COMPLETE [DR] A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas -mas

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linny
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A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831 - 1916).


This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/a-little-girl-in-old-boston-by-amanda-minnie-douglas/

Linny will BC and edit this project
Doris, an orphan from England, arrives in Boston and adapts to life in America. As she grows up, she undergoes many adventures and experiences the 1812 war. ( Elsie Selwyn)
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I will narrate, PL all parts except my own, and edit together the play. I will need a DPL to PL my parts and the finished chapters. MC most welcome! :D


Edit: I changed the requested amount of sections in the MW because I think it will be easier to handle with just one section for each part.
Last edited by elsieselwyn on June 12th, 2019, 8:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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elsieselwyn wrote: June 12th, 2019, 5:41 am I will narrate, PL all parts except my own, and edit together the play. I will need a DPL to PL my parts and the finished chapters. MC most welcome! :D
At your service. Just tell me what to do.
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KevinS wrote: June 12th, 2019, 5:48 am
elsieselwyn wrote: June 12th, 2019, 5:41 am I will narrate, PL all parts except my own, and edit together the play. I will need a DPL to PL my parts and the finished chapters. MC most welcome! :D
At your service. Just tell me what to do.
Thank you so much, Kevin! For my parts, I will record the narrator's lines (I turned the original text into a script) and have a pause between each line so that I can edit it together. Basically, you PL it like any other PL (look for stumbles, long pauses within a line, misread somehow etc.). Once I edit all the lines together, the chapters will be almost finished, but I just need you to make sure I didn't miss a line while editing, the pauses aren't too short or too long, and that nothing is drastically misread in the lines.
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elsieselwyn wrote: June 12th, 2019, 6:05 am
KevinS wrote: June 12th, 2019, 5:48 am
elsieselwyn wrote: June 12th, 2019, 5:41 am I will narrate, PL all parts except my own, and edit together the play. I will need a DPL to PL my parts and the finished chapters. MC most welcome! :D
At your service. Just tell me what to do.
Thank you so much, Kevin! For my parts, I will record the narrator's lines (I turned the original text into a script) and have a pause between each line so that I can edit it together. Basically, you PL it like any other PL (look for stumbles, long pauses within a line, misread somehow etc.). Once I edit all the lines together, the chapters will be almost finished, but I just need you to make sure I didn't miss a line while editing, the pauses aren't too short or too long, and that nothing is drastically misread in the lines.
It will be my pleasure.

Should I take a small part, too? (I haven't acted for decades!) You know my voice, so if there's something appropriate, just let me know when we're further along.
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If you want a part, absolutely! There are multiple parts that I think would suit your voice. Once the MW is set up, I'll point some of them out to you and you can decide which one you would prefer :D
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Most satisfactory!
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Is Winthrop Adams available? I hope he'd fit my voice well, I'm looking for a teen boy character that's more of a major role... and I'm not too familiar with the book, so I hope he'd work out. Let me know what you think, thanks! :D <smile>
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ej400 wrote: June 12th, 2019, 8:36 pm Is Winthrop Adams available? I hope he'd fit my voice well, I'm looking for a teen boy character that's more of a major role... and I'm not too familiar with the book, so I hope he'd work out. Let me know what you think, thanks! :D <smile>
You can have Winthrop if you want! He is an adult man though so if you want a teenage boy, Cary Adams (his son) or Warren Leverett would be younger. Totally up to you which of the 3 you prefer :D
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elsieselwyn wrote: June 13th, 2019, 4:28 am
ej400 wrote: June 12th, 2019, 8:36 pm Is Winthrop Adams available? I hope he'd fit my voice well, I'm looking for a teen boy character that's more of a major role... and I'm not too familiar with the book, so I hope he'd work out. Let me know what you think, thanks! :D <smile>
You can have Winthrop if you want! He is an adult man though so if you want a teenage boy, Cary Adams (his son) or Warren Leverett would be younger. Totally up to you which of the 3 you prefer :D
:hmm: Tough choice. I think I'll take Warren Leverett then.
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Okay! I’ll mark you down once we get the MW.
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While looking through my lines, to find just the perfect tones, (and finding myself doing a southern accent for a book in Boston :lol: <laughing>), I found a couple mistakes with the text:

Ch 2 p.7 towards the bottom: "A small boy! How queer that seems." It doesn't say who reads the line.
Ch 2 p. 9 Middle of page: "she explained to Doris." I'm sure this is the narrator's line.

Thank you! :D <smile>
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ej400 wrote: June 13th, 2019, 9:42 am While looking through my lines, to find just the perfect tones, (and finding myself doing a southern accent for a book in Boston :lol: <laughing>), I found a couple mistakes with the text:

Ch 2 p.7 towards the bottom: "A small boy! How queer that seems." It doesn't say who reads the line.
Ch 2 p. 9 Middle of page: "she explained to Doris." I'm sure this is the narrator's line.

Thank you! :D <smile>
Oh thank your for catching those mistakes - I tried to make sure all lines were labeled, but I am of course not infallible. If you see any more errors, please tell me! I appreciate the help :D
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Elsie,

I can MC this for you. I'll get your MW set up.

MaryAnn
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May I claim Electa King just because her name is super cool?
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