[COMPLETE] Shakespeare's Hamlet - PL/ce

Queue · Post by **Queue** » July 16th, 2006, 3:19 pm

That seems shiny by me kristin. Thanks bunches!

DSayers · Post by **DSayers** » July 16th, 2006, 4:09 pm

Just noticed that the Second Clown is in the same scene as Laertes (5.1). I don't think it would be good to have both characters in the same scene read by one person, so I'll release the Clown part.

I'll look for other minor parts in scenes where Laertes doesn't appear.

-denny

LenLen · Post by **LenLen** » July 16th, 2006, 4:28 pm

How quickly this thread moves! This may be a bit pre-emptive, as I haven't tried to make his voice yet, but I'd like to read Polonius.

Lenny

Queue · Post by **Queue** » July 16th, 2006, 5:09 pm

All yours LenLen!

kayray · Post by **kayray** » July 17th, 2006, 1:40 pm

Rosencrantz:
http://kayray.org/audiobooks/librivox/hamlet/

(couldn't find any lines in act 4 scene 1)

Queue · Post by **Queue** » July 17th, 2006, 2:40 pm

kayray wrote:Rosencrantz:
http://kayray.org/audiobooks/librivox/hamlet/

(couldn't find any lines in act 4 scene 1)

Thanks! Typo on my part, he comes in and goes out without a line. Thanks bunches!

kayray · Post by **kayray** » July 17th, 2006, 2:44 pm

My pleasure, it was the work of only about 20 minutes and very fun!

kristin · Post by **kristin** » July 17th, 2006, 2:51 pm

Just wondering if there is any particular way you would like Ophelia read, specifically the mad bits. I can think of several different ways it could be read and can't say that I have a favorite, so if there is any direction you see it going, let me know. Also, what are we doing about the singing bits?

Queue · Post by **Queue** » July 17th, 2006, 3:53 pm

kristin wrote:Just wondering if there is any particular way you would like Ophelia read, specifically the mad bits. I can think of several different ways it could be read and can't say that I have a favorite, so if there is any direction you see it going, let me know. Also, what are we doing about the singing bits?

The singing bits I have a more ready answer which is singing them. For the mad bits I hear sing-songy when I read it but I'vent a background in the stage. What had you thought of?

strangebrooch · Post by **strangebrooch** » July 17th, 2006, 4:14 pm

Most of Ophelia's songs have traditional tunes; I can record them for you if you want...

kristin · Post by **kristin** » July 17th, 2006, 4:17 pm

strangebrooch wrote:Most of Ophelia's songs have traditional tunes; I can record them for you if you want...

Do they? Would you? That would be great.

Queue- I'll see what I think sounds best and if you want something different I can re-record it.

strangebrooch · Post by **strangebrooch** » July 17th, 2006, 7:32 pm

Here you go, Kristin: http://www.dsproductions.org/io/ophelia's%20songs.mp3

I don't think there's a traditional tune for "And will 'a not come again?" There is, in fact, a tune for the one little line you sing -- "For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy" -- which isn't on that recording, though I could totally record it if you want. The only known words for it are the ones that Ophelia sings, but it's a fairly famous tune.

kristin · Post by **kristin** » July 17th, 2006, 7:38 pm

Thank you so much

DSayers · Post by **DSayers** » July 17th, 2006, 7:39 pm

So long as we are asking for direction ... I know that my lines should be marked in files by scenes in the play.

But I wonder what is the protocol that is easiest for the final editor when it comes time to splicing this all together. Here are the options that come to mind:

(1) Should I say the line of the character who cues my line?

(2) or just the name of the character that cues me?

(3) I could read the number of the line in the text, too (I have a Shakespeare at home, with line numbers).

How much of a pause would help the editor?

I hope I'm not the only one looking for guidance here! But if so, so be it ... how would my recordings best be provided?

Queue · Post by **Queue** » July 17th, 2006, 7:56 pm

In foresight I can't say right off, I think just the lines with a 3 or so second gap (we don't want one line flowing into another in the waveform, bad day that), other than that I'm just going to have the text open on one display and Audacity in the other and pull line by line. Thanks for the thought tho.

If anyone else, having done this, has the notion that something else may be more helpful that input would be appreciated.