COMPLETE[PLAY]The Profligate by Pinero - thw

[EltonTheSnowman]

thank you, Mattea, excellent play-acting again. And compared to your impeccable British upper class accent, I fear I (as your mother here) will fail miserably to try to live up to this.

You made her much more arrogant than I expected her when I read the play, I thought she was only the demure, hen-pecked girl. But you give her another deeper layer, and this way, we sympathize a bit less with her lot, because she seems to be much more like her mother an interesting twist in the play. I love it that each player gives their own interpretation and gives the play a new unforeseen turn.

Act 4 is already PL ok.

One missed line in Act 3:

> at about 1:55: please insert: "Hush, mamma dear; all Leslie means is that she is proud of her husband’s goodness. What wife would not be?"

Sonia

Here's the amended version of Act 2:

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_irene_2.mp3
(5:44)

I'm glad I was able to add a new dimension to the character

[Kitty]

Here's the amended version of Act 2:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_irene_2.mp3

thank you, now PL ok

Have a nice weekend

Sonia

[ToddHW]

and here is Mrs Stonehay, my she is a dragon ! I bet you are relieved that there is no Mr Stonehay you had to play, Todd

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_stonehay_2.mp3
Recording time: 4:58 min

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_stonehay_3.mp3
Recording time: 3:53 min

Sonia

I waited long enough to make sure I would not get burned by the dragon flames, but I see that a month was not nearly enough. Whew. Also, how to you walk around without tripping over everything what with your nose so high in the air??

Exactly what this part wanted. PL OK.

Thanks, Todd

[Kitty]

I waited long enough to make sure I would not get burned by the dragon flames, but I see that a month was not nearly enough. Whew. Also, how to you walk around without tripping over everything what with your nose so high in the air??

I thought the same when I was recording the part. It was fun. Thank you, Todd

Sonia

[jennlea]

Here are Acts 1 and 2 of Leslie:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_leslie_1.mp3
5:11
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_leslie_2.mp3
12:30

[Kitty]

Here are Acts 1 and 2 of Leslie:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_leslie_1.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_leslie_2.mp3

thank you, Jenn, you sound so youthful and fresh and enthusiastic. I predict this will drastically change in the next acts Wonderfully portrayed though and PL ok.

Thank you

Sonia

[jennlea]

thank you, Jenn, you sound so youthful and fresh and enthusiastic. I predict this will drastically change in the next acts Wonderfully portrayed though and PL ok.

Thanks so much, Sonia!

Here is Act 3:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_leslie_3.mp3
13:54

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[Kitty]

Here is Act 3:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_leslie_3.mp3

Leslie has her rose-tinted glasses removed and sees the harsh truth. The despair is palpable at the end. I must say, I had a bit of a hard time sympathizing with her though. Her morals are a bit too strict and she was too naive in her adoration of a man she barely knew, no wonder she was disappointed in the end.

Another great act and PL ok, thank you

Sonia

[jennlea]

Leslie has her rose-tinted glasses removed and sees the harsh truth. The despair is palpable at the end. I must say, I had a bit of a hard time sympathizing with her though. Her morals are a bit too strict and she was too naive in her adoration of a man she barely knew, no wonder she was disappointed in the end.

Another great act and PL ok, thank you

Thanks so much! I felt the same about her. Here is the final act. I feel much more comfortable in my voice when it comes to comedy so this ending was challenging. Hope it works:

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_leslie_4.mp3
7:50

[Kitty]

Here is the final act. I feel much more comfortable in my voice when it comes to comedy so this ending was challenging. Hope it works:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_leslie_4.mp3

it SO works your ending is very tragic and you play the emotions perfectly. WOW, well done.

But I agree with you, I also love Pinero's comedies much more than the social criticism plays. Though I also enjoy a good classical tragedy, my heart is more with the comedies, I guess.

Only one small correction:

> at 4:23: "and Mr. Murray says that chance is a just arbiter" - you say "just an arbiter", which is a significant difference

thanks, great performance !

Sonia

[jennlea]

it SO works your ending is very tragic and you play the emotions perfectly. WOW, well done.

But I agree with you, I also love Pinero's comedies much more than the social criticism plays. Though I also enjoy a good classical tragedy, my heart is more with the comedies, I guess.

Only one small correction:

> at 4:23: "and Mr. Murray says that chance is a just arbiter" - you say "just an arbiter", which is a significant difference

thanks, great performance !

Oh, I'm so glad! Thanks so much for your kind words and catching my error! Here is the correction:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_leslie_4.mp3

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[Kitty]

Here is the correction:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/profligate_leslie_4.mp3

and perfectly PL ok now, thanks

Sonia

[brownrottger]

I would like to claim the role of Janet Preece Sections 1,2 and 3. Please.
Christine