This project is complete. Audio files can be found on our Librivox catalog page at https://librivox.org/the-beaus-duel-or-a-soldier-for-the-ladies-by-susanna-centlivre/A comedy, this was Centlivre's second play, first presented in 1702, and in her prologue she has made a big deal of the fact that this play has been written by a woman. The title tells you what we have here: We have Dueling Suitors for the affections of a young Lady and her heiress cousin, and we have Soldiers "from Conquest back return'd with Laurels Crown'd, where from the Fair, their just Rewards they found". Add in the Lady's Father, a former Mistress, a Fop, and a Fortune-Hunter, and it's time for a rollicking farce.
(Summary by ToddHW)
Here we go again. And, as you will see by the text, there can be many more Centlivre's. Hooray! I do regret to say that yet again, you will have pseudo "f" for the letter "s" throughout the script - but you all have proved you can handle this.
Gender neutral, of course.
Sonia will be our hardworking DPL, and as long as she does not find Toper's secret stash of spirits you can depend upon the accuracy of her forthright comments to you.
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/dramaticworks01cent/page/58/mode/2up
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
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Submit one file per act. At the beginning of the first file, say:
Leave 3-5 seconds of space between your lines (room noise, not generated silence)."Character, read by your name."
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At the end of each file say:"Act # of The Beau's Duel, or A Soldier for the Ladies, by Susanna Centlivre. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org."
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MC to select: toddhw
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I'll claim Mrs. Plotwell and DPL of course, won't miss another Centlivre
