The City Heiress

[wildeabandon]

Logistics and casting for The City Heiress below. There are a few lines of people talking to themselves, but I think I've managed to avoid any extended conversations.

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 14:30 on Sunday, and then you'll be able to join either by clicking on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3141627183?pwd=WXhscDBQLytBcFh1akFFRllWY0JxUT09 or by opening the client, going to Join, and then entering 314-162-7183 as the meeting ID and 584680 as the password.

Scripts: The script is available from Project Gutenberg,

Casting:
Sir Timothy Treat-all - djm4
Tom Wilding - sfred
Sir Charles Meriwill - juliet
Foppington - wildeabandon
Sir Anthony Meriwill - wildeabandon
Dresswell - juliet
Boy, page to Lady Galliard - sfred
Jervice - man to Sir Timothy - sfred
Laboir - man to Wilding - wildeabandon
William - footman to Sir Charles - sfred

Lady Galliard - bunnypip
Mrs Closet, Woman to Lady Galliard - djm4
Charlot - juliet
Mrs Clacket, a City Baud and Puritan - bunnypip
Maid (II.i) - djm4
Diana - wildeabandon
Mrs Sensure, Sir Timothy's Housekeeper - bunnypip
Betty, Maid to Diana - juliet

juliet - both Charlot and Betty have songs, but I very much doubt that there will be dots available for them, so unless you have spare time to figure something out, I suggest just speaking them rhythmically.

Comments

[bunnypip]

Hurray for this!

On the subject of Restoration comedy, I wondered whether this might be fun for some future readthrough at some point? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Convent_of_Pleasure

It's a closet drama so good for Zoom maybe?

Words here: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/newcastle/convent/convent.html

I mostly know Cavendish for her 1666 sci fi, but this looks like a fine example of its type!

[djm4]

That looks interesting, yes.

Also, thanks for introducing me to the term 'closet drama' - I'd not heard of it before.

[sfred]

Hurray!

[sfred]

That was lots of fun - thank you.