That would be awesome! Great suggestion. Hopefully someone will take it up at some point.Welsh Librarian wrote:May I be so bold as to nominate a dramatic work version of "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne with a different person reading each character's part (for instance someone with a Central London English accent reading Phileas Fogg, someone with a South of England English accent reads Inspector Fix, someone with a Parisian French accent reads Passepartout and so on)?
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I would probably do it myself, if I knew the ins and outs of how to do it, but would be more than happy to turn a public domain text into a script if that would help issues?
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Hi WL -Welsh Librarian wrote:I would probably do it myself, if I knew the ins and outs of how to do it, but would be more than happy to turn a public domain text into a script if that would help issues?
BCing (that's "Book Coordinating") a dramatic project is quite time-consuming and involves more than BCing a prose or poetic project, mostly because you have to oversee the individual roles coming in (which have to be proofed individually), make sure they all come in on time and correctly, and then oversee the editing stages (BCs usually edit their own projects), and the final proofing stages. I think this is a great idea for a project, but I'd wait until you have some experience coordinating at least another couple of projects first - or you could try to find a more experienced BC to take it on. (I can't at the moment - my plate is overflowing!) Feel free to PM me if you'd like to talk about this further.
gloriana wrote:And what about some Restoration comedy?
Sheridan's The Rivals
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24761
Sheridan's School For Scandal
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1929
Wycherley, The Country Wife
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/6/274/1876/frameset.html
Aphra Behn, The Rover
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21339/21339-h/files/rover.html
Congreve, The Way of the World
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1292
If you ever get to The Country Wife, let me know! I loved that one, so funny! Props for the Restoration comedy suggestion. It's pretty wild and definitely worth it to know that *even in English drama* there was a break from the enforced dreariness of Cromwell and the prim and proper of Victoria. =D
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Im also going to second the Restoration comedies. I'd love a part (especially in any polays by Aphra Behn)...meanwhile, noone mentions "Edward the Second" by Marlowe ...ahead of its time in celebrating a fairly "Queer" king and his Leander (I believe). Then there's Ben Johnsons "The Alchemist if you want to go all out and get very very darkly funny! It turns alchemy and class disinctions on their heads! I saw it in England with Ian Mckellan and it put the modern Tom Sotppard to shame with its manic theatrics...
I'd like to do a bit in Circe by Joyce, but having read him, I realize now, how very hard it is to djustisce to his ample "translations" which good theater is, down at the bottom.
Good luck everyone!
I'd like to do a bit in Circe by Joyce, but having read him, I realize now, how very hard it is to djustisce to his ample "translations" which good theater is, down at the bottom.
Good luck everyone!
ecce deus fortior me qui veniens dominabitur mihi (La Vita Nuova, Dante Alligheri)
"behold a god more powerful than I who comes to rule over me...love."
"behold a god more powerful than I who comes to rule over me...love."
I'd love to see some more in the catalogue.jowil93 wrote:May I suggest some Moliere? The Misanthrope, or The Doctor in Spite of Himself.
The Imaginary Invalid (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9070) is great - https://librivox.org/the-imaginary-invalid-by-moliere/
Pretentious Ladies (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6562) too - https://librivox.org/one-act-play-collection-003-by-various/
Avare (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6318) is probably my favorite
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I thought I'd revise Elizabeth's yet-to-be-completed Shakespeare list from back in November, since we've motored through quite a few of them since then. The only ones not completed or in progress are:
Pericles: https://librivox.org/pericles-prince-of-tyre-by-william-shakespeare/
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=pericles
Coriolanus: https://librivox.org/coriolanus-by-william-shakespeare/
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=coriolanus
Timon of Athens: https://librivox.org/timon-of-athens-by-william-shakespeare/
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=timonathens
The Two Noble Kinsmen: https://librivox.org/the-two-noble-kinsmen-by-william-shakespeare-and-john-fletcher/
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1542
There's also Double Falsehood/Cardenio but I'm not sure if a PD text exists--I'd have to look around. I know Algy was planning on doing Edward III, which is another disputed text. Maybe we should do Pericles next just to get it over with.
Pericles: https://librivox.org/pericles-prince-of-tyre-by-william-shakespeare/
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=pericles
Coriolanus: https://librivox.org/coriolanus-by-william-shakespeare/
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=coriolanus
Timon of Athens: https://librivox.org/timon-of-athens-by-william-shakespeare/
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=timonathens
The Two Noble Kinsmen: https://librivox.org/the-two-noble-kinsmen-by-william-shakespeare-and-john-fletcher/
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1542
There's also Double Falsehood/Cardenio but I'm not sure if a PD text exists--I'd have to look around. I know Algy was planning on doing Edward III, which is another disputed text. Maybe we should do Pericles next just to get it over with.
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Sorry, suggested this in the wrong place:
I'd like us to do The Merry Devil of Edmonton.
http://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=31947
I'd like us to do The Merry Devil of Edmonton.
http://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=31947
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I agree, but P&P is still finishing off and Mansfield Park is currently recording. Do we really have enough people/energy to do THREE Austen books at the same time? I think one after another is quite enough - though I'd like to see Sense and Sensibility or Emma as the next ones off the rank.AmazingLove429 wrote:Ok, call me a nerd but.....
MORE JANE AUSTEN PLEEEEEEASE!
Oh Yeah and maybe some
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Has "Wives and Daughters" been done as a dramatic reading? That would be fun - lots of women's parts!
Fiction: Regiment of Women
Non-Fiction: History Philosophy English Literature Hellenic History
FULL: Gondoliers W&D Sherlock Holmes PSmith Dr Dolittle French Revolution
Non-Fiction: History Philosophy English Literature Hellenic History
FULL: Gondoliers W&D Sherlock Holmes PSmith Dr Dolittle French Revolution
ive got a treasure chest here: fifity contemporary one-act plays
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36984
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http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36984
CK
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Oh, neat! And they're from all over the world, too--how cool! I think this calls for another one-act play collection after the current one is wrapped up.
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Wikipedia indicates that it first aired in 1938, so there's almost no way it's PD.
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