Kurt this is great and very very funny. You were right, he wasn't a bad-ass at all, more a sorry ass
But I'm glad you took the role, now I see that your comedic side is just as developed as you "despicable" side
It opens up so many more opportunities....
Well, to Ambler now. As far as I can see, you did not miss any lines. And you got the comedy of the scene with Pug well played out.
However I have a few notes to mention:
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at 1:39: (p. 332 bottom): here you left no place at all for the stage directions [
tells this with extraordinary speed].
Come to think of it, it might even be better not to interrupt your speech with this descriptive direction; but so we can leave it out, it would be cool if you could actually
read the rest "with extraordinary speed", you know, like an excited guy who wants to get an embarrassing situation related quite fast, hoping the listeners won't listen too attentively, or interrupt him.
Of course, no need to get a knot in your tongue, and it should be understandable still, just a tiny bit faster would be cool, and then near the end, slower until you stop with a gasp
Just an idea. If you think this is not feasible, you can also leave a bit of space for the stage directions, but I think we could try to get rid of that one by acting it out
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at 2:01: (p. 333 top) "durst
stir" - you say "
still", which is exactly the opposite
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at 2:55 (p. 333 middle) "to satisfy my la
dy" - I think you
cut off the final "-dy"
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at 4:46 (p. 334 middle) "he hopes to make one of these
sciptics of me" - maybe the pun would be better if you really said "
siptics"(instead of "
skeptics"), since he mentions, he hopes he says it right.
Thank you for this highly enjoyable listen !
Sonia