Hiccup?

I believe it's in the script.
http://www.drama21c.net/text/play.htm


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It's to make you focus more on the words rather than what is happening to the characters. That's what the entire play is really about.

After discussing this piece in a theatre class we concluded that the hiccup probably occured by accident in the first round of the filming but since the "play" is suppose to just keep repeating itself exactly the same way, the hiccup just stayed. We decided that these three characters sit there reliving their lives, day after day even though they are dead and each time they go through it is exactly the same. I think the hiccup is an excellent addition and drives the point in that they dont even really know what they are saying or doing anymore it has become so routine. Hope this helped a bit.

hmm, in response to the proposed ideas of why Alan Rickman hicupps, with no disrespect, im afraid it isnt so we focus on the words, or that it was a mis-hap in one of the recordings. I am currently performing in a performance of 'Play'(playing the 'man') and from this have discovered, it is in fact scripted, but represents a sign of guilt, as he is the character whom has commited adultery. Also i dont belive the idea of the performance is to focus on just the words, as the play is/can be performed in a stationary position, thus meaning you have to focus on the words anyway as there is no physicalisation to focus on and it is all vocalisation, meaning when you are listning to the characters, you are in fact focusing on them and their story, not just meaningless words.

Could it be versilimtude on the part of the writer or the actor?
The Hiccup is most certainly in the text of the play.
A hiccup is when the body betrays itself.
A man might say ‘I would have gotten away for it apart from one hiccup’.
A signal of suppressed information that finds its own way to the surface. Parapraxia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freudian_slip

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