Volunteers outside the USA: Lechmere Worrall died in 1957. His/Her work is still protected by copyright in places, like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years.
Edward Hargraves, a young author, is encouraged by his mother and friend, Billy, to marry a woman in order to understand the fairer sex better and thereby characterize them better in his next book. While he attempts to follow their advice and marry Evangeline, a pleasant but rather uninteresting woman, a daring American reporter, Ann, has set her eyes on him. She will stop at nothing to gain an interview with him - and his love. ( Elsie Selwyn)
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Genres for the project: Plays/Comedy
Keywords that describe the book: comedy, women, play, romance, marriage, author
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Ooh, are you going to do a British voice Trisha? Accent swap
I hadn't noticed accent requirements, but I can do my best version. It wouldn't be the first time. Will this be a battle of the accents?
I challenge you to a duel
Librivox never had accent requirements, but if you read the play, it's about a British man who knows nothing about women ditching a boring British prude (Evangeline) for the American Anne.
leanneyauyau wrote: ↑May 28th, 2019, 5:15 pm
I challenge you to a duel
Librivox never had accent requirements, but if you read the play, it's about a British man who knows nothing about women ditching a boring British prude (Evangeline) for the American Anne.
You're on!
Yeah, I figured I could at least pull off the boring prude.
Hi Elsie! I'd be happy to DPL the finished piece for you!
Just a comment after reading the script: You may need to give some directions to the narrator (assuming you are not going to narrate this yourself) as there are a LOT of stage directions which don't actually add anything to the action. I'd suggest asking the narrator not to read any of the purely "movement" directions (such as "Coming down C.") as the stage directions don't actually add anything to the audio version and can IMO be omitted. Most of the "style" directions can likewise be left out, again there are a lot of these which are better conveyed by the actors (such as "impulsively", "significantly", "severely", etc). If you DO want any of these then you might want to ask the narrator to give the name of the character speaking first, as it can be hard to know, so I would ask the narrator to say something like "Mrs Hargreaves, whispering to Edward" or "Ann starts as if she were going to say something" even if the script doesn't actually have the character's name given there.
Elizabby wrote: ↑May 29th, 2019, 11:27 pm
Hi Elsie! I'd be happy to DPL the finished piece for you!
Just a comment after reading the script: You may need to give some directions to the narrator (assuming you are not going to narrate this yourself) as there are a LOT of stage directions which don't actually add anything to the action. I'd suggest asking the narrator not to read any of the purely "movement" directions (such as "Coming down C.") as the stage directions don't actually add anything to the audio version and can IMO be omitted. Most of the "style" directions can likewise be left out, again there are a lot of these which are better conveyed by the actors (such as "impulsively", "significantly", "severely", etc). If you DO want any of these then you might want to ask the narrator to give the name of the character speaking first, as it can be hard to know, so I would ask the narrator to say something like "Mrs Hargreaves, whispering to Edward" or "Ann starts as if she were going to say something" even if the script doesn't actually have the character's name given there.
Thank you for DPLing! I think I’ll narrate as long as you’re willing to PL this as well. Thank you for your advice on narrating - I think you’re right.