This project is complete. Audio files may be found on our Librivox catalog page at https://librivox.org/one-act-play-collection-018-by-various/Here, in our 18th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from a 1663 Moliere to a 1922 Percival Wilde, from "a fairly silly Victorian romantic comedy" to a high stakes Game of Chess for lethal stakes: all short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. (Note that Flanner died in 1997 and Wilde died in 1953. These plays are not PD for listeners in some countries.)(Summary by ToddHW)
This collection will be limited to 10 plays. Once we have 10 this will be closed to further additions. And, we now have 10 plays, so no more. AND the parts within are full, too. I will launch another collection when this gets closer to done
I expect all these plays to be Gender Neutral so as to avoid casting problems.
Please see the posted list below in the thread for previous plays. It would be nice to have new ones to add to the collection.
Please Note: Some plays are not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years. These are identified below and in the MW.
1. [COMPLETE] The School for Wives Criticised by Moliere, translated by Henri Van Laun (1820-1896). BC for this play is toddhw
Note: this is the completion of getting a Librivox recording released for every play by Moliere!
PD Text Link: https://archive.org/stream/dramaticworksren01moliuoft#page/399/mode/1up
Original publication date: 1663
2. [COMPLETE] The Loan of a Lover (1834) by J.R. Planche (1796 -1880). BC for this play is ktaylor07
Script: https://archive.org/details/loanoflovervaude0000plan/page/n3/mode/1up
Planche Wikipedia Entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
Original publication date: 1834
This is a fairly silly Victorian romantic comedy set in Amsterdam.
3. [COMPLETE] Poor Jack, by James Branch Cabell (1879 - 1958). BC for this play is JHedrick
Script: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68576
Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Branch_Cabell, 1958
Original publication date: 1906
4. [COMPLETE] Gentlemen Boarders by Arthur Eckersley (-1921). BC for this play is jennlea
PD text link: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035137259&view=1up&seq=4&skin=2021
Original publication date: 1910
5. [COMPLETE] Mansions by Hildegarde Flanner (1899-1997). BC for this play is redrun
NOTE: Flanner died in 1997. This story is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.
Script (Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36984/36984-h/36984-h.htm#MANSIONS
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegarde_Flanner
Published 1920
6. [COMPLETE] Augustus Does his Bit by George Bernard Shaw (d. 1950). BC for this play is alanmapstone
text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3487/3487-h/3487-h.htm
wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Does_His_Bit
author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw
Original publication date: 1916
7. [COMPLETE] The Birthmark, by Jack London (d. 1916). BC for this play is redrun
PD Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1669 - part of collection "The Human Drift"
Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London - Died 1916
WikiSource (otherwise, The Human Drift is listed on his Wikipedia page): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Human_Drift
Original publication: 1917
8. [COMPLETE] A Wicked Woman, by Jack London (d. 1916). BC for this play is redrun
PD Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1669 - part of collection "The Human Drift"
Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London - Died 1916
Wiki: Listed on the author's Wiki page, this play does not seem to have its own.
Original publication: 1906
9. [COMPLETEThe Reckoning by Percival Wilde (March 1887 – September 1953). BC for this play is stepheather
NOTE: Wilde died in 1953. This story is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.
Text link: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19931
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Wilde
Original publication: 1922
10. [COMPLETE] The Game of Chess by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman (1883-1918). BC for this play is Alanmapstone
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63660
Author: https://m.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62026208
Date of publication 1914
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- Project Code: pNBLKMuz
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available):
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Genres for the project: Plays
Keywords that describe the book: one act
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How to volunteer to BC a play:
This is a great opportunity for anyone who's always wanted to BC a dramatic reading but isn't quite ready to do a full-length play. (Of course it's open to experienced BCs as well!) Please note that if you propose a play for inclusion in the collection, you are responsible either for editing, proof-listening and coordinating it yourself, or for finding other volunteers to fill these roles. Volunteers outside the USA: Be aware that some of the plays are still protected by copyright law some places, like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years, Australia (author's death plus 70 years for authors who died after 1955) or Canada (author's death plus 50 years).
Please look at the list of plays that have previously been submitted before choosing a play to co-ordinate. Please claim your play in the thread; You will be the BC for your play. I will put files in the MW and keep that up to date but you are expected to Proof Listen submitted parts and then edit the play together when all parts are submitted. This collection is capped at 10 plays. Each BC needs to provide the following information about each play:
* Title and author
* PD text link
* Link to author on Wikipedia, and death date, if known
* Link to title on Wikipedia
* Number of roles (including narrator) this project will have
* Original publication date
* The list of characters in your plays so when we have a MW I can set up your sections properly!
If you would like to claim a role yourself please do so. Below are some resources you can use to find a play, but don't feel limited to these. Also, remember to check what has already been recorded in the previous One-Act Play Collections (see next post in this thread)
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36984
The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16435
Washington Square Plays: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3068
Comtemporary One Act Plays http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37970
Voces Populi by F Anstey http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37597
King Arthur's Socks and Other Plays by Floyd Dell http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6587 Not PD for Europe/Australia
https://archive.org/details/fourthactplayino00hast
Project Gutenberg also has a list of many authors who have written one-act plays: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=one+act+plays&submit_search=Go%21
LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
For individual roles:
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."
For narration/stage directions:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Say:
At the end of each file say:"Play # of One Act Play Collection 018" followed by "[name of play] by [author]". Followed by "This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org."
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of" "[name of play] by [author]."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of One Act Play Collection 018, by Various."
Filename:
For individual roles: titleinoneword_charactername_aurthorsurname.mp3 (all lower-case)
e.g. punchandgo_electrics_galsworthy.mp3
For final files: oneactplays018_##_various_128kb.mp3 where ## is the play number. (e.g. oneactplays018_01_various_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: toddhw
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
Thanks, Todd
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