ok Larry, posting this before I go to bed.
First of all thank you for the huge work, I know from experience that Pinero is really stretching the stage directions quite a bit.
I did notice that you basically left all those directions out which referred emotions. After consulting back with Todd, we came to the conclusion that some of them really can be left out, but others are a bit too tricky to convey through the voice alone, as they are also quite visual (which we can't convey in a reading). Could I ask you to insert those back into the correct slots please ?
Here is the list, and in order not to mess up the time-stamps, remember to start at the end
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at about 4:13:
"Valentine White, mimicking Brooke"
"Valentine White, in horror"
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at about 4:48: "Lady Euphemia Vibart, indifferently"
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at about 5:49: "Lady Euphemia Vibart, reproachfully"
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at about 8:26: "Imogen, with dignity"
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at 9:02: "Mrs Gaylustre, to Lady Twombley,
with a little sob" - you forgot to mention "with a little sob"
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at about 9:11: "Sir Julian Twombley, mournfully"
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at about 12:32: "Macphail, sadly"
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at about 13:10: "Sir Julian in evening dress, enters with a letter in his hand"
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at 14:32: "
Mrs Gaylustre, producing Lady Twombley's letter to Brooke" - you forgot to say "Mrs Gaylustre"
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at 15:01: "Sir Julian Twombley, to Lady Twombley,
reproachfully" - you omitted "reproachfully"
It would really be great for the other acts, if you could simply include all the stage directions. I agree, some will get cut, but it's better if Todd has the choice to take it or leave it.
Other than that, the
intro disclaimer is not our standard, as mentioned in the first post. Could you please change that one to: "
Act 1 of The Cabinet Minister, 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 dot org."
Then I further noticed, in the Dramatis Personae you never said "read by", but I think all the readers have given their correct voice credits, so this is not necessary to change for the time being. You're off the hook on that one
Thank you so much. And now: good night. It's half past 2 here.
Sonia