#ssplato

[socialperformance]

Earnest Read Through #4

DATE: 

Friday, 10 July/Saturday, 11 July 

TIME ZONES: 

18:00-22:00 MST

20:00-00:00 EST

00:00-04:00 GMT 

CALL LEADER: thepointlessalbatross

CAST: 

dtlynns:              Gwendolen + Miss Prism 

10andthetardis:  Lady Bracknell + Lane

@bewareofitalics: Jack + Merriman 

runecestershire:   Algernon 

thepointlessalbatross:             Chasuble + Stage Directions

*NOTE: This call is a bit spare, if you have not been cast in this one and want to come and join, send us an ask!* 

Please send an ask to confirm!

Check out the guidelines of our sister blog, Social Shakespeare, to understand how things will run, and send an ask with any questions!

Be punctual, prepared, and passionate! (And alliterative if you can manage it). Good luck and have fun!

EDIT: Here is the script, many thanks to Putnam County School District for having this beautiful pdf freely googleable on your website :D -James

[fiftysevenacademics]

Unpopular opinion about Penny Dreadful, Vikings or both

Vikings: 1. I cannot stand Aslaug. 2. I don’t think Bjorn is very hot. 3. I was tired of Athelstan’s “Jesus or Odin” kind of struggle and although I’m sad he’s gone, I’m also hopeful that maybe we can get on with the business of conquering France and England with less angst.

Questions designed to make you hate me

[socialshakespeare]

Titus Andronicus Reading No.1: Friday 19th

The first read-through!

You can look up the lines of the characters here, but beware the differences in names. The names listed below all go with the Folger Edition. If you’re in any doubt, please ask.

Some readers will be recast. I hope you don’t mind reading a smaller part now!

Times and time zones: 

EST:  20:00-24:00 CST:  19:00-23:00 MST:  18:00-22:00 PST:  17:00-21:00 China etc: 08:00-12:00 on Saturday 20th! New Zealand: 12:00-16:00 on Saturday 20th!

Leader: ladyofshalott77

Cast:

Titus Andronicus: @trashprinceofdenmark Marcus Andronicus: emptyque Lucius & Country Fellow: ladyofshalott77 Saturninus: @feistyphocion Bassianus & Aemilius: irbelle15 Aaron: shakespeareismyjam Tamora: altchar Demetrius & Captain & Roman(s): @ssplato  Chiron & Tribunes & Messenger: bymytwobarehands Lavinia & Nurse & (First) Goth: theboyfallsfromthesky Martius & Young Lucius & Second Goth: hello-delicious-tea Quintus & Mutius & Publius: 10andthetardis Understudy: [email protected] Understudy: runecestershire

Please send an ask to confirm!

Read the Guidelines. To avoid the differences between editions that make for confusion and missed cues, please use the Folger edition of Titus Andronicus during the read-through.

Be on time, be prepared, and make sure you know which lines to read. Good luck!

[fiftysevenacademics]

kiwifruit. No number, just any anecdote you have about kiwifruit

Kiwifruit! Wow, I actually have tons of weird stories about this one, but for some reason, none of them are appearing in articulate form in my head right now. When I worked in the produce department, we would often have little bags of them that got overripe or individual ones and I’d take them home. I ate so much kiwi back then! Like, so much I got sick and tired of it. But the most exciting thing was when I learned a way to cut a tiny nick and then strip the skin away, so that you could just nibble away at the whole thing like a peach.

Fruit Ask Meme

[socialperformance]

Hello I have been an idiot and not realized that the read through I've been cast in will be Monday morning here down under and I cannot do it. Sorry about this

Hi it should be early Sunday morning for you? Could you double check your timezone? Readthru 2 time as follows - let us know whether you can do it <3

DATE: Saturday, June 6.

TIME ZONES:

14:00-18:00 EST

13:00-17:00 CST

12:00-16:00 MST

11:00-15:00 PST

19:00-23:00 GMT

20:00-24:00 GMT + 01:00

[socialperformance]

Duchess of Malfi Read Through 2

DATE: Saturday, June 6. 

