COMPLETE The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare - kh

ChamberMonk · Post by **ChamberMonk** » June 27th, 2008, 2:35 am

Hi. I would love to volunteer to read Section 07 "Duke of Venice" please.

I posted the a recording of the weekly poem earlier so I may already be in the Catalogue as ChamberMonk. Could the URL be http://feelclearer.podbean.com/ please

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Thank you.

Aaron Elliott · Post by **Aaron Elliott** » June 28th, 2008, 9:32 pm

Mayeth I have section #16?
Lorenzo?

Very best, Aaron.

asy · Post by **asy** » July 2nd, 2008, 5:00 am

Thanks to both of you!!! I'll enter you into the system.

Sorry I haven't been around guys, things went a little ballistic at work a couple of weeks ago and I had to bring a heap home

It's a little quieter now so I'm BACK!!!

asy

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » July 3rd, 2008, 8:36 pm

Hello!
I'm not quite sure how a Moor sounds, but I CAN do deep, as requested, so put me down for the Prince of Morocco.

asy · Post by **asy** » July 9th, 2008, 3:28 am

Ooooh, Prince of Morocco ALL YOURS, Mark!

Thank you!!!

As I understand it, a "Moor" is what would now (roughly) be a "Moroccan", geographically, (and I'm really not sure of the 'political correctness' of this description, so I apologise in advance for any offence, as none is intended) but would have meant a Black Northern African Muslim man, which is why they were usually played by Big, deep voiced men, hence my comment about the voice.

There's a good description HERE.

So a nice deep voice would be lovely, thank you

asy

Ernst Pattynama · Post by **Ernst Pattynama** » July 9th, 2008, 3:43 am

Hello, I am Ernst Pattynama,

I should like to ´claim´ no. 21 please. Please inform me. Meanwhile I shall study the text and when assigned to me I shall send the recording a.s.a.p.

Good luckt with the project.

Kind regards,

Ernst

asy · Post by **asy** » July 10th, 2008, 6:53 am

No worries, thanks Ernst!!!

asy

Dave in the Fax · Post by **Dave in the Fax** » July 10th, 2008, 7:22 am

As I understand it, a "Moor" is what would now (roughly) be a "Moroccan", geographically, (and I'm really not sure of the 'political correctness' of this description, so I apologise in advance for any offence, as none is intended) but would have meant a Black Northern African Muslim man, which is why they were usually played by Big, deep voiced men, hence my comment about the voice.

This isn't quite true; most Moroccans are Arabs, not Black. In Elizabethan English, 'Moor' was a very vague term, and could mean pretty much anyone from Africa or even the Middle East, but this character is described in the original text as a "Tawny Moor", which indicates that he is an Arab. So basically, I wouldn't get too hung up over his voice!

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Annex/Texts/MV/Q1/Scene/2.1

Ernst Pattynama · Post by **Ernst Pattynama** » July 12th, 2008, 4:51 am

Dear Kristin,

Please find here my recording

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/kh/merchantofvenice_clerk_act4_shakespeare.mp3

Good luck with the project!

Regards

Ernst

asy · Post by **asy** » July 13th, 2008, 7:09 am

Thanks Dave!

Ya live and learn, and goodness knows I got lotsa learnin' to do. Much appreciated!!!

Mark (Kaffen) has a really lovely voice, so I'm thrilled he's in on the project!

Great link, by the way

asy

Annoying Twit · Post by **Annoying Twit** » July 13th, 2008, 9:53 am

I now see that I haven't put the right preamble and postamble into the file. So consider this my audition for the part of Stephano (act 5 scene 1). He had just arrived "so fast on foot", so I tried to make him sound slightly breathless without putting in overdramatic puffing and panting. If the basic idea is correct I can record it again and get it right this time.

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/kh/merchantofvenice_stephano_5_shakespeare.mp3

Kaffen · Post by **Kaffen** » July 21st, 2008, 9:59 am

Here's my Moor. Regardless of color, his voice is deep. Should stand out in the crowd. (Considering he stupidly chose among the caskets, he SHOULD be standing out in the crowd!

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http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/kh/merchantofvenice_princeofmorocco_act2_shakespeare.mp3

I'm not sure about whether I caught the "musical flow" you want, asy. If not, let's correspond and I can try again.

Post by **aradlaw** » July 22nd, 2008, 7:18 am

As a relative newcomer watching from the wings, I would like to try, if I may, section 22, the part of Salerio.

edit I may be wrong but I believe the Salerio character (sec 22) in the magic window should be spelled 'Salanio' as listed in DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

kristin · Post by **kristin** » July 22nd, 2008, 4:10 pm

It looks like we might have some confusion in the text with the character names as Salerio doesn't seem to exist and it lists his lines as both Salanio (act 3) and Salarino (act 4). Cross reference with this site: http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/characters/charlines.php?CharID=Salerio&WorkID=merchantvenice

Post by **aradlaw** » July 22nd, 2008, 4:49 pm

Hi kristin,

cross referencing between the opensourceshakespeare & our text it looks like GP's version eliminates Salerio in acts 3 & 4 and splits them up between Salanio & Salarino, since Salerio does not appear in any scene with the other two.

Did you want me to read Salerio as listed in the magic window, since he is listed I would assume that Salanio's lines were not included initially to replace Salerio's.

Oh, t'would Shakespeare have had a bit more imagination in naming minor characters

If Salerio's lines are actually gone to the other two, I could try Old Gobbo if you wish.