Logistics and casting for Sunday's readthrough of The White Devil

[wildeabandon]

We'll start at 14:30, and the Jitsi room is permanently open, so you can join without having to wait for me.

Software:We'll be using Jitsi, which runs in a browser window, although there are also Android and Apple clients available from the respective app stores.

You can join the meeting by clicking on this link - https://8x8.vc/wildeabandon/sebastian.satkurunath

The passcode is the first five digits of pi (rounding up).


Scripts: The script is available from Project Gutenberg.

Casting:
MONTICELSO, a Cardinal; afterwards Pope PAUL the Fourth. - the_elyan
FRANCISCO DE MEDICIS, Duke of Florence; in the 5th Act disguised for a Moor, under the name of MULINASSAR. - wildeabandon
BRACHIANO, otherwise PAULO GIORDANO URSINI, Duke of Brachiano, Husband to ISABELLA, and in love with VITTORIA. - robert_jones
GIOVANNI—his Son by ISABELLA. - bella_luugosi
LODOVICO, an Italian Count, but decayed. - the_alchemist
ANTONELLI, Lodovico's Friend, and Dependant of the Duke of Florence. - ofunaq
GASPARO, Lodovico's Friend, and Dependant of the Duke of Florence.- juliet
CAMILLO, Husband to VITTORIA. - ofunaq
HORTENSIO, one of BRACHIANO's Officers. - naath
MARCELLO, an Attendant of the Duke of Florence, and Brother to VITTORIA. - juliet
FLAMINEO, his Brother; Secretary to BRACHIANO. - leonato
JACQUES, a Moor, Servant to GIOVANNI. (non-speaking, not cast)
ISABELLA, Sister to FRANCISCO DE MEDICI, and Wife to BRACHIANO. - naath
VITTORIA COROMBONA, a Venetian Lady; first married to CAMILLO, afterwards to BRACHIANO. - ixwin
CORNELIA, Mother to VITTORIA, FLAMINEO, and MARCELLO. - atreic
ZANCHE, a Moor, Servant to VITTORIA.- highlyeccentric
FRENCH AMBASSADOR - atreic
ENGLISH AMBASSADOR - naath
SAVOY AMBASSADOR - highlyeccentric
COURTIER - ofunaq
LAWYER - highlyeccentric
PHYSICIANS - the_elyan, juliet
CONJURER - bella_luugosi
ARMOURER - the_elyan
SERVANT III.2 - juliet
SERVANT IV.2 - naath
SERVANT IV.3 - ofunaq
CARDINAL - robert_jones
ARRAGON - highlyeccentric
MATRON - atreic

Comments

[atreic]

Ooh err, Matron! :-)

[rosefox]

I'd love to learn more about Jitsi. Does it let multiple people speak simultaneously? I'm looking for a way to do group singing.

[wildeabandon]

It does let multiple people speak simultaneously, but doesn't handle it perfectly, and between that and the lag, when we tried group singing it was less than successful.

[juliet]

Awesome! Looking forward to it. How long do you reckon the play is? (or rather, how long do you expect the readthrough to be?) I need to work out dog & child arrangements.

[wildeabandon]

At a guess I would expect it to run to a little under three hours, including time for faff and an interval. It might be safest to allow an extra half hour just in case.

[juliet]

cool, thanks!

[ixwin.livejournal.com]

Awesome - thank you! See you later

[bella_luugosi]

Be with you asap - laptop has staged a protest