TIME ZONES: 

14:00-18:00 EST 

13:00-17:00 CST

12:00-16:00 MST

11:00-15:00 PST 

19:00-23:00 GMT

20:00-24:00 GMT + 01:00

CALL LEADER: theboyfallsfromthesky

CAST LIST 

icryyoumercy--The Cardinal 

cantankerousquince--The Duchess 

meanest-penis--Antonio Bologna 

theboyfallsfromthesky--Cariola & Grisolan

kindasortawell-adjustedhorrorfan--Pescara & Delio

@ssplato--Roderigo 

arcadiaego--Julia & Silvio

emptyque--Castruchio & Malateste

@bewareofitalics--Pescara & Daniel de Bosola

leviathans-moon--The Doctor & Ferdinand 

Check out the call guidelines over at our sister blog, Social Shakespeare, to understand how things will run. 

Please send an ask as soon as possible to confirm! 

[socialshakespeare]

Coriolanus Read-through No.2: Saturday 23rd/Sunday 24th

Apologies for posting this cast list so late!

As you can see, most of you are quadruple-cast because there are just so freaking many small characters. As usual, you can look up the lines of the characters here, but beware the differences in names. The character names listed below all go with the Folger Edition, so alternatively you can simply do a Ctrl-F there. If you’re in any doubt, please ask.

Times and time zones:  

EST:  20:00-24:00 (Saturday) CST:  19:00-23:00 (Saturday) MST:  18:00-22:00  (Saturday) PST:  17:00-21:00  (Saturday) China et al: 08:00-12:00  (Sunday) New Zealdn: 12:00-16:00 (Sunday)

Leader: ladyofshalott77

Cast:

hardforthebard:  Caius Martius (later Coriolanus) @ssplato: Menenius & Third Roman & Second Conspirator sphinxyvic: Cominius & Gentlewoman & Second Servingman & Second Lord dtlynns: Lartius & Sixth Citizen & Volsce & Second Messenger runecestershire: Aufidius & Second Citizen & Herald & (First) Officer shakespeare-i-amb: Sicinius & First Soldier & Second Watch @tolivedeliberately: Brutus & Second Roman & Noble & Third Lord 10andthetardis: (First) Senator & Fifth Citizen & Third Servingman & Young Martius meanest-penis: Volumnia & Second Soldier & Aedile(s) & Seventh Citizen ladyofshalott77: Virgilia & (First) Citizen & Second Officer & First Lord emptyque: Valeria & Second Senator & (First) Roman & Third Citizen shakespeareismyjam: (First) Messenger & Lieutenant & Patrician & Third Conspirator theaternerd: First Servingman & First Watch & First Conspirator & Fourth Citizen purplemuskrat: Understudy Farah J.: Listener

Please send an ask to confirm!

Read the Guidelines. To avoid the differences between editions that make for confusion and missed cues, please use the Folger edition of Coriolanus during the read-through.

Be on time, be prepared, and make sure you know which lines to read. Good luck!

[socialperformance]

R&G are Dead Read Through #1

Friday, May 1 & Saturday, May 2 

EST: 20:00-24:00

CST: 19:00-23:00

MST: 18:00-22:00

PDT: 17:00-21:00

GMT: 01:00-05:00

Europe: 02:00-06:00

Leader: shakespeareismyjam

Please note: We will be dividing the roles of Rosencranz and Guildenstern partway through Act 2 at the following line: (Immediately, behind him a grand procession enters, principallyCLAUDIUS, GERTRUDE, POLONIUS and OPHELIA. CLAUDIUS takes ROS’s elbow as he passes and is immediately deep in conversation: the context is ShakespeareAct III, Scene i. GUIL still faces front as CLAUDIUS, ROS, etc., passupstage and turn.)

Cast: 

Rosencranz 1: anon-anon-sir

Guildenstern 1: heresmyfiddlestick

Rosencranz 2: shakespeareismyjam

Guildenstern 2: @thewobblehypothesis 

The Player & Hamlet: @ssplato 

Ophelia: @applavse 

Gertrude: theboyfallsfromthesky

Polonius: 10andthetardis

Horatio & Ambassador from England: meanest-penis

The tragedians and Claudius: @leviathans_moon 

Please send an ask to confirm! 

The script can be found here. 

Please check out the guidelines from our sister blog, socialshakespeare, to get an idea of how things are going to go down.