[COMPLETE][PLAY] The Mikado by W.S.Gilbert- annise

RussellEric · Post by **RussellEric** » March 7th, 2018, 6:09 am

Koko, Act 1

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_koko_01.mp3

Post by **Availle** » March 7th, 2018, 8:50 am

Elizabby wrote: ↑March 7th, 2018, 3:09 am Thanks Availle, I'll put you in for Yum-Yum. We can pretend to be "schoolgirls 18 and under" together!

I'll do my very best to sound "cute".
You said above that it's okay to ham it up - that would be my very first role to do so...

I'll see that you get something within a week or two.

benderca · Post by **benderca** » March 8th, 2018, 5:02 pm

Hi Beth!

Here's Katisha, Act 1:

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_katisha_1.mp3

Feel free to make suggestions about pace and spacing. I tried to pace my sections according to the music -- I read slower songs more slowly, with longer dramatic pauses.

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » March 9th, 2018, 4:22 am

RussellEric wrote: ↑March 7th, 2018, 6:09 am Koko, Act 1

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_koko_01.mp3

Thanks Russell! Well done on working through the horrible formatting!

There is one verse missing though:

at 8:27 the "ALL" chorus is the three from the Trio:

To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock,
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!

The rest of it was excellently read! Nice expression!

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » March 9th, 2018, 4:28 am

benderca wrote: ↑March 8th, 2018, 5:02 pm Hi Beth!

Here's Katisha, Act 1:

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_katisha_1.mp3

Thank you so much! This was absolutely brilliant!

I can't wait to see what you make of Act 2!

RussellEric · Post by **RussellEric** » March 13th, 2018, 4:36 am

Elizabby wrote: ↑March 9th, 2018, 4:22 am
There is one verse missing though:

Sorry about that. Here is Koko Act I with the “cheap and chippy chopper” chunk included - duration 12:45

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_01_koko_128kb.mp3

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » March 13th, 2018, 4:43 am

Thanks Russell! Act 1 is now PL OK!

RussellEric · Post by **RussellEric** » March 19th, 2018, 3:48 am

Koko Act 2.

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_koko_2.mp3

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » April 6th, 2018, 8:19 pm

RussellEric wrote: ↑March 19th, 2018, 3:48 am Koko Act 2.

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_koko_2.mp3

Hi Russell! Thanks for this lovely reading - sorry, I forgot it was here, but I've listened to it now! Just a few little corrections:

@5:41 the line should be "Close thing, that! Here he comes!"
@7:42 missing group line "Punishment!"
@8:17 Ko-Ko is here, so please give me the chorus starting from "Yet A is happy, oh so happy..."
@15:42 your last line isn't quite right, he's rebuking her: "you've a very good bargain in me!"
Also, immediately following this line, please give me the final chorus "On this subject we pray you be dumb (dumb-dumb)" and including "Then let the throng our joy advance"

Lovely work in coping with the very difficult formatting here! I especially liked your handling of the rather ridiculous "Tit-willow" song!

RussellEric · Post by **RussellEric** » April 11th, 2018, 3:07 am

Elizabby wrote: ↑April 6th, 2018, 8:19 pm
Just a few little corrections:

@5:41 the line should be "Close thing, that! Here he comes!"
@7:42 missing group line "Punishment!"
@8:17 Ko-Ko is here, so please give me the chorus starting from "Yet A is happy, oh so happy..."
@15:42 your last line isn't quite right, he's rebuking her: "you've a very good bargain in me!"
Also, immediately following this line, please give me the final chorus "On this subject we pray you be dumb (dumb-dumb)" and including "Then let the throng our joy advance"

Those should be corrected/added herein:

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_koko_2.mp3

Are you still in need of anything for this project with which I can help? Perhaps the Male Chorus, although I really don’t know what that entails!

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » April 11th, 2018, 5:28 am

Thanks Russell, Ko-Ko is now PL OK and beautifully done!

Thanks for the offer, but I really don't think I can have Ko-Ko overlap with the general male chorus - you'd be talking to yourself in the first section particularly. If you are looking for some more dramatic work, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle has just opened, so there's lots of parts in that one. I also need a few more voices to finish off "The story of the amulet" - both links are in my signature file.

Post by **Availle** » April 12th, 2018, 6:35 pm

I'm sorry for the delay on this one. It was quite challenging, both the "young girl" aspect, and then to figure out whether I am part of the "all" lines or not. I probably missed half of them in any case...

Anyway, here's YumYum; please let me know what I missed and if you'd like to have something acted out differently. Thanks!

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_yumyum_1.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_yumyum_2.mp3

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » April 16th, 2018, 10:37 pm

Availle wrote: ↑April 12th, 2018, 6:35 pm Anyway, here's YumYum; please let me know what I missed and if you'd like to have something acted out differently. Thanks!

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_yumyum_1.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_yumyum_2.mp3

Act 1 is PL OK - I particularly liked the inflections in the "this oh this" section!

Good job with the really terribly awful formatting of the major choruses!

Just a line missing from Act 2 - it's a shared one with Nanki-Poo, so it's hard to find.

@5:12 an exclamation of "Buried alive?!" when Ko-Ko first reveals your fate.

The rest of Act 2 was all PL OK - the weeping sections in Act 2 were hilarious too! Everyone crying and singing is going to be as funny in audio as it usually is on stage!

Post by **Availle** » April 22nd, 2018, 5:26 pm

Thanks for being kind, this was really quite difficult!

Corrected Yumyum here:
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/mikado_yumyum_2.mp3

Thanks!

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » April 23rd, 2018, 10:04 pm

Yum-Yum is suitably affected by the idea of being buried alive, and is now PL OK!

Yes, apologies the formatting was really horribly out of order! If you know the music it makes sense, but otherwise it really doesn't!