COMPLETE: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand - ek

[musicalheart1]

https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_firstpage_1.mp3 (0:28)

PL OK! MW updated.

Thanks, Julyan!

[Tortilla]

https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_firstpage_1.mp3 (0:28)

PL OK! MW updated.

Thanks, Julyan!

yay!!

[musicalheart1]

Come on, folks, we're so close to being fully cast! Three roles to be claimed

[Norman]

Might I have the first trooper (section 39)?

[musicalheart1]

Might I have the first trooper (section 39)?

Yes! Thank you

[musicalheart1]

The role of First Lackey/Second Poet has been orphaned and is now available. Come on folks, let's get this play finished!

[Bassaga]

Hey, this will be my first contribution to anything, so apologies if I'm way off on any procedure, but may I do section 38, A Man? I love this play, and I just can't resist a role called A Man.

Not to be bold, but since both this role and its attendant All the Audience are exceedingly short, I went ahead and just recorded them. It will be good practice, if nothing else. I guessed that they should be separate files, and that "all the audience" also includes "the audience," so that's what I did. I thought it might be a stretch for "a man" to include "a man of letters" who has one line, though, so I didn't record that. Ought I have? And ought they have been one file?

Heh. I guess what it comes down to is that I have no idea what I'm doing. So I took my best guess ahead of time (which I realize isn't normal, but what's there to lose?) and if this isn't what you wanted, just let me know and I'll take a more informed swing at it!

::Edit:: DPL (Julyan?) I finally figured out where the google docs were. I definitely missed a whole bunch of lines, so you can probably just skip these for now.
https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_%5Ba_man%5D_%5B1%5D.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_%5Ball_the_audience%5D_%5B1%5D.mp3

[musicalheart1]

Hey, this will be my first contribution to anything, so apologies if I'm way off on any procedure, but may I do section 38, A Man? I love this play, and I just can't resist a role called A Man.

Not to be bold, but since both this role and its attendant All the Audience are exceedingly short, I went ahead and just recorded them. It will be good practice, if nothing else. I guessed that they should be separate files, and that "all the audience" also includes "the audience," so that's what I did. I thought it might be a stretch for "a man" to include "a man of letters" who has one line, though, so I didn't record that. Ought I have? And ought they have been one file?

Heh. I guess what it comes down to is that I have no idea what I'm doing. So I took my best guess ahead of time (which I realize isn't normal, but what's there to lose?) and if this isn't what you wanted, just let me know and I'll take a more informed swing at it!

https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_%5Ba_man%5D_%5B1%5D.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_%5Ball_the_audience%5D_%5B1%5D.mp3

Hello,

Thanks for your enthusiasm. I see that your 1-Minute Test has been approved, so you're okay to claim a role, but in future it is best practice to wait to record until the BC has officially assigned the part to you. Since this is your first recording, please let me know under which name or pseudonym you'd like to appear in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal website/blog.

I recommend reading this article on doing dramatic works- http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Dramatic_Readings_and_Plays - and the one for Newbies in general (http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Newbie_Guide_to_Recording)

My guess is that you did not use the Google Docs as your text, which is why the files are short. Our DPL will give them a listen, but please make sure to read from the linked Google Docs if that is the instruction given in the first post of the project thread.

Also, the naming for your files is a bit wonky. They should read project title, character name, chapter or act number. So in your case: cyranodebergerac_man_1

Feel free to PM if you have further questions.

[Julyan]

::Edit:: DPL (Julyan?) I finally figured out where the google docs were. I definitely missed a whole bunch of lines, so you can probably just skip these for now.
https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_%5Ba_man%5D_%5B1%5D.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_%5Ball_the_audience%5D_%5B1%5D.mp3

Okay, sure. By the way, for easier reference our BC has compiled the "All the Audience" lines here: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=43722&start=225 about 3/4 of the way down the page.

[musicalheart1]

::Edit:: DPL (Julyan?) I finally figured out where the google docs were. I definitely missed a whole bunch of lines, so you can probably just skip these for now.
https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_%5Ba_man%5D_%5B1%5D.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_%5Ball_the_audience%5D_%5B1%5D.mp3

Okay, sure. By the way, for easier reference our BC has compiled the "All the Audience" lines here: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=43722&start=225 about 3/4 of the way down the page.

Thanks, Julyan!

[Bassaga]

So I've got the "A Man" lines good to go, but I have two questions about the audience lines. First, is it easier for you if I record them into a separate file (and how ought such a file be named? showname_role_audience_#?) or is it preferable to mix them into the same file? Second, how the heck do we approach a line that the audience sings? I didn't see any mention in this thread of a tune called La Clorise- does everybody else know it already? Do we have a key to sing in? Are we just making it up individually? Or do we just sort of shout it rhythmically and hope we sound good together?

EDIT: Hmm. I see below the answer to my first question, that they go together in one file. Alack, it is forbidden to listen to the mp3 there and get the answer to the second question!

[Norman]

Luckily you just gave a reference to All the Audience. That helped!
see how these work for the first trooper:

https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_1sttrooper_1.mp3
03:21

https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_1sttrooper_2.mp3
00:20

Norm

[musicalheart1]

Luckily you just gave a reference to All the Audience. That helped!
see how these work for the first trooper:

https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_1sttrooper_1.mp3
03:21

https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_1sttrooper_2.mp3
00:20

Norm

Thanks, Norm. MW updated!

[musicalheart1]

So I've got the "A Man" lines good to go, but I have two questions about the audience lines. First, is it easier for you if I record them into a separate file (and how ought such a file be named? showname_role_audience_#?) or is it preferable to mix them into the same file? Second, how the heck do we approach a line that the audience sings? I didn't see any mention in this thread of a tune called La Clorise- does everybody else know it already? Do we have a key to sing in? Are we just making it up individually? Or do we just sort of shout it rhythmically and hope we sound good together?

EDIT: Hmm. I see below the answer to my first question, that they go together in one file. Alack, it is forbidden to listen to the mp3 there and get the answer to the second question!

You can do either, make a separate file (cyranodebergerac_alltheaudience_1) or just include the audience lines in the A Man file for Act I.

La Clorise is not a song- it is the name of the play the audience has come to see that Cyrano interrupts. It says "singing," but really it is more like the audience is chanting it, demanding the play.

[Julyan]

https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_1sttrooper_1.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/gloriana/cyranodebergerac_1sttrooper_2.mp3

PL OK! MW updated.