OPEN[PLAY]The Basset-Table by Centlivre - thw

[silverquill]

Here are the corrections:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_richard_1.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_richard_3.mp3

thank you Larry, Act 3 now PL ok

still one edit for act 1, sorry about that:

> at 4:22: "For she whose shame no good advice can wake" - you say "whose shame is no good advice", which changes the meaning. Here he meant: "no good advice can awaken her shame"

thanks

Sonia

Quick snip, so here you go:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_richard_1.mp3

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[Kitty]

Footman act 1
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_footman_1.mp3

thank you, Alan, quite a world-weary performance loved it. I predict he will hand in his resignation soon. The last speech, the voice within is actually assigned to Lady Reveller (see our discussion a few pages previous) so this must be cut, but no need to reupload, Todd can simply leave it out during the editing.

Anything else: PL ok

Sonia

[Kitty]

Quick snip, so here you go:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_richard_1.mp3

and now PL ok, thank you

Sonia

[Inkell]

Here is the corrected act 1: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_stagedirections_1.mp3 (5 mins, 7 secs)

And yes I did have to re-record. The 't' in 'exit' basically becomes part of the next word and blends when saying 'exit, name' so when I cut the names it'd say 'exi-' and end abruptly with no 't.' I did manage to salvage it somewhat though, I recorded myself saying exit once then copied the 't' from that and would paste it in place of the names I was cutting and I think it worked pretty well. There was no salvaging 'third footman, exit' though so I just replaced that with my new exit, I also recorded my voice credit because I think stage directions in the middle of the cast is strange and I thought it makes it a bit easier to edit when the ones in need of replacing are in one block so the added cast list starts slightly sooner than your initial time stamp.

Hope that's everything

[Kitty]

Here is the corrected act 1: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_stagedirections_1.mp3 (5 mins, 7 secs)

sorry for the extra trouble. Yes I think recording "exit" once and then pasting it in the correct spots was the easiest way to do this. It all sounds good now and PL ok.

Thanks

Sonia

[Inkell]

sorry for the extra trouble. Yes I think recording "exit" once and then pasting it in the correct spots was the easiest way to do this. It all sounds good now and PL ok.

Thanks

Sonia

It's okay, it's my mistake. Thanks for the Spot PL

[Inkell]

Here is the corrected act 2: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_stagedirections_2.mp3 (7 mins, 0 secs)

Again just one to make sure it is correct before going forward, I also left the names with the asides because you were telling me to add names to them so I was a bit confused on that

[Kitty]

Here is the corrected act 2: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_stagedirections_2.mp3 (7 mins, 0 secs)

Again just one to make sure it is correct before going forward, I also left the names with the asides because you were telling me to add names to them so I was a bit confused on that

the rule of thumb is if the aside is the first sentence, the name needs to be said, if it's in the middle of the speech, no name is needed. So the narrator has to read what is spoken, to assess which sentence is the aside referring to. Not always so easy I know

On the whole this was a lot better, but I still found a few that should be cut or included:

names to be added:

> at 1:38: (p. 215) "Lord Worthy, intreating"
> at 2:03: (p. 216) "exit Lord Worthy"
> at 2:08: (p. 216) "exit Buckle"
> at 2:28: (p. 217) "Lady Reveller, stopping her"
> at 2:33: (p. 218) "Lady Reveller, starting"
> at 4:15: (p. 222) "Cap. Firebrand aside"

names to be cut:

> at 3:56: (p. 222) "kisses her hand" – here we don't need "Cap. Firebrand" as it's him who's speaking anyway
> at 6:16: (p. 225) "aside" – Mrs Sago can get cut, only the second sentence is the aside
> at 6:40: (p. 226) "aside" – also here Mrs Sago can be cut

also the volume is a bit under 86 dB. But Todd can adjust that anyway in editing.

thanks

Sonia

[Inkell]

Better? I think this had more errors than the first one, most of the ones I needed to add were also ones I just deleted in editing because I thought they were at the end of the sentence, dunno if I'm dumb or it's just hard to tell.

