OPEN[PLAY]His House in Order by Pinero - thw

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[Beeswaxcandle]

Hilary Jesson please

[Kitty]

Here is Lady Ridgeley, Act 2
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_ladyridgeley_2.mp3

you portray a very snotty and mean old lady here, Val, excellently done

I have a few small notes to correct still. A main request is to be careful when stage directions happen inside your speeches, please also remember to leave a long space of silence there, it is so much easier for Todd to copy/paste parts that are adequately spaced out. This would be at the following timestamps:

> at 0:58: (p. 302) between "consolation" and "I thank"
> at 2:13: (p. 305) between "living soul" and "she was charity"
> at 3:26: (p. 314) between "Maurewarde" and "Filmer"
> at 5:40: (p. 342) between "how different" and "Annabel"
> at 6:07: (p. 346) between "beds, yes" and "first asking"
> at 6:11: (p. 346) between "resolutions" and "good night"
> at 6:17: (p. 346) between "my boy" and "I pray"

a few added textual corrections:

> at 0:12: (p. 301) "thank you Mrs Jesson" – you say "Miss", but Nina is married

> at 4:27: (p. 333) "the cups must be secured by chains, Filmer" – you say "must have been secured", but this seems to be an order, not a statement

> at 5:13: (p. 339) "as Mrs Jesson desires" – you say "Jenson"

> at 6:22: (p. 347) "Good night Major Maurewarde" – you say "mister"

thanks, looking forward to the next act, when will the old dragon get her comeuppance ?

Sonia

[valroth]

Ohhhh….Apologies for the multiple mistakes Sonia! I make you work far too hard. Lady Ridgeley would be horrified at her reader's ineptitude!

I’ve inserted the spaces for all stage directions (thank you again: noted) and the other boo boos are corrected as well. With the Lady’s dignity and arrogance reasserted (we pray), may I present...

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_ladyridgeley_2.mp3
Time: 6:54

Val

[Kitty]

With the Lady’s dignity and arrogance reasserted (we pray), may I present...

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_ladyridgeley_2.mp3

perfect corrections, definitely PL ok now, thank you Val.

Sonia

[Winnifred]

May I claim Harding?

Thanks,

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[adrianstephens]

May I read Sir Daniel? I feel I can channel an older man with a long white beard,
despite not being an older man, and not having a long white beard, and despite disagreeing completely with his line "We don't like Paris".

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[adrianstephens]

Thank you.

Todd

Here you are:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_sirdaniel_2.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_sirdaniel_3.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_sirdaniel_4.mp3

A total of 14 minutes of an ineffective and prejudiced old man.
Somehow, while reading him, I couldn't get the memory of the line: "handbag, a handbag" (Importance of being earnest, black and white film version (I think it might have been Ealing Studios)) out of my head.

Regards,
Adrian

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[Kitty]

Here you are:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_sirdaniel_2.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_sirdaniel_3.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_sirdaniel_4.mp3

oooh this family is horrible to Nina but you played the bigotted pompous old man to perfection, Adrian, thanks

Act 4 is already PL ok.

Some PL notes for the other two however:

Act 2:
> at about 4:02: (p. 328) missed line "Ah !"
> at about 5:18: (p. 333) missed line "Yes, ingratitude and dishonesty flourish in every community."

Act 3:
> at 1:12: (p. 358) "that Mrs Filmer should occupy the seat next to you in the carriage" – you say "accompany"
> at about 3:58: (p. 404) missed line "To the park !"

Sonia

[adrianstephens]

Act 2:
> at about 4:02: (p. 328) missed line "Ah !"
> at about 5:18: (p. 333) missed line "Yes, ingratitude and dishonesty flourish in every community."

Act 3:
> at 1:12: (p. 358) "that Mrs Filmer should occupy the seat next to you in the carriage" – you say "accompany"
> at about 3:58: (p. 404) missed line "To the park !"

Sonia

Thank you for your review and kind words, Sonia.
Here are the corrections:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_sirdaniel_2.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_sirdaniel_3.mp3

Best Regards,
Adrian

[Kitty]

Here are the corrections:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_sirdaniel_2.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_sirdaniel_3.mp3

thank you, Adrian, now all the lines are in PL ok

Sonia

[valroth]

Good morning!

Here is Lady Ridgeley’s third Act but not her last! Ahem!

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/hishouseinorder_ladyridgeley_3.mp3
Time: 1:45

Val