COMPLETE[PLAY] Orra: A Tragedy by Joanna Baillie - thw

DrPGould · Post by **DrPGould** » January 30th, 2018, 12:31 pm

Chuck:

May I claim the outstanding role (Hartman)?

Many thanks,

Philip

(Glad to see another Joanna Baillie fan in librivox).

Post by **Kitty** » January 30th, 2018, 12:37 pm

DrPGould wrote: ↑January 30th, 2018, 12:31 pm May I claim the outstanding role (Hartman)?

can it be possible we are finally fully claimed ? Thank you Philip ! Chuck will do a somersault backwards when he sees this

Sonia

Post by **ToddHW** » January 30th, 2018, 4:13 pm

Would that be a tluasremos?

Some strange mountain creature in the valley near the castle moat perhaps....

Thanks, Todd

ChuckW · Post by **ChuckW** » January 30th, 2018, 6:30 pm

Kitty wrote: ↑January 30th, 2018, 12:37 pm
DrPGould wrote: ↑January 30th, 2018, 12:31 pm May I claim the outstanding role (Hartman)?
can it be possible we are finally fully claimed ? Thank you Philip ! Chuck will do a somersault backwards when he sees this

Sonia

*does a backwards somersault*

Thanks Philip! I'm so glad we finally fleshed out the cast! So, so great!

And I'm happy to see someone else is excited about doing more Baillie plays. After this one is finished, I think I'm probably going to launch either The Dream or De Monfort. I've also got my eye on Witchcraft, but I honestly haven't read it yet.

Anyway, happy to see we're nearing the end of this project.

DrPGould · Post by **DrPGould** » January 30th, 2018, 7:33 pm

Here is Hartman (Durations 1: 2:34; 2: 1;13; 5: 4:01)

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/orra_hartman_1.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/orra_hartman_2.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/orra_hartman_5.mp3

Many thanks,

Philip

Post by **Kitty** » January 31st, 2018, 12:32 am

ToddHW wrote:Would that be a tluasremos?
Some strange mountain creature in the valley near the castle moat perhaps....

ok, ok I got it, I had the word wrong. Sorry, I didn't think that there was a difference between a backwards somersault and a somersault backwards

(I could play the non-native card once again as excuse...)

But at least it gave us all a good laugh

Sonia

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » January 31st, 2018, 12:59 am

You realise of course, Todd and Sonia, that you’ve really got a George Burns and Gracie Allen thing going these days.

Champagne comedy!

Chris

Post by **Kitty** » January 31st, 2018, 1:01 am

SonOfTheExiles wrote: ↑January 31st, 2018, 12:59 am You realise of course, Todd and Sonia, that you’ve really got a George Burns and Gracie Allen thing going these days.
Champagne comedy!

since I don't know those guys I don't know how I should feel about this comment now

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » January 31st, 2018, 2:07 am

DrPGould wrote:Here is Hartman (Durations 1: 2:34; 2: 1;13; 5: 4:01)

excellent job, Philip

Hartman strikes me as a really upstanding and steady friend in need. You play him with a sort of melancholy and voice of reason somehow, but still he does what needs to be done. Great characterization.

Acts 1 & 2 are already PL ok. Although you missed to say "read by Philip Gould" in the voice credits in Act 1, but I'll make a note for Chuck, in Act 2 you said it correctly.

Here are a couple of notes for Act 5 though:

> at about 0:23: (p. 86 bottom) missing lines, spoken to Eleonora “Countess, your presence much emboldens me to think it so shall be.”

> at 1:35: (p. 87 bottom): could you leave a bit more space to make it easier to insert the stage direction [turning again to Hughobert] here ?

thank you for joining the play

Sonia

DrPGould · Post by **DrPGould** » January 31st, 2018, 10:11 am

Here is the corrected Hartman from Act 5.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/orra_hartman_5.mp3

Many thanks,

Philip

Post by **Kitty** » January 31st, 2018, 10:19 am

DrPGould wrote: ↑January 31st, 2018, 10:11 am Here is the corrected Hartman from Act 5.
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/orra_hartman_5.mp3

thank you, all perfectly PL ok now

Sonia

Post by **ToddHW** » January 31st, 2018, 4:37 pm

Kitty wrote: ↑January 31st, 2018, 1:01 am
SonOfTheExiles wrote: ↑January 31st, 2018, 12:59 am You realise of course, Todd and Sonia, that you’ve really got a George Burns and Gracie Allen thing going these days.
Champagne comedy!
since I don't know those guys I don't know how I should feel about this comment now

Sonia

You should feel honored - if you are George. Gracie was, well, a bit addle-headed would be kind... They were a comedy team long before Carry On ever appeared on the scene. In fact, I have only ever seen them in reruns myself so that tells you how long ago they were! (They just miss having some of their earliest stuff PD.)

Thanks, Todd

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » January 31st, 2018, 5:51 pm

The Burns and Allen radio shows are to be found in many places on the internet and in archive.org.

Gracie ran for President of the United States in 1940: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/georgegracie.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/gracie-for-president-1940/amp/

“When Ken Murray on The Texaco Star Theatre asked with which party Gracie was affiliated, she heartily retorted, “I may take a drink now and then, but I never get affiliated.””

Post by **Kitty** » February 1st, 2018, 12:21 am

ToddHW wrote: ↑January 31st, 2018, 4:37 pmYou should feel honored - if you are George. Gracie was, well, a bit addle-headed would be kind...

after having listened to Chris's example, I refuse to be compared to Gracie

Can't even listen to her for two minutes. *shudders*
I need to rethink my image here

Sonia

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » February 1st, 2018, 12:45 am

“I need to rethink my image here.”

The recent throttling of poor Joe Lebanon wasn’t enough, Killer Kitty?

I don’t know where you go from there, as far as “bringing the pain” to my characters goes.

Though I have a horrible suspicion that Todd is even now riffling through his plays collection, looking for an instance of a pirate-queen making someone who displeased her walk the plank into a shark-infested ocean.

Thank goodness Xena, Warrior Princess isn’t PD yet.

Chris