Act 2 (again): https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_stagedirections_2.mp3 (7 mins, 2 secs)

And I bumped the volume up again, I recorded in a difference place than normal and it was a nightmare trying to get these to the correct db, editing doesn't usually mess with the db so I didn't check it after the changes but apparently it did so I'll know to watch it for act 3

[Kitty]

Better? I think this had more errors than the first one, most of the ones I needed to add were also ones I just deleted in editing because I thought they were at the end of the sentence, dunno if I'm dumb or it's just hard to tell.

Act 2 (again): https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_stagedirections_2.mp3 (7 mins, 2 secs)

it's hard to tell with these old scripts. The "aside" very often is not at the right place. I'm often reading a lot around to make sense of what is being said before making the call on which sentence is meant.

Act 2 is now PL ok thank you

Sonia

[Inkell]

it's hard to tell with these old scripts. The "aside" very often is not at the right place. I'm often reading a lot around to make sense of what is being said before making the call on which sentence is meant.

Act 2 is now PL ok thank you

Sonia

Yeah it must be difficult for PL too, you have to wonder why they did it like this because if it's confusing to us, surely it was confusing to the performers back then?

Anyway here is my attempt to fix act 3: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_stagedirections_3.mp3 (6 mins, 50 secs)

[JessicaHendra]

Hi Todd- My computer has crashed and I cannot record on it. I am going to need to put together a new set up to record. I am sorry but I will not be able to complete Mrs. Alpiew. I will check in and see if the part is still available once I am set up again.
Thanks! Jessica

[mleigh]

Here is Lady Lucy:

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_ladylucy_1.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_ladylucy_3.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_ladylucy_4.mp3

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_ladylucy_5.mp3


Please let me know of any changes.

Thanks,

M

[Kitty]

Yeah it must be difficult for PL too, you have to wonder why they did it like this because if it's confusing to us, surely it was confusing to the performers back then?

back then they may have been used to this sort of formatting I guess. Also there was a stage director who was at the preparations, so they would have discussed this with them, and I'm not really sure they read from this script anyway.

Anyway here is my attempt to fix act 3: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/bassettable_stagedirections_3.mp3 (6 mins, 50 secs)

you still have not gotten the hang of it I'm afraid. Maybe I explained it badly The problem usually lies with the "aside", because the other directions are mostly in the right position. Here it was often very clear that the name needs to be included, because the actor only spoke one sentence, so the aside needed to be put at the beginning, there was no dilemma there. Still you forgot the names.

So, going forward, maybe this is easier:

> if there is only one sentence: the name needs to be included with the aside
> if there are more sentences, you need to check what makes more sense to be spoken as aside. If it's the first sentence, name needs to be included

Well, I listed them all now, the names that need to be included:

> at 0:55: (p. 227) "Lovely, aside"
> at 2:58: (p. 230) "Sir James, aside"
> at 3:05: (p. 230) "Mrs Sago, aside"
> at 3:11: (p. 230) Mrs Sago, in an uneasy air"
> at 3:18 (p. 230) "Lady Lucy, aside"
> at 4:15: (p. 232) Alpiew, whispers her lady"
> at 4:22: (p. 232) "Sir James, aside"
> at 5:34: (p. 235) "Lord Worthy aside"
> at 5:47: (p. 235) "Buckle aside"
> at 5:59: (p. 236) "Buckle aside"
> at 6:06: (p. 236) "Alpiew aside"
> at 6:12: (p. 236) "Buckle aside"
> at 6:24: (p. 236) "Lady Reveller aside"
> at 6:37: (p. 236) "Buckle aside"

and one sentence cut:

> at 5:15: (p. 235) "as Buckkle goes out enter lord Worthy" - good call to repeat the name here, so you can delete the version where you only say "he"

thanks

Sonia