[COMPLETE]World's Story 5: Italy, France, Spain, Portugal - kit

Post by **Kitty** » November 5th, 2018, 1:06 pm

33% claimed in only 2 hours

are you trying to break a record here ?

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » November 5th, 2018, 1:08 pm

mightyfelix wrote: ↑November 5th, 2018, 1:02 pm I overlooked the dramatic sections somehow. I'll take Lady Montague's one-liner.

thank you, Devorah

yes the female roles are a bit sparse this time, but I am always casting gender neutral.

Sonia

adr6090 · Post by **adr6090** » November 5th, 2018, 1:09 pm

Hello again Sonia,
I would like to claim Spain; 115

Post by **Kitty** » November 5th, 2018, 1:12 pm

adr6090 wrote: ↑November 5th, 2018, 1:09 pm Hello again Sonia,
I would like to claim Spain; 115

LOL ok, that makes your 5 per country full then. Thanks

Have fun recording. I hope you have enough quiet time for all this

And now: good night all. The rest will have to wait till tomorrow

Sonia

adr6090 · Post by **adr6090** » November 5th, 2018, 1:15 pm

Kitty wrote: ↑November 5th, 2018, 1:12 pm
adr6090 wrote: ↑November 5th, 2018, 1:09 pm Hello again Sonia,
I would like to claim Spain; 115
LOL ok, that makes your 5 per country full then. Thanks

Have fun recording. I hope you have enough quiet time for all this

Sonia

People can not change the time available to them, though they can certainly re prioritize their chores and hopefully find time for fun!!

alanmapstone · Post by **alanmapstone** » November 5th, 2018, 1:29 pm

Can I add sections 13, 21, 29, 42, 70, 79, 80, 82, 87, 88, 112 if they are not yet taken.

I could also do the few lines of Hire in the Schiller.

Post by **mightyfelix** » November 5th, 2018, 1:45 pm

And 96 for me, and I'm done!

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » November 5th, 2018, 1:47 pm

How could I resist the role of Tybalt?

“A tug named Tyball (cousin to the skirt)
Sprags 'em an' makes a start to sling off dirt.
Nex' minnit there's a reel ole ding-dong go -—
'Arf round or so.
Mick Curio, 'e gets it in the neck,
"Ar rats!" 'e sez, an' passes in 'is check.

Quite natchril, Romeo gits wet as 'ell.
"It's me or you!" 'e 'owls, an' wiv a yell,
Plunks Tyball through the gizzard wiv 'is sword,
'Ow I ongcored!
"Put in the boot!" I sez. "Put in the boot!"
"'Ush!" sez Doreen ... "Shame!" sez some silly coot.”

November 5th, 2018, 3:56 pm

I'll take Sections 37, 45, 51, 57, 64, 71 and 89 if I may.

neecheelok70 · Post by **neecheelok70** » November 5th, 2018, 6:31 pm

I checked the others and think I am safe to ask for 9, 12, 20, 28, 33, 40, 50, 52, 61, 69, 77, 105, and 131. Jim

thestorygirl · Post by **thestorygirl** » November 5th, 2018, 9:11 pm

Could I put in a claim for 43/53/118?

Post by **Kitty** » November 6th, 2018, 12:15 am

ok this claiming frenzy is crazy.

Thank you all who claimed while I was asleep (Alan, Devorah, Chris, Jo, Jim and storygirl)

I will proceed to assign all of them now. Let's hope I make no mistakes.

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » November 6th, 2018, 12:46 am

ATTENTION PLEASE !!!

I had to remove the old section 42. The coronation of Charlemagne, painting p. 162, because I noticed that there was the page missing with the description of the painting. Resourceful as I am, I emailed the university department that scanned the book for archive and asked them to please add the missing page.

This morning I received an answer back from them, they did some background research into other scans of this book online (Hathi etc) and this page was missing everywhere. Now I am sure that there should have been a painting description, because otherwise that would have been the only painting without any accompanying text in the series, but well, it can't be helped. If the page is not there, then we cannot read it. We're still lucky all the pages in the essays are available.

Now please be careful, all those sections after Number 41 have different numbers !!! Please check the MW so you insert the correct file-number in your recordings. Here's a list of those that have changed so far.

It also means, Alan gets one section less, as he had claimed that painting.

New section numbers for claimed sections:

42 Rollo the Viking - thestorygirl
44 France Part II: Stories of the Hundred Years' War: Historical note - knotyouraveragejo
47 The coming of the Maid of Orléans - alanmapstone moniaqua Kitty WiltedScribe bluechien NemoR
49 The death of Jeanne d'Arc - neecheelok70
50 France Part III: France under the Valois kings: Historical note - knotyouraveragejo
51 Where Louis XI said his prayers - neecheelok70
52 Anne of Brittany and her court - thestorygirl
56 France Part IV: The house of Bourbon: Historical note - knotyouraveragejo
59 Cardinal Richelieu and his enemy - moniaqua Kitty WiltedScribe bluechien NemoR
60 In the days of the Fronde - neecheelok70
62 Louis XIV and Molière - WiltedScribe
63 France Part V: On the eve of the French Revolution: Historical note - knotyouraveragejo
64 When Marie Antoinette entered Paris - adr6090
66 The wardrobe of Marie Antoinette - adr6090
68 The flight of Louis XVI - neecheelok70
69 The Marseillaise - alanmapstone
70 France Part VI: The reign of Terror: Historical note - knotyouraveragejo
73 In the revolt of the Vendée - adr6090
75 At the guillotine - mightyfelix
76 The fall of Robespierre - neecheelok70
78 The eighteenth Brumaire - alanmapstone
79 The battle of Eylau - alanmapstone
80 The retreat from Moscow (text) - adr6090
81 The retreat from Moscow (painting) - alanmapstone
84 When Napoleon returned from Elba - mightyfelix
85 Waterloo - adr6090
86 Evening of the battle of Waterloo - alanmapstone
87 The death of Napoleon - alanmapstone
88 France Part VIII: The Franco-Prussian War: Historical note - knotyouraveragejo
95 The white hind of Sertorius - mightyfelix
97 King Roderick and the magic tower - adr6090
99 The Cid and the leper - WiltedScribe
104 The governor of the Alhambra and the notary - neecheelok70
111 The Escurial - alanmapstone
112 The knight of the windmills - adr6090
114 Spain Part IV: The period of decline: Historical note - adr6090
115 Velasquez, the greatest of Spanish painters - adr6090
116 Spanish home life in the seventeenth century - adr6090
117 The queen and her superintendent - thestorygirl
119 Portugal Part I: The age of chivalry: Historical note - adr6090
121 The penance of a prince - adr6090
125 Portugal Part II: Exploration and discovery: Historical note - adr6090
130 The speech of Vasco da Gama to the king of Calicut - neecheelok70
131 Portugal Part III: The last four centuries: Historical note - adr6090
132 The departure of King Sebastian - WiltedScribe
133 The earthquake at Lisbon - adr6090
134 A Portuguese shooting party - Kitty

Thanks, and sorry for the confusion. But I was so sure the page would turn up again.

Now the MW should be up-to-date

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » November 6th, 2018, 1:31 am

I think I can move us over to Readers Wanted already

Sonia

Post by **mightyfelix** » November 6th, 2018, 1:55 am

That list of place names gave me quite a lot of trouble, but I wanted to be able to say I was first for this one!

https://librivox.org/uploads/kitty/worldstory_volume05_084_tappan_128kb.mp3
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