Not exactly the most motherly of affections.... You'd drown in a good rainstorm what with your nose so high up in the air!Mrs. Seal. Well! however, I'm glad the girl's disposed of, anyway.
All PL OK.
Thanks, Todd
Not exactly the most motherly of affections.... You'd drown in a good rainstorm what with your nose so high up in the air!Mrs. Seal. Well! however, I'm glad the girl's disposed of, anyway.
yes indeed, that is how it should be done. The old scripts very often have a confusing way of putting the "aside" at the end of the line (but not always !) so the narrator has to stay vigilant and ponder each time where it fits best. I'll also keep an eye out for those to catch any errors in the PL-phase.MichaelMaggs wrote: ↑December 21st, 2019, 10:31 amI see that some of the stage directions follow rather then precede the speech they relate to. Would it help in editing if I read those, where relevant, as if they appeared at the start? For example, I could read
“Humph. I know he has a mind to come into that particular. [Aside”
as
“Humphrey: Aside”
brilliant acting, Algy and I think your voice perfectly fits the occasion for Mr Sealand's character. I enjoyed this very much. A pity Mr and Mrs Sealand didn't really have a dialogue to speak of They probably have nothing to say to each other.
and Sir John is perfectly PL ok from start to finish (have a cognac, will you)
I know that we don't normally include any footnotes, but on the basis that most people won't follow the Latin, I've also read the translation. You can chop that if you don't need it.Please read all text from the stuff after the title, the letter to the king, the preface, the prologue, and the dramatis personnae.
I really like the comparison to Terence's Andria - which we recorded earlier this year
yes compared to Pinero, Steele is rather economizing with stage directionsMichaelMaggs wrote: ↑January 13th, 2020, 2:15 pmHere's the narrator for act 1. The recording length is 18:17, of which 14:40 is the introductory material, and only 3:37 the actual stage directions!
I think the stage direction person deserves a chance to shine (they don't exist as a speaking role in (most) stage performances, of course, so they get no chance then) and having prologue/epilogue here in their voice is fine. But if the associated readers get there first, then "better luck next time".Kitty wrote: ↑January 14th, 2020, 4:47 am
> from 12:25-14:40: Prologue might have been read by the character of Myrtle as it was specified that Mr Wilks played Myrtle in this play.
Todd: did you wish the narrator to do this instead ? Usually we have the actor reading those parts. The epilogue was also read by Indiana here. Of course now that Michael did such a great job of it, it would be a shame to waste it. Unless he wants to recycle this part for the monthly poetry collection. Since it's written in verse it will well get accepted there with open arms.
Sonia
ok so, Michael, the prologue is fine to leave in It was excellently narrated, so that's a bonus.