This project is complete. Audio files can be found in our Librivox catalog page at https://librivox.org/the-freaks-an-idyll-of-suburbia-by-arthur-wing-pinero/When Mrs. Herrick's brother Charlie dies, he leaves his money in trust for members of the circus he used to own under the name of "Segantini's World Renowned Mammoth International Hippodrome and Museum of Living Marvels". When five of the Extraordinary Mortals of the circus show up to visit with the Ordinary Mortals at Mrs. Herrick's country house, there is a clash of cultures....
(Summary by ToddHW)
Here we go again - another Pinero. This is a strange one - farcical setup but more romantic than funny. You are left realizing that freak in appearance or not, we are all human. Or maybe thinking that those that appear as freaks are more human than those that appear to be human.
Gender neutral, of course. And due to the wonders of this being audio, your height, weight, physical condition, and appearance do not matter in your selection of roles.
Sonia will be the Grand Lady of the House, and will take some time from drinking tea and discussing the servant situation to be our DPL. Read well, or she may start discussing you....
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.79882/page/n5
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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
- Project Code: E178x4Iz
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero (Arthur Wing Pinero)
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 43
- Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
- Original publication date (if known): 1917
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Genres for the project: Plays/Comedy
Keywords that describe the book: circus, culture clash, country house, differences
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
For individual roles:
Submit one file per act. At the beginning of the first file, say:
Leave 3-5 seconds of space between your lines (room noise, not generated silence)."Character, read by your name."
For narration/stage directions:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
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At the end of each file say:"Act # of The Freaks: An Idyll of Suburbia, by Arthur Wing Pinero. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org."
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of Act #."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Freaks: An Idyll of Suburbia, by Arthur Wing Pinero."
Filename:
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MC to select: toddhw
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