wib66 wrote: ↑February 21st, 2022, 6:20 pm
I would like to BC a Dramatic Reading of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
I am looking for advice before starting this project. I know there are a couple of collaborative readings of North and South but I could not find a dramatic reading. I really would like to do this and would narrate and edit. Just wondering what people think.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4276
Ooh! If you are game for a long commitment, this would be a great one to have in the catalog. If it happens to catch interest and roles are filled, it
could be a faster 1-year DR, but easily could stretch to 3 or 4.
Wives and Daughters was another 20-25% longer than North and South, and half of its overlong lifespan was due to dragging narrator contributions, first because of Elizabby's health limitations (it was her BC project, so that's alright), and then I picked up the remaining narration when she passed, but soon had major problems with my mother-in-law's terminal cancer, followed by serious Covid issues that killed my ability to record for another good 8 months or so. Without those extenuating circumstances, Wives and Daughters would have finished long before the 7 years it did stretch into.
Still, these large DRs can
easily reach the 3 or 4 year mark before they finish. The biggest help in keeping them from stalling out is having a dedicated BC who's doing their own narrating. - And since you're wanting to narrate, if you're game for the potential time factor, all you need is an MC who doesn't mind sponsoring larger DRs.
P.S. - The behemoth of all DRs, Count of Monte Cristo, still in progress, is coming up on 8 years in a couple of months!
