COMPLETE[PLAY]Fairy Lady by Calderón - thw

[ToddHW]

The Fairy Lady, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600 - 1681), translated by Henry Richard Vassall Holland (1773 - 1840)

Don Manuel and Cosmo are visiting town to stay with Don Manuel's friend Don John de Toledo for the young Prince's christening, when suddenly a a veiled lady begs for their aid and protection. "My honour and my life are forfeit if I am overtaken or discovered by the person that comes yonder in pursuit of me." And so the intrigue begins....
(Summary by ToddHW)

This project is complete. Audio files can be found in our LV catalog page at https://librivox.org/the-fairy-lady-by-pedro-calderon-de-la-barca/

Here we go again. Flashing swords, big mustaches, veils and mucho honour. Gender neutral, of course.

Kitty will play the veiled woman of the summary text above, but will come out of hiding (undoubtedly in disguise) to be your DPL. Don't lead the baddies to her lair!


Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/threecomediestr00hollgoog/page/n22/mode/2up

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.

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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: v2wa6fWU
• Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/_Pedro_Calderón_de_la_Barca ( Pedro Calderón de la Barca)
• Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
• Number of sections (files) this project will have: 30
• Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
• Original publication date (if known): 1807
• If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog?
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Genres for the project: Plays/Comedy

Keywords that describe the book: veiled lady, honour

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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:

"Character, read by your name."

Leave 3-5 seconds of space between your lines (room noise, not generated silence).

For narration/stage directions:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:

"Act # of The Fairy Lady, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, translated by Henry Richard Vassall Holland. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org."

At the end of each file say:

"End of Act #."

If you are recording the final section of the book, add:

"End of The Fairy Lady, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, translated by Henry Richard Vassall Holland."

Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename:
For individual roles: fairylady_role_#.mp3 where # is the act number. (e.g. fairylady_romeo_1.mp3)
For final files: fairylady_#_calderondelabarca_128kb.mp3 where # is the act number. (e.g. fairylady_1_calderondelabarca_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.

[jakemalizia]

Could I read Cosmo?

[WendyKatzHiller]

May I please claim Isabella?

Thanks,
Wendy

[ToddHW]

Thank you both.

Todd

[GregGiordano]

May I claim Don John?

Thank you!

Greg

[alanmapstone]

Rodrigo please!

[JHedrick]

Hi Todd,

I have never done stage directions before; would this be a place to start?

[Availle]

Could I help out with Donna Beatrice perhaps?

[ToddHW]

Thank you all.

For the stage directions, you need to read everything that is not read by the actors. So each time you see "closes door" or "drinks wine" or "exit left", you would need to read. Often it's written in italics or between brackets, but not always, so finding all the directions can be tricky business.

There is a special rule that concerns reading the characters' names. It's quite easy to remember:

1) if the stage direction appears at the beginning of the speech, you include the character's name.
Example:
John (sitting down on the couch): "I feel a headache coming on."
you would read everything I underlined now, including the name.

2) if the stage direction is in the middle or at the end of the speech, you do not repeat the name, because it's already clear who is speaking.
Example:
John: "I feel a headache coming on." (sits down on the couch) "I think I need a rest." (dozes off)
both times, no name included, only the underlined parts would be read.

Another tricky thing is that things like (aside) often come after the words that are to be actually said aside - which can affect what I just wrote above concerning saying character names.

If in doubt, record it.

Please leave at least 4-5 seconds between each chunk. So each time the narration is interrupted by a character speech, you leave ample space. It makes copy/pasting easier for our editor (me).

Also - record a voice credit for yourself: "Stage directions, read by XXXX"

Thanks, Todd

[Kitty]

Signing up for Angela and DPL

I see I have to handle Todd and Greg as my brothers

Sonia

[ToddHW]

Welcome, Sis. Now behave!

(Anonymous big brother.)

[jakemalizia]

First off the mark!
Here we have Cosmo - the scaredy cat

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/fairylady_cosmo_1.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/fairylady_cosmo_2.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/fairylady_cosmo_3.mp3

[ToddHW]

Thank you. And for being first, you win a free LV audiobook of your choice!

Todd

[jakemalizia]

Thank you. And for being first, you win a free LV audiobook of your choice!

Todd

Thanks!! I'll choose wisely.

[Kitty]

Here we have Cosmo - the scaredy cat

indeed, I loved this role and your portrayal. He reminded me in some scenes of one of the hobbits in the movie (maybe Pippin ) In any case, it was highly entertaining, Jake, thanks so much. I bet you had fun with this character.

Acts 2 and 3 are already PL ok.

One small edit for Act 1:

> at 10:06: (p. 40) "unless she were a witch" - you say "even"

Thanks

Sonia