This project is complete. All audio files can be found on our LV catalog page at https://librivox.org/a-bold-stroke-for-a-husband-by-hannah-cowley/"Plays, where the scene is placed in a foreign country, particularly when that country is Spain, have a license to present certain improbabilities to the audience, without incurring the danger of having them called such; and the authoress, by the skill with which she has used this dramatic permittance, ... has formed a most interesting plot, and embellished it with lively, humorous, and affecting incident.... Here is contained no oblique insinuation, detrimental to the cause of morality—but entertainment and instruction unite, to make a pleasant exhibition at a theatre, or give an hour's amusement in the closet."
(Summary by Mrs. Inchbald, 1831)
Time for another one. This should be fun. Since we have cross-dressing on stage, this really really better be gender neutral.
Kitty will be in gentleman's disguise as Donna Victoria, and she may decide to back up her DPL suggestions with her sword so be careful out there!
If you want to know more about how this might be a Shakespeare mash-up, you can take a look at https://wwp.northeastern.edu/blog/bold-stroke/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47379
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
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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: 8yNMprPU
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Cowley (Hannah Cowley)
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bold_Stroke_for_a_Husband
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 58
- Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
- Original publication date (if known): 1783
- If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog?
- Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
Genres for the project: Plays/Comedy
Keywords that describe the book: wayward husband, crossed lovers, stolen inheritance, disguised woman
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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.
Say:
At the end of each file say:"Act # of A Bold Stroke for a Husband, by Hannah Cowley. 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 A Bold Stroke for a Husband, by Hannah Cowley."
Filename:
For individual roles: boldstroke_role_#.mp3 where # is the act number. (e.g. boldstroke_romeo_1.mp3)
For final files: boldstroke_#_cowley_128kb.mp3 where # is the act number. (e.g. boldstroke_1_cowley_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: toddhw
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
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