il Giardino Romantico

Thank you for putting up with my wasting of cyberspace with these audio files.  I came up with the idea of recording these monologues and soliloquies mainly because I needed the opportunity to take a closer look at the different plays.  By recording these readings, I would first, have to find an interesting monologue/soliloquy, then read them repeatedly until I can do it as naturally as I possibly can.  Only after that, could I go about trying to record it. 

After repeated readings and attempts at recording, I find that by the end of the process, I can often easily recite the same passage.  This means that this exercise is extremely helpful for me, personally, because while searching for a suitable passage to read, I am skimming through the whole play, which give me a rough idea of the plot, especially the ones that I have never read before.  Through the repeated readings and attempts at recording, I am effortlessly memorizing the passages, which will undoubtedly become useful during my academic studies. 

Accidents do happen though.  After I had finally got used to listening to my own voice, sometimes things just don't go the way you want them to go.  The phone might ring, someone might yell at you, or your cat might start attacking you.

Here's a little blooper that resulted from a little kitten attack during the recording of King Lear's Cordelia, just to show you what I mean...

King Lear
Act I, Scene i, Lines 95~104



Cordelia: Good my lord,
              You have begot me, bred me, lov'd me: I
              Return those duties back as are right fit,

Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
          Deny thy father and refuse thy name;