Volunteers outside the USA: W. Somerset Maugham died in 1965. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 50 years; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
This project is complete. Audio files can be found on the Librivox catalog page at https://librivox.org/lady-frederick-a-comedy-in-three-acts-by-w-somerset-maugham/(To be edited!) This is being run as a reader request. From Wikipedia: Lady Frederick is a comedy by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, written early in his career. The play was first seen in London in 1907, and was very successful, running for 422 performances. The title role was played by Ethel Irving. In New York it was first performed in 1908, with Lady Frederick played by Ethel Barrymore, who reprised her role in the play's film adaptation, The Divorcee. In the play, Lady Frederick is an Irish widow, seriously in debt; she must deal with suitors who have various motives for proposing marriage, and with the man with whom she once had an affair. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)
Editor: LCaulkins
Stage Directions: LCaulkins
DPL Roles: sacapsie
DPL Completed Acts: sacapsie
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37962
(The other two plays in this book will be run consecutively after this one is finished.)
Heads up: the play has several name typos within the stage directions. Eg., Mereston is at times written as Mererston. You will need to scan down the whole script rather than rely on the Find feature to jump to your next line.
We are not doubling roles at this time.
Let's gender match for now.
Pronunciations: Pair-a-deen Folds, Meerston
Deadline: Please submit your recording within 2 months of placing your claim. If you cannot complete the recording within this time, please post in the thread to relinquish your claim or to ask the BC for an extension. If your recording is not completed by the deadline, your claim may be reassigned at the BC's discretion.
Claiming roles: Look in the Magic Window below for the list of available roles. Post a reply in this thread asking for the role you would like to record.
Please note: All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. When you submit your recording, you will be placing your recording in the public domain as well.
New to recording? Please see our Newbie Guide to Recording for further instructions. A quick guide to our required technical settings can be found here. When you post your file, please tell the BC what name you would like to use in our catalog.
Prooflistening level: Special
Prospective PLs, please see the Guide for Proof-listeners.
Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process unless you are the BC or PL. Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!
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: QbajFqi4
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham (W. Somerset Maugham)
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 36
- Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
- Original publication date (if known):
- 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; Plays
Keywords that describe the book: comedy, drama, somerset maugham
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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 Lady Frederick, a Comedy in Three Acts, by W. Somerset Maugham. 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 Lady Frederick, a Comedy in Three Acts, by W. Somerset Maugham."
Filename:
For individual roles: ladyfrederick_role_#.mp3 where # is the act number. (e.g. ladyfrederick_romeo_1.mp3)
For final files: ladyfrederick_#_maugham_128kb.mp3 where # is the act number. (e.g. ladyfrederick_1_maugham_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please contact an admin)
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.
