COMPLETE Rollo's Wild Oat by Clare Kummer - thw

ChuckW · Post by **ChuckW** » January 29th, 2018, 7:55 pm

ToddHW wrote: ↑January 29th, 2018, 5:19 pm May I read your stage directions?

Thanks, Todd

That would be amazing, Todd! Thank you!

Post by **ToddHW** » February 1st, 2018, 5:41 pm

Act 1 stage directions recorded; need to edit. Long act!

Thanks, Todd

alanmapstone · Post by **alanmapstone** » February 2nd, 2018, 9:29 am

Skitterling act 2 - lines spoken as King

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_skitterling_2.mp3

I have always wanted to play Claudius, I guess this is as close as I will get!

ChuckW · Post by **ChuckW** » February 2nd, 2018, 10:41 am

alanmapstone wrote: ↑February 2nd, 2018, 9:29 am Skitterling act 2 - lines spoken as King

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_skitterling_2.mp3

I have always wanted to play Claudius, I guess this is as close as I will get!

Maybe we should do another audiobook production of Hamlet?

Thanks Alan. The file is PL OK and quite well read. I'm glad you got the chance to read Claudius, even if it's in a limited capacity.

ToddHW wrote: ↑February 1st, 2018, 5:41 pm Act 1 stage directions recorded; need to edit. Long act!

Thanks, Todd

No rush, Todd. Act I is a beast. I started recording my lines for it the other day and didn't even get a quarter of the way through.

Post by **mightyfelix** » February 2nd, 2018, 4:00 pm

Well, after reading scene 1, Devorah thinks Stein is a pretty upstanding guy, but Goldie disagrees:

Goldie. (Sits R. of table) Oh, I had to come to tell you — to beg you — please, Mr. Webster, don't
go on with it.

Rollo. Don't go on with it?

Goldie. He's going to do it — he said so, on the
way down in the elevator.

Rollo. But I'm glad he is — I expected him to.

Goldie. But you don't know him as I do — it
isn't because he thinks it will be good.

Rollo. Of course not.

Goldie. It is just — just to get your money. He
thinks, if it does succeed, it will be because it is so
bad.

Rollo. Never mind what he thinks — I wouldn't
even accuse him of such a thing.

Goldie. But do you realize what he is? He's
not a good manager at all, Mr. Webster.

Rollo. Of course not. No good manager would
have anything to do with me.

Goldie. And I am nothing at all, Mr. Webster.
I don't suppose there is a worse actress in the world.

Incidentally, when I saw that there's a song for me, I tried to find a copy of it, and had very good success: Blushing June Roses. Oddly, although it says it was published in 1920, it also says "Item Unavailable Due to Copyright Restrictions." But it also let me download the full PDF.

Sooo... Whatever that's about.

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » February 2nd, 2018, 6:33 pm

Here is the rather pretentious Mrs Park-Gales! The "Queen" role is included in the 2nd act file.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_mrsparkgales_1.mp3 (2:51)
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_mrsparkgales_2.mp3 (2:00)

Post by **mightyfelix** » February 2nd, 2018, 9:48 pm

Goldie's lines are all recorded. Still need to edit. After reading through the play, I decided to play her as a sweetly brainless New York beauty. Something between Betty Boop and Fran Drescher. These two interactions seemed to me to sum her up pretty well:

Horatio. Can't you now? What do you like
to do?

Goldie. Oh, I don't know, really — I never had
time to do anything I like — I love children and
flowers and — my sweet-grass sewing basket — I love
to sew — and — and put initials on things!

Horatio. Why? You've played Ophelia before,
haven't you?

Goldie. No, Mr. Webster, never.

Horatio. Oh! What have you played?

Goldie. Why, nothing very much, Mr. Webster.
I've been mostly — in musical shows.

Horatio. Oh, you sing.

Goldie. No, I don't.

Horatio. Don't you have to sing to be in musical shows?

Goldie. No. You — you don't.

Horatio. Oh — well, what are the qualifications
necessary?

Goldie. Why, different things. Mr. Webster.

Horatio. What in your case?

Goldie. Why, I think it was my ankles — mostly.

Post by **mightyfelix** » February 3rd, 2018, 12:20 pm

Goldie, Act 1 is 18:36

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_goldie_1_128kb.mp3

I gave you two versions of the singing: one with and one without piano accompaniment. Since the stage directions make it clear that she is playing while she sings, I thought that would be a nice touch, but it's up to you whether or not you'd like to have it. The score I used is the one published in 1920 that I linked to a few posts up. Incidentally, I did try to find a score for Lydia's song, but so far haven't had any success.

ChuckW · Post by **ChuckW** » February 4th, 2018, 6:42 am

Elizabby wrote: ↑February 2nd, 2018, 6:33 pm Here is the rather pretentious Mrs Park-Gales! The "Queen" role is included in the 2nd act file.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_mrsparkgales_1.mp3 (2:51)
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_mrsparkgales_2.mp3 (2:00)

Thanks Beth! An excellent performance, as always.

Act II is PL OK, but I found one missing line in Act I:

1:39 (p. 39) - “Mr. Lucas has a beautiful voice.”

ChuckW · Post by **ChuckW** » February 4th, 2018, 6:44 am

mightyfelix wrote: ↑February 2nd, 2018, 9:48 pm Goldie's lines are all recorded. Still need to edit. After reading through the play, I decided to play her as a sweetly brainless New York beauty. Something between Betty Boop and Fran Drescher. These two interactions seemed to me to sum her up pretty well:

That sounds wonderful, especially since I'm kinda playing Rollo as a well-meaning, overenthusiastic imbecile.

I can't wait to hear your interpretation of this character. I'll be in and out all day, but will try to find time to listen to your file before I go.

Post by **ToddHW** » February 4th, 2018, 1:06 pm

Here is the Act 1 narration.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_stagedirections_1_128kb.mp3

(I know you probably don't need everything here.)

Thanks, Todd

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » February 5th, 2018, 12:15 am

Oops! This is the same file again, with the missing line inserted at 1:39.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_mrsparkgales_1.mp3 (2:54)

Post by **ToddHW** » February 5th, 2018, 6:24 pm

Acts 2 and 3 stage directions recorded - must edit.

Thanks, Todd

Post by **mightyfelix** » February 6th, 2018, 1:27 am

Here's act 2.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_goldie_2_128kb.mp3

Post by **mightyfelix** » February 6th, 2018, 1:27 pm

And act 3. I gave you a few sobs, if you'd like them, for this:

Rollo. I don't — I don't. Why, Goldie, I realize
now that all the time I was striding through Ham-
let, I was really only stumbling along my way to
you. (She sobs softly. He straightens up) I'll ask
you to marry me again when we both feel more
like it.

Or you can just let the stage directions handle it. It's your choice.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/rolloswildoat_goldie_3_128kb.mp3