COMPLETE Shakespeare Monologues Collection Vol. 14 (multilingual)-ck

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Carolin
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Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 14 (Multilingual) by William Shakespeare (1554 - 1616).

This project is now complete! All audio files can now be found on the catalog page for this project https://librivox.org/shakespeare-monologues-collection-vol-14-by-william-shakespeare/
This is the 14th edition of the Shakespeare Monologues Collection, in which librivox volunteers bring you their favourite characters' monologues. All topics and emotions are covered, from love to hate, comedies and tragedies, world-famous and lesser known lines. - Summary by Carolin
    1. How to claim a section

      please claim before recording.

      Please post your claim in the way it is entered into the magic window:
      [Play name] - [Character] - '[monologue title]'
      for example:
      Hamlet - Hamlet - 'To be, or not to be'
      As you like it - Phoebe - 'I would not be thy executioner'
      Your claim will be valid for one week!
    2. New to recording? Please read our Newbie Guide to Recording!
      If 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.
    3. Where do I find the text?
      • English: http://www.shakespeare-monologues.org/
      • for other languages, please consult this collection: viewtopic.php?p=1527335#p1527335 and help us add to it if you find more sources!

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    4. BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430

      Set your recording software to:
      Channels: 1 (Mono)
      Bit Rate: 128 kbps
      Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
    5. DURING recording:
      No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
      Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording:
      START of recording (Intro)
      • "[Title of Monologue] by [character] from [Play title, act, scene] by William Shakespeare, read in [language] for Librivox DOT org, [by [your name]]."
        Then read the monologue.
      END of recording
      • At the end of the section, say:
        "End of [Title of Monologue] from [Play title, act, scene]. This recording is in the public domain"
      • If you wish, say:
        "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
        No recordings can be accepted without the LibriVox disclaimer.
        If you read a monologue in another language, consult this post for the disclaimer in other languages: viewtopic.php?p=1206023#p1206023 and help us add new languages.
        There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
      Please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
    6. AFTER recording
      Need noise-cleaning?
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      Save files as
      128 kbps MP3
      sm14_[titleofthemonologueinoneword]_[yourinitials]_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) e.g. sm14_andformenofurther_ck_128kb.mp3)
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    8. Transfer of files (completed recordings)Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file.
    9. Please post the following information when you submit a file:
      Along with the link the uploader gives you, please post the following information in this thread:
      • Name of the play, act #, scene #
      • Name of the Monologue (usually the first lines) and character speaking
      • Language
      • Translator, if applicable (birth year - death year)
      • Source from which you read (i.e. Gutenberg etext url)
      • Length in mm:ss
      • If this is your first Librivox recording, I will also need your name as you would like it to appear on the catalogue page and the URL of your homepage if you have one and would like it linked to your name on the catalogue page.
      • Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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      • You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: Carolin
      • When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
      • If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
      Any questions?
      Please post below
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Post by Carolin »

glennobrien has kindly begun a collection of text links to all plays. please help us expand this collection with other languages!

All's Well That Ends Well: Finnish, French

Antony and Cleopatra: Finnish, French, Greek

As You Like It: Finnish, French, German, Spanish
The Spanish text begins on page 91.

The Comedy of Errors: Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Spanish
The Finnish translation doesn't list the translator's name under the Bibrec tab.
The Spanish text begins on page 193

Coriolanus: Finnish, French, German

Cymbeline: Finnish, French

Hamlet: Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish

Henry IV Part 1: Finnish, French, German

Henry IV Part 2: Finnish, French, German

Henry V: Finnish, French

Henry VI Part 1: Finnish, French

Henry VI Part 2: Finnish, French

Henry VI Part 3: Finnish, French

Henry VIII: Finnish, French

Julius Caesar: Finnish, French, German, Spanish

King John: Finnish, French, Russian

King Lear: Finnish, French, German, Greek, Spanish
The Spanish text begins on page 181.

Love's Labour's Lost: Finnish, French

Macbeth: Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, German, Greek, Spanish
The Spanish text begins on page 107.

Measure for Measure: Finnish, French, German

The Merchant of Venice: Catalan (translator died 1956), Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Spanish

The Merry Wives of Windsor: Catalan (translator died 1971), Finnish, French, Spanish

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Dutch, Finnish, French, German, German

Much Ado About Nothing: Finnish, French

Othello: Finnish, French, German, Greek, Spanish
The Spanish text begins on page 329.

Pericles, Prince of Tyre: French

Richard II: Finnish, French

Richard III: Finnish, French, German
Use the UTF 8 text for the German version, the html doesnt include special characters.

