What kind of accent do they do in Peter Pan?
What accent do they do in Peter Pan the Musical (Like with Cathy Rigby, or Mary Martin)
I want to practice it because my dream role is Peter in the show. The accent that Cathy Rigby does is best, so what kind of accent does she do? If you don’t know the show, look up Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby on YouTube and click on one of the "Parts" of the movie. Thanks!
Cathy Rigby does an mild approximation of a Cockney (working-class, east London) accent, presumably to contrast with Wendy’s middle-to-upper-class, west London accent. But there’s nothing in the script that says Peter should have that accent, and a different director might want him to have a accent like Wendy’s (which fits the character’s backstory), or whatever the actor uses naturally (like Jeremy Sumpter).
Also, be careful with accents. Unless you do it really well, it can come across as a bit of a joke. You don’t want to speak Cockney like Dick VanDyke in "Mary Poppins", or Scots like Groundskeeper Willy in "The Simpsons". If Cathy Rigby were to perform with that accent in Britain, the audience would notice that she doesn’t use it consistently, and it’d be distracting.
March 25th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Cathy Rigby does an mild approximation of a Cockney (working-class, east London) accent, presumably to contrast with Wendy’s middle-to-upper-class, west London accent. But there’s nothing in the script that says Peter should have that accent, and a different director might want him to have a accent like Wendy’s (which fits the character’s backstory), or whatever the actor uses naturally (like Jeremy Sumpter).
Also, be careful with accents. Unless you do it really well, it can come across as a bit of a joke. You don’t want to speak Cockney like Dick VanDyke in "Mary Poppins", or Scots like Groundskeeper Willy in "The Simpsons". If Cathy Rigby were to perform with that accent in Britain, the audience would notice that she doesn’t use it consistently, and it’d be distracting.
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