you don’t want that?”

His arm that was draped over her shoulder grabbed a hunk of her hair and pulled as she whimpered in pain onto the floor. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a long piece of worn down rope, it looked as if it was used many times before.

 He seized her by the closest piece of her, her leg, then pulled until it was impossible for her to get up, she was helpless, she cried out that she should have listened to her friends, that she should have never have gone into the bar, how he was evil… how she was wrong.

He laughed manically the whole time, he tied the rope around her waist and started to drag her into the dark corridor with the horrible room that lay beyond. Suddenly the doorbell rings, he cursed under his breath as the butler grunted as if he was lifting a heavy bolder than just an almost wasted away door.
 “What do you want?” he snarled as he saw the group of friends.

 Beyond the shadows Mr Fox was hastily gagging and tying lady Mary before she could cry out to her friends. 
“Stay here, we have friends to join you.” He said calmly while wiping away the dark hairs flopping down his face, as he strolled off lady Mary began to weep wishing she had listened to her friends beforehand, she heard gunshot then silence…                                 

As the group stood there with the older brother gripping the butler in his arms Mr Fox began to clap slowly and sarcastically the youngest of the family lowered the gun, cursing that she missed. Mr Fox walked towards the group, one slow step at a time.
 “I have to congratulate you, for coming so far!”- He paused putting his hand into his pocket and pointing at them, “I have to say: you are the ones that have come the farthest to killing me!” He pulled his hand out, it came with a silver gun. “Now, sadly, it’s time to say goodbye…” he pulled the safety off-

“Wait!” cried a voice from the darkness. Mr Fox turned to see a new group of people standing behind him, the maid and Lady Mary and two police officers both holding guns, pointed at him.

“Wait…”-he thought for a moment-“No, no, you can’t do this, I am protecting myself from armed robbers! Yeah! Look, they are holding my dear butler at gunpoint, what do you think I am going to do?”

“You have the right to remain silent, we know what you’re up too!” exclaimed the one on the left.

“We know about you and all of your wives!” said the one on the right, a little sheepishly for it was his first proper “mission” as he called it.

After a few minutes of fighting the cops managed to handcuff the man, then they discovered the room of horrors (the newbie was sick in a little bag once he first saw it), then finally the pair shoved Mr Fox into the car after he shouted to the group that he would find them and kill them. Lady Mary learnt to always know who the was going to date and/or marry, but she could not sleep well for the next few months.

L Try to be more consistent with tense. Are you writing in the past or the present? My starter was written in the past, so stick to that!