This project is complete. All audio files may be found on our Librivox catalog page at https://librivox.org/one-act-play-collection-019-by-various/Here, in our 19th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. (Several of the plays took longer than one section and had to be split into two parts.) They range from a ghost story on the moors to dancing lawyers in the courtroom, from an appeal to patriotism to outright farce. All short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. (NOTE: Percy Mackaye died in 1956, Gertrude Jennings in 1958, Laurence Housman in 1959, and Effa Preston in 1975. Their plays are not PD for listeners in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.) - Summary by ToddHW
This is collection 19. This collection will be limited to 10 plays. Once we have 10 this will be closed to further additions.
We now have 10 plays offered and cast so this collection is full of plays. (A new collection will start up when this collection gets finished.)
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] Sam Average by Percy Mackaye (1875–1956). BC for this play is ej400
NOTE: Mackaye died in 1956. This story is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.
Link to the text: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/37970/pg37970-images.html#page_085
And a link to the collection it's in https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37970
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_MacKaye (1875–1956)
Original publication date: 1912
2. and 3. (too long for one section) [COMPLETE/FULL] The Widow of Wasdale Head by Arthur Wing Pinero (1885-1934). BC for this play is toddhw
PD text link: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075214381&view=1up&seq=1
IGNORE THE MARKUPS IN THE SCRIPT - Just say what is actually printed
Link to author on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero
Original publication date: 1912
4. [COMPLETE] An Eligible Situation: An Eccentricity in One Act by Thomas Archer (1789-1848) and J.C. Brough (1834-1872). BC for this play is stepheather
https://archive.org/details/drawingroomplay00scotgoog/page/n182/mode/1up
Thomas Archer, 1789?–1848 (couldn't find him on Wikipedia: https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/2106204); J.C. Brough, 1834–1872 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cargill_Brough)
This edition is from 1870
5. [COMPLETE] The Snow man: A metrical play in one act by Laurence Housman (1865-1959). BC for this play is Ambsweet13
NOTE: Housman died in 1959. This story is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Housman
Script: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70285
Play published in 1916
6. and 7. (too long for one section) [COMPLETE] The Man of Destiny by George Bernard Shaw (death: 1950). BC for this play is tefavidal
Text link: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4024
Author wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw (death: 1950)
Play wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_of_Destiny
Publication date: 1897
8. [COMPLETE] The Free Selector by Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne) (1826 - 1915). BC for this play is Algy Pug
PD Text link: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51314 (for PL and the etext link for listeners)
Link for script to use for reading: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w4eKlsy5uZZ1HsfHI2vj-zJluMppLa-h/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116428144547329669988&rtpof=true&sd=true
Publication date: 1903
9. A Thanksgiving Dream: A One Act Play for Primary Children By Effa E. Preston (1884-1975). BC for this play is norahnelson
NOTE: Preston died in 1975. This story is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.
The link to the book: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53236
Or a color-coded text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r1la4dCYl1cRamWV_cEwuqwbG1eT6TezQq3ZamxAjks/edit?usp=sharing
1922
10. Five Birds in a Cage by Gertrude E. Jennings ( - 1958). BC for this play is jennlea
NOTE: Jennings died in 1958. This story is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.
* PD text link: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556026071613
* Link to author on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_E._Jennings
* Death Date: 1958
* Number of roles (including narrator) this project will have: 6
* Original publication date: 1915
11. [COMPLETE] Trial by Jury by W.S.Gilbert (1836-1911). BC for this play will be alanmapstone
Text: https://archive.org/details/vocalscoreoftria00sull/page/n12/mode/1up?view=theater
We will only do the 4 pages of text (spoken not sung), not the Vocal Score.
Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert ; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_Jury
Original publication date: 1911
12. [COMPLETE] The Judgement of Indra by Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890-1936). BC for this play is Inkell
PD text link: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/36984/pg36984-images.html#THE_JUDGMENT_OF_INDRA
Link to author on Wikipedia (died July 14th 1936): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhan_Gopal_Mukerji
Original publication date: 1920 (I think)
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- Project Code: C8E0kf4G
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available):
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- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 50
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Genres for the project: Plays
Keywords that describe the book: one act plays
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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 019" 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 019, by Various."
Filename:
For individual roles: titleinoneword_charactername_aurthorsurname.mp3 (all lower-case)
e.g. punchandgo_electrics_galsworthy.mp3
For final files: oneactplays019_##_various_128kb.mp3 where ## is the play number. (e.g. oneactplays019_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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