Lysistrata, the war of the sexes from ancient Greece, where women (under the lead of Lysistrata) withheld sexual favors in order for their husbands to end the Peloponnesian War. (terribly temporary summary).
The translator is unknown, but it is rumored to have been Oscar Wilde.
( Availle)
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Pronunciation guide for the main characters is here: https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/lyistrata_pronunciation.mp3
Lysistrata: "lee-SIS-tra-ta"
Lampito: "lamb-PEE-toe"
Calonice: "Cal-UH-nee-kay"
Myrrhine: "Mur-hee-nay"
Stratullis: "Strat-UH-liss"
Cinesias: "Kin-A-Z-S"
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Keywords that describe the book: women, war, athens, greece, men, war of the sexes
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I think we definitely need an in-house production of Lysistrata (since the one we have is from a school drama club).
So, here we are; I take the main character, but everything else is open.
I will post a short pronunciation guide for the characters later tonight.
Since this is THE comedy about the war of the sexes, I want the roles to be gender specific; there are 3 or 4 small unisex ones though for men or women.
Enjoy!
Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."
-- AvailleAudio.com
I won't be claiming any characters for the time being.
As for the DPL routine, I understand that in the case of dramatic readings it involves first PLing all the individual lines as they come and then PLing the edited play? Also, do you want it to be word-perfect?
Want to hear some PREPARATION TIPS before you press "record"? Listen to THIS and THIS
Lian, Myrrhine is all yours, thanks for claiming! Pronunciation guide is linked in the top post. Feel free to ask if you have questions!
Deadline for your recording is 1 month please.
Piotr,
I would appreciate if you could read along with the text to make sure that no lines are missing. I don't think we need "word perfect" since this is not a verse version of the text; smaller errors are okay as long as they don't change the meaning. Okay with you?
Well, let's move us over to the dramatics then. I'm looking forward to this - I've wanted to do this for a looong time already!
Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."
-- AvailleAudio.com
It would be nice if you could change your voice just a little bit for the first woman. It's not an absolute must since she only speaks 3 or 4 lines there, but just so that people won't be confused.
Thank you!
Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."
-- AvailleAudio.com