Am Dram types part 2.
The Well Meaning Friend / Sibling. An interesting type, this character can hold a reasonably intelligent conversation that would keep people amused and interested right up to the point at which someone hands them a script. At this point, it seems like someone throws a switch in their brain. The turn monosyllabic and each word is spoken like an entire sentence. For example, it would sound (if I can get this across) something like: Shall. I. Compare. Thee. To. A. Summer's. Day.
The closest I could come to a comparison would be William Shatner on mogadon! The other 'foible' is that any intonation of the lines is completely lost. You could sit with them repeating the way you want a line said and they would come back with 7 versions that emphasise every other word than the one .you really want to emphasise!
The trouble is, they are always the first to learn their lines, always arrive on time and are, in the words of Tim Nice But Dim 'Bloody nice blokes' (or girls).
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