OPEN[PLAY]Don Quixote Part 1 by Thomas D'Urfey - thw

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MW is updated, I see. Thanks.

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Kitty wrote: September 28th, 2022, 11:51 am Here's Teresa the shrew. Veering between chiding her husband and daughter and struggling with bouts of hysteria. :shock:

Right in the first quote one of the letters looked like a long s to me so I said "soundered" although I feel "foundered" may be more fitting here. But maybe there is a connotation with the word soundered that I am unfamiliar with. If you think it should be an 'f' then I'll change it.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/comicalhistorypart1_teresa_1.mp3
Recording time: 3:48 min.
You certainly had some tough words in there that I wouldn't have known what to do with!
Having looked up "founder" and, well, found that it has to do with infection in a horse, I agree that it is probably the intended insult. May as well call him a lame duck. ;)
Marking as PL OK either way, and will give it a spot PL if you decide to make that change! :thumbs:

This is a fun scene, and I'm tempted to splice these two recordings together for a sneak peek, but I shall resist! :lol:
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I'm tempted to splice these two recordings together for a sneak peek, but I shall resist! :lol:
Naughty, naughty. I get to have all that fun for myself.

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redrun wrote: September 28th, 2022, 5:14 pmHaving looked up "founder" and, well, found that it has to do with infection in a horse, I agree that it is probably the intended insult. May as well call him a lame duck. ;)
:lol: excactly that's what I thought too, foundered makes more sense. I went back and corrected it.

Spot PL:

> at 0:11: re-recorded: "thou foundered mule without a packsaddle" - everything else stays the same

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/comicalhistorypart1_teresa_1.mp3
Recording time: 3:48 min.

thank you

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Thank you.

Thinking of tilting at windmills, the Hurricane Ian death scene should take place over my house this weekend. A good rainy weekend for recording and editing might get ruined by lack of power.....

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ToddHW wrote: September 29th, 2022, 5:15 amThinking of tilting at windmills, the Hurricane Ian death scene should take place over my house this weekend. A good rainy weekend for recording and editing might get ruined by lack of power.....
:shock: are you in the path of the hurricane ? scary...I hope your house has a safe foundation.

Take care and keep in touch if possible.

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Teresa, spot PL OK. :thumbs:

Yes, take care, Todd!

Also, I see Teresa was moved out from under Act 1 - is that because the status was again other than PL OK, which is the only status you want down there?
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Also, I see Teresa was moved out from under Act 1 - is that because the status was again other than PL OK, which is the only status you want down there?
Correct, and now she moves back. (I could have made snide comments about her being a "silly credulous Country Creature" who doesn't know where she belongs, but since Kitty is not beating up on me in this play, I won't say it.)

I'm not in Florida where Ian is beating things up now. Rather I am on the projected path for the weekend well inland right about where Ian will drop from Storm to Depression.

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redrun wrote: September 28th, 2022, 12:20 am
adrianstephens wrote: September 27th, 2022, 7:01 am Here is Sancho Panco act 1:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/comicalhistorypart1_sanchopanca_1.mp3 at 16 minutes and two smidgeons.

In addition to the normal PL, I would appreciate any other feedback the PL is willing to give me.
Regards,
Adrian Stephens
I love your voice as Sancho, and I really can't wait to hear this byplay between you and your wife especially, and the Don himself, for that matter!

In the spirit of your request for extra feedback, I can send a private message tomorrow with some further notes if you would like them - either technical or stylistic. But I'll stress that A) the fixes below will get this to pass standard PL and then some, and B) it's already an enjoyable and well-characterized reading as-is. The extra notes are approached with the most critical ear I can, the way I edit some of my recordings when I'm actively trying to find ways to improve.

Here are PL notes for Sancho in Act 1, which I've written as if the PL were "word-perfect", or nearly so, rather than "standard".

pg19@14:05, line beginning with "Wowns, thou shalt be a countess", "Don Whirligigario" is missing that final "i". This is probably optional too, but I mention it for consistency only because it's a proper noun.
pg19@13:13, line beginning with "And his Dam, there, will have thee", I think the word he later says is "she'll be damning herself to clouted shoes", which apparently means that they're plated with iron. I mention this because that seems to imply she'd be poor, where "colored" shoes might imply the opposite.
OPTIONAL, pg17@10:52, in "Why how now crooked rib", I hear "cook-ed". Both ways convey the sense of an insult, though not one I'd know any nuances of.
OPTIONAL, pg17@10:34, line beginning with "Ay, that's my Daughter too", the text really does say, "with a design to my surprise wife", but I think that's a typo. If you wanted to replace that with "to surprise my wife", that seems more correct to me.
pg12@05:47, line beginning with "Ay, and pray, Sir," in "methinks he promises it with as much confidence", I hear "it" instead of "he". I mention this because "he" here refers to Don Quixote, so it tells the listener something about Sancho's impression of the Don's words. The other reading would make it one of Sancho's own ideas that makes confident promises to him, which says something else about Sancho himself.
OPTIONAL, same line @05:43, "this plaguy government", "plaguy" could use a harder "g". Definitely not standard PL.
OPTIONAL, pg10@01:27, in the Aside after line beginning with "If the conference were to be", I hear "Now am I to be fed with a tedious Taste of Knight-Errantry". This makes sense with the metaphor and the word is certainly smudged, but the word might also be "Tale"... mostly because I can't find a "t". That letter really does look like it like an "f", though. I might mention it in standard PL, but the choice is certainly yours, and either way is a fair and good call.
Thank you, redrun, for your careful review. I have made the comments indicated above, as well as some additional ones you sent me in a pm.
The updated file is here: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/comicalhistorypart1_sanchopanca_1.mp3

Regards,
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Thank you.

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My Librivox-related YouTube series starts here: Part 0: Introduction. https://youtu.be/pMHYycgA5VU
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Part 15: Case Study (Poem) https://youtu.be/41sr_VC1Qxo
Part 16: Case Study 2 (Dramatic Reading) https://youtu.be/GBIAd469vnM
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Thank you.

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adrianstephens wrote: September 29th, 2022, 6:29 am Thank you, redrun, for your careful review. I have made the comments indicated above, as well as some additional ones you sent me in a pm.
The updated file is here: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/comicalhistorypart1_sanchopanca_1.mp3

Regards,
Adrian
Thank you, Adrian, I feel I've learned a good bit about PLing, and I've got a new technique to try in my readings! It was rewarding for me to step through the deep-dive I'll occasionally do on my own, but with someone else's voice and experience!

I'll PL act 2 later today, but Sancho Panca, Act 1, is very much PL OK!
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adrianstephens wrote: September 29th, 2022, 6:55 am Here's Sancho Act 2:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/comicalhistorypart1_sanchopanca_2.mp3
"...this woman is too much a Tattler to be of any great Quality." :mrgreen:

Sancho, Act 2, is PL OK! :thumbs:

As before noted, the very last line is from the missing page, obtained from forum page 2.
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Ambrosio, a young Student, and Stranger, a Friend to Chrysostem, etc, etc, etc, is PL OK. Nicely read.

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