Performance Pictures

  
This picture was taken at the beginning of the scene of Grampa's Funeral which is quite early in the play and this is the first death amongst the Joads. I previously wrote about this in a writing in role; Al becomes quite upset and emotional throughout the funeral scene as it's the first real tragedy of the play for him and it happens to be someone quite close to him. I used my facial expressions to convey this throughout, progressively becoming closer to tears. 
        
This picture was taken during the Proprietor scene, Al has pulled Tom away from the Proprietor and possibly away from a fight. I think this really shows Al and Tom's relationship; Al isn't too fond of Tom but believes strongly in Family and so helps Tom out when it's needed.

Here shows a side to Al that isn't really shown in the play, other than at Grampa's funeral, as Man going back is explaining the deaths of his children. Al is only 16 and so can be quite emotional but he hides this because he had gained the reputation of 'Man of the house' before Tom's return and so, in the 1930s, he can't be seen as anything other than what's considered 'Manly'.
    

I believe this picture truly shows Al's Character: his position in the Family hierarchy, his stance and body language as a character, and his happiness, a smile showing his young, optimistic attitude towards life better explained in my Character Profile.

This photo was taken at the very end of the performance.  In it, the family are moving on one final time.  By this stage, we were soaked to show that we are in the midst of a major storm which is flooding their home. Where are most of the times the Joads have been moved on in the story, they haven't really been emotionally attached to the place, this time Ma says the box cars have been the nicest home she's had, which gives this scene even greater meaning.  I think the fact that we were really drenched by the final moments of the play helped me to really become my character and brought us together as a cast.  The emotion on our faces really shows the focus we had right to the end of the performance.  I think we should have held this final moment a little bit longer to really allow the audience time to reflect on the Joad's situation and what they might move onto next, however, I liked the fact that we walked out through the audience which hopefully created a stronger exit for the final time in the play rather than just leaving the stage area as we had done for every other the scene.