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The Schoolmistress by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855 - 1934).

The second of Pinero's farces, following the wildly successful "The Magistrate", and likewise a hit.

The Schoolmistress has a secret: "Think of the deception I am practising upon dear Vere! Think of the people who believe in the rigid austerity of Caroline Dyott, Principal of Volumnia College. Think of the precious confidence reposed in me by the parents and relations of twenty-seven innocent pupils. Give an average of eight and a half relations to each pupil; multiply eight and a half by twenty-seven and you approximate the number whose trust I betray this night!"

The three acts are subtitled 1 - The Mystery, 2 - The Party, and 3 - The Nightmare. - Summary by ToddHW ( ToddHW)

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    Thought I'd just mention that while Pinero is a new playwright to me, I just read a Ngaio Marsh murder mystery from the 1950's ("Death at the Vulcan") that takes place in a theater and the situation is compared by some of the characters with the family skeleton and revealed secrets underlying Pinero's "The Magistrate" which we just finished and cataloged (today!). So I guess Pinero was once and should now be better known.

    Gender neutral as always.
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      • Project Code: XfLK2haG
      • Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Arthur Wing Pinero) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero
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      • Number of sections (files) this project will have: 43
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      • Original publication date (if known): 1894
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        Keywords that describe the book: navy ashore, school teachers, young ladies

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Post by WiltedScribe »

Ah, so happy to see another Pinero launched. The Magistrate was a wonderful experience for me.

Most of the male cast seems to be of the older set, so I will pluck for the young bridegroom Mr Reginald Paulover this time around. :)
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Post by ToddHW »

Thanks. Glad you are enjoying these. Looks like Gutenberg.org has a buncha them and I'll try to get to them all in time.

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Post by Kitty »

Hi Todd

I so loved the Magistrate that I hope this one will be equally good. I can do DPL and I would like to try to be Miss Dyott as well. She seems like a strong character, plus she gets to sing in the final act :mrgreen:

Thanks for bringing these plays into the cartalogue. :thumbs:

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Thank you for reading Miss Dyott - I'll PL your part. And singing is not expected - you can just read that part. Or pick a PD tune if you wish.

And thanks especially for being DPL yet again! You do a great job helping people get their parts "good enough", and giving me all the material I need for assembly!

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I'll claim Dinah! :)
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leanneyauyau wrote:I'll claim Dinah! :)
Thank you.

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I decided I needed to be an Admiral and grabbed Archibald Rankling of the Flagship Pandora.

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Awww... would you marry me? :mrgreen:
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Availle wrote:Awww... would you marry me? :mrgreen:
Welcome aboard, my dear. Sorry about sending you off to the scullery for the entirety of Act 2, but as for the rest of the play, we can make a beautiful audiobook together!

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Post by alanmapstone »

Hi Todd

May I read Otto Bernstein. I have often wished I was a (popular) composer, this is probably the closest I will ever get.
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alanmapstone wrote:Hi Todd

May I read Otto Bernstein. I have often wished I was a (popular) composer, this is probably the closest I will ever get.
Thanks.

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Post by Kitty »

I just finished the first Act for Miss Dyott. I must admit, compared to some of my other roles, this one was not easy for me to pull off. I hope I can do her justice.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolmistress_miss_dyott_1.mp3
Recording time: 11:40 min.

Reading around my lines as well, I couldn't help but think that your tone of voice would have fit excellently for the role of Queckett too, Todd. Pity you needed to be an admiral LOL

Oh and I think I found two errors in the text (at least for my part)
ERMYNTRUDE, GWENDOLINE, AND DINAH.
[Under their breath.] Miss Dyott! Miss Dyott! [They quickly disappear. Peggy remains, hastily concealing the letter. Miss Dyott enters. She is a good-looking, dark woman of dignified presence and rigid demeanour, her dress and manner being those of the typical schoolmistress.] Is that Miss Hesslerigge?

PEGGY.
[Demurely.] Yes, Miss Dyott.
I think the sentence "Is that Miss Hesslerigge?" should be spoken by Miss Dyott in the context

btw it's Hesslerigge, not Hesslbrigge, I'll change that in the MW...
QUECKETT.
Good-morning, Caroline, good-morning.

MISS DYOTT.
How is my little pet to-day? [Kissing his cheek, which he turns to her for the purposed] Naughty Vere is down later than usual. It isn't my fault, dear, the florist was late in sending my flower.

MISS DYOTT.
What a shame!
Here the sentence " It isn't my fault, dear, the florist was late in sending my flower." should be said by Queckett. I'm not even sure the preceding sentence "Naughty Vere is down later than usual." is Miss Dyott who's saying it. But I spoke it nevertheless, in case you think it's her.

Let me know what you think. I just hope the other characters don't have many such mis-appropriated lines. :?

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Post by Kitty »

all right, I was almost nonexistant in Act 2 :lol: I only have the last two words...but I just had to record them about a dozen times before I found a tone of voice that I thought suited the situation. :roll:

here's the winner....

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolmistress_miss_dyott_2.mp3
Recording time: 0:11 min.

final act hopefully tomorrow...need to go to bed soon

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Post by ToddHW »

Thank you. I put a note in the MW about the line for Queckett.

And I am sure those were two very important words in Act 2!

Todd
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