Logistics and casting for tomorrow's readthrough.

[wildeabandon]

Okay - the plan for tomorrow is that we'll start with How the Marquis Got His Coat Back as soon as we're all met, so probably a few minutes after 14:00, and we'll aim to start Stardust on the dot of 15:00

Logistics and casting are behind the cuts.

Privacy disclaimer: It has been pointed out to me that Zoom has some features that aren't great in terms of privacy. There are more details about this here. I have turned off the Attention Tracking and Cloud Recording features. I can't turn off the ability to see your device information or to join any call that's being made using my account, and I can't make it impossible for me to turn the other features back on. I have no intention of making use of any of these features, and I am (and will remain) the only admin on the account, but I wanted to make people aware that the capacity is there so they can make informed decisions about whether they're comfortable joining.

Software: We'll be using Zoom. Ideally you would download a client here, beforehand (available for Windows, Mac and Linux). I've enabled the setting that means you can join through a browser, but apparently it works less well than the client.

I'll open the meeting a few minutes before 14:00 on Saturday, and then you'll be able to join either by clicking on this link: https://zoom.us/j/3141627183 or by opening the client, going to Join, and then entering 314-162-7183 as the meeting ID.

If you want to have a quick trial run beforehand to make sure the software is working let me know and we can arrange a time.

Scripts: You can download pdf scripts from BBC Writer's room:
Stardust
How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

The Stardust script has some optional bits, which we'll do, so there's a bit of hopping around as follows:
On page 67, where it's marked "Insert Scene A Goes here if time permits". Scene A is on page 135
On page 72, where it's marked "Insert 'B'available - longer substitute scene" Scene B is on page 137
On page 82, where it's marked "Insert C here if insert B used". Scene C is on page 140

If you want to convert them to a format more compatible with e-readers, you might find Calibre useful.


No one was particularly enthusiastic about doing sound effects, but feel free to improvise as you feel appropriate. Stardust turns out to have a metric fuckton of small and medium sized parts, so I may not have done a brilliant job of balancing - sorry to anyone who feels hard done by.

How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

Marquis - wildeabandon
Peregrine - atreic
Old Bailey - jack
The Shepherd - robert_jones
The Elephant - smhwpf
Richard - leonato
Knibbs - themidnightgirl
Vince (Mushroom Man) - the_elyan
Mushroom Woman (Chanterelle) - naath
Drusilla - the_alchemist
Dunniken - Brian
Shep (Sheep Dog Man) - ixwin
Pokefinger - smhwpf
The Boatman - Brian
Voice - Brian
leonatoet Barker - atreic (And that, my friends, is why you should always proofread after doing a find and replace...)
Market Barker - atreic
Jewellery Hawker - leonato
Book Hawker - naath
Clothes Hawker - themidnightgirl
Tatooist - the_elyan
Floating Dentist - the_alchemist
Patient - robert_jones
Hammersmith - ixwin
Man - Brian
Woman - atreic
Vinyl Hawker - leonato


Stardust

Yvaine - the_alchemist
Tristan - leonato
Narrator - atreic
Lord Stormhold - sfred
Primus - smhwpf
Secondus - liv
Tertius - ixwin
Quartus - Brian
Quintus - wildeabandon
Sextus - themidnightgirl
Septimus - the_elyan
Morwanneg - liv
Lilim 1 - wildeabandon
Lilim 2 - themidnightgirl
Dunstan - robert_jones
Tommy - smhwpf
Vistor - the_elyan
Una - atreic
Mr Bromias - ixwin
Stranger (Black silk top hat) - wildeabandon
Little Hairy Man - sfred
Eyes Woman - the_alchemist
Music Woman - liv
Instrument Man - leonato
Riddle Man - sfred
Dreams Man - Brian
Coats Woman - wildeabandon
Magic Man - smhwpf
Medicine Woman - naath
News Crier - the_elyan
Madame Semele - ixwin
Seth - sfred
Victoria - themidnightgirl
Louisa - ixwin
Mr Brown - liv
Daisy Hempstock - themidnightgirl
Harold - the_elyan
Coachman - robert_jones
Innkeeper - smhwpf
Letitia - naath
Brevis/se - sfred
Boy - liv
Drunken Sailor - Brian
Copper Beech - themidnightgirl
Captain Alberic - wildeabandon
Bosun - Brian
Sailors - All
Meggot - the_elyan
Wystan - wildeabandon
Badger - ixwin

Comments

[atreic]

Yay! This is a glorious casting and I’m very excited!

[themidnightgirl]

The scripts are free? Without any leonato-up? We don't have to pay for anything more than a smhwpfple?

Do we need Herring to play any reptiles or ixwinards?

:P

[sfred]

Looking forward to it!

A little caution: our folk session on Sunday was invaded by a troll who'd clearly trawled the internet for unlocked zoom sessions; it might be best to f-lock this post before we start, and email the info to non-DW people, to avoid that possibility, or to set a password for the zoom session to share in a locked post/email.

[sfred]

P.S. I will be joining in time for Stardust, so don't be alarmed by my absence at the beginning!