The Hobby-Horse by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855 - 1934).
A man's wife is caught up in Philanthropy, generously supporting all sorts of good causes. But that does not include her husband's interests in "the Turf or the Stable - no feeling except one of positive distaste." So what is he to do? How about somehow getting her to "endow a Home for about twenty decayed jockeys and stablemen ... who have outlived their chances on the turf and fallen on bad days?" Sounds very noble, but of course that is not quite what he has in mind....
( ToddHW)
And away we go again. We last saw horse racing ala Pinero with "Dandy Dick" - not one of my finer moments: I still have the bruises - but I'm going to play the clergy in charge yet again and see if I can improve my image. Unlikely, but I shall try.
Gender neutral, of course. Sadly there do not appear to be any speaking parts for horses in the script.
Kitty will play the mysteriously cunning philanthropist Mrs Spenser Jermyn, counting her millions while keeping an eagle eye on Mr Jermyn and the rest of ye'all as our stalwart DPL.
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To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are "up for grabs." Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you would like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
Please claim roles (the numbers in the first column below)! Please note: All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. When you submit your recording, you will be placing your recording in the public domain as well.
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Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Submit one file per act.
Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording: [Role], read by [your name].
If you are reading stage directions, please include for each file:At the beginning: Act [#] of The Hobby-Horse 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.
At the end: End of Act [#].
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hobbyhorse_[role]_[#]_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the act number.
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Kitty wrote: ↑April 7th, 2020, 9:30 am
oh another one so soon. Well getting it on my DPL list and I'll try to do my best with Mrs Jermyn.
Sonia
Yes, I know it is too soon. Feel free to slip your super-fast standard 1 hour turnaround on DPL'ing! But the pathos of Broken Hearts really needs some comedy to follow quickly on its heels.
Todd, which parts of the introductory note would you like to be read? All of it? Or leave out the section in the middle that reproduces the programme of the first performance?
MichaelMaggs wrote: ↑April 8th, 2020, 1:20 am
Todd, which parts of the introductory note would you like to be read? All of it? Or leave out the section in the middle that reproduces the programme of the first performance?
i saw, that hewett was announced as groom - i'm sorry i didn't see that yesterday - but: thank you for helping me!
i was wondering about his role and your explanation helped me a great deal!
By the way, the files are not named correctly. In dramatic works we move the MW sections around - to keep open roles on top for easy visibility, to group completed roles by Acts so they can be edited together. So we don't use the section numbers (which change), but rather the Act numbers. I can deal with it now, but if there are any corrections required, please look at the file name example in the first posting on this project (different from the first posting on a book project).