Romeo and Juliet: Finnish, French, German, German, Greek, Polish, Tagalog, Spanish
The Tagalog translation doesn't list the translator's name under the Bibrec tab.
The Spanish text begins on page 201.

The Taming of the Shrew: Finnish, French

The Tempest: Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian

Timon of Athens: Finnish, French, German

Titus Adronicus: Dutch, Finnish, French

Troilus and Cressida: Finnish, French, German

The Twelfth Night: Catalan (translator's death unknown), Finnish, French, German

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Dutch, Finnish, French

The Winter's Tale: Finnish, French
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Post by Carolin »

i think it is time for another shakespeare monologues collection :D

please read the instructions in the first post carefully.

all languages are welcome!
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Post by silverquill »

Oh, this is too good to be true :shock:

But, I will assume it is, and request the monologues below.

My very first role on stage was Lorenzo in the Merchant of Venice, and parts of that monologue are still stuck in my head, so it would be a dream to do it for this LibriVox project. Of course, the Shakespearean part I would most like to play is Shylock, so I'd love to add some of his great lines. King Lear is a close second.

Merchant of Venice:
Lorenzo - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank
Shylock - To bait fish withal, if it will feed nothing else,it will feed my revenge.
Shylock - I have possess'd your grace of what I purpose
Shylock - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft

King Lear
Lear - Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!

(And, this is my post 7777 in the LV forums, so I think that is auspicious) :mrgreen:
~ Larry
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thank you larry for getting us started :D
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Post by leanneyauyau »

Can do Julia's monologue in 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'

O hateful hands, to tear such loving words!
Injurious wasps, to feed on such sweet honey
And kill the bees that yield it with your stings!
I'll kiss each several paper for amends.
Look, here is writ 'kind Julia.' Unkind Julia!
As in revenge of thy ingratitude,
I throw thy name against the bruising stones,
Trampling contemptuously on thy disdain.
And here is writ 'love-wounded Proteus.'
Poor wounded name! my bosom as a bed
Shall lodge thee till thy wound be thoroughly heal'd;
And thus I search it with a sovereign kiss.
But twice or thrice was 'Proteus' written down.
Be calm, good wind, blow not a word away
Till I have found each letter in the letter,
Except mine own name: that some whirlwind bear
Unto a ragged fearful-hanging rock
And throw it thence into the raging sea!
Lo, here in one line is his name twice writ,
'Poor forlorn Proteus, passionate Proteus,
To the sweet Julia:' that I'll tear away.
And yet I will not, sith so prettily
He couples it to his complaining names.
Thus will I fold them one on another:
Now kiss, embrace, contend, do what you will.
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Post by Algy Pug »

I would like to claim a few:

Henry VIII
Cranmer - Let me speak, sir

Henry IV - Part 1
King Henry - God pardon thee!

Henry IV - Part 2
King Henry - Thy Wish was father, Harry, to the thought

Julius Caesar
Brutus - Romans, countrymen and lovers!

The Winter's Tale
Autolycus - Ho, ha what a fool Honesty is

Cheers
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Post by silverquill »

Oh, I forgot one. Could I also do:

The Merchant of Venice - Launcelot - Certainly my conscience will serve me to run
~ Larry
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Post by Carolin »

Thank you all :D
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Post by bluechien »

Could I please claim:

Berowne - III i 117
Love's Labour's Lost
And I, forsooth, in love!

Prospero
The Tempest
V,1,2054
Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, ...

Imogen - III iv 70
Cymbeline
Why, I must die;
And if I do not by thy hand, thou art


Would it be possible to shove these into random slots so they aren't all back to back? If that's a weird request, forget it. :D

thank you!
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Post by pschempf »

Hi Carolin -

May I claim -

Taming of the Shrew - Grumio - 'Tell Thou the Tale'

Hamlet - Hamlet - 'Alas, Poor Yorick!'
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Post by NemoR »

Hi Carolin!

May I claim the following please:

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Oberon - I pray thee give it me. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows

The Tempest - Caliban - All the infections that the sun sucks up

Macbeth - Macbeth - Is this a dagger which I see before me
Nemo

Thoreau - “Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."
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Great, thank you all! :D
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Post by Carolin »

bluechien wrote: November 25th, 2018, 4:07 pm Would it be possible to shove these into random slots so they aren't all back to back? If that's a weird request, forget it. :D
thank you!
Thank you eva! Im going to sort the sections alphabetically by play before cataloging :)
Carolin
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