The Purgatorians | Original and Ambitious 5 season audio drama
Wang Lee Chi Chi for Abraham Montgomory
Current plot line - he is being blackmailed by Elena and is pressured by the council to cover up their crime.
Main Character - Leaves Season 2 Christmas Special
Abraham Montgomary is an elderly man, he is centuries old and is the Overseer of Serenity, which means he rules it and his words are final. He is a wise man however he knows his demise nears and will do anything delay this especially trying to kill the hero of the tale without getting blood on his own hands. He is the leader of the council of 5, however and the most polite and fairest of them all.
He is kind hearted and even when forced into hindering progress by the council he also tries to help too.
He has the most monologues so far.
https://youtu.be/5AC8DjqIduk Example of his first scene
- english
- Worry
- fear
- Anger
- male senior
- Old Male
- british
- warmth
- 70-90
I have called you all here today regarding a deeply troubling matter. It appears that the hero of prophecy has arrived and we all know that means that each and everyone of us shall ultimately meet our demise. We have to come to some agreement that will not mean us to bloody our hands personally, in this instance I call upon the four of you to suggest possible solutions. I will listen to you all and then my idea shall be heard, we must then vote as to how this matter is dealt with.
(Angered)QUIET ALL OF YOU, I DEMAND SILENCE. (angered)You, Frederick Chambers! You are the one who slaughtered that animal, you are the one trying to blame an innocent member of my city. We voted and agreed on a method and still you betray our trust. Does the council not see that this man will be the downfall of us all?
(despair, helplessness, sorrowful)What do I do? Do I incur the wrath of the council and meet death or do I go along with it and let Toby take the blame. Whichever decision I take it will mean the loss of one life. I can’t let an innocent man die, yet if I die the land will be taken over by the other members... The citizens would be safer and more better off in Purgatory.
Don't drop your tone when you say 'I DEMAND SILENCE'. Be strict and stern, sound demanding, make them listen. In fact the whole line needs to be strict and stern. Always show that you do not like his methods, be angry at him. Frederick is trying to get someone you care about killed in order to cover his tracks.Take a look at 01:23 for part of Abrahams line to see the tone I am looking for. https://youtu.be/brjmZ0yRB8A
The voice is perfect. i preferred the second voice
Thanks for the feedback!
If you are still interested, can you please resubmit an audition with the feedback given above with take 2s voice. I was going to cast this role today but need to see how it sounds first.
Sure, I'll try to send something in before the end of the weekend.
Thank you. I have you and one other in mind. If you can follow the feedback you are more likely to get it.
Don't forget to listen to the voice you used in the second take to refresh your memory.
Do you by any chance have a word count for this role?
i don't but if you are going to charge me by the word, i will not be able to afford you I'm afraid.
I set the prices as they are because it is all I could afford at the time. That was almost £25,000 per season., and that was taking every penny I had Now the episodes have increased in number and more cast need to come in during the second half of the season, this is going to push that beyond my limits and go beyond £30,000 per season.
I am not rich, I do not have much money at all as i am disabled and only getting benefits, and it will be slow going to begin with as it is due to only using my own money. If the show does well enough to do so, my first priority is to raise the casts wages up to industry standard. As of now, getting anywhere near that is not a possibility in the slightest.
It was mostly just to get an idea of the workload, if you have a number of pages or the time it takes to read through the lines then that is perfectly fine too.
You would have to give me some time. i lost the original scripts years ago so I can't do a word count or anything in the scripts i currently have. All i can say right now is that he is a main character who dies in the season 2 Christmas special. I know that isn't a lot to go on. Let me give you an example of his first scene. This should give you a base line while i look through them. Skip to 01:11 https://youtu.be/G--5vR5LooQ
I have changed the first 6 scripts from PDFs into script format. here is what I found. These are the word count for Abraham alone. Please keep in mind some directions may still be included in these figures.
Script 1 - scene 1 - 62 words
scene 2 - 895 words
Script 2 - Not in it
Script 3 - Only 1 scene - 662 words
Script 4 - Scene 1 - 565 words
Scene 2 - 1121 words
Script 5 - Not in it
Is this alright. that took me ages.
Thank you for taking the time to do all this! I'll redo the audition as soon as I get the time.
Thank you. I look forward to them.