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The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano

London

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Application Details

Starts:	05 Sep 2010
Project Type:	Voice Over
Shooting Format:	Computer/Animation
Available Roles:	5

Details

Originally a student project that was turned down by Radio 4 in 2007 as part of the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade act, this un-realised radio play is now being produced to accompany an animated storyboard project.

Studio recording will take place either on Sunday 5th September or Sunday 3rd October with auditions commencing Thursday 2nd September. There may also be the possibility of a costume, hair and make-up and stills test to promote the project.

This is an expenses only collaboration as the project has been turned down by all the traditional sources.

Email your cv, photo and covering letter for consideration.

Benefits: Copy of film supplied, Showreel material, Food provided/allowance (expenses), Travel provided/allowance (expenses), Contract (formal confirmation of agreement), Insurance

Company:	Independent
Apply to:	Jason Young
Posting date:	31 Aug 2010
Deadline:	04 Sep 2010

Roles

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Total: 5

Name	Sex	Ethnicity	Playing Age	Description	Duration - Pay
Ann Cullen (Voice Over)	Female	Caucasian-White	45-55	A middle-aged Englishwoman who is the mother of Susannah Cullen. Middle class in her manners and behaviour and has the air of milady about her. She loves her daughter and feels that Equiano is the right suitor for her because of his celebrity and campaign.	2 days - Exp
James Cullen (Voice Over)	Male	Caucasian-White	50-60	A middle-aged Englishman of working class stock who has worked his way up the social ladder through the church and hard work. He has married up in the person of Ann Cullen, and aligns himself with the abolition cause in Olaudah Equiano seeing the parallels between the poor in England and the slaves on the plantations.	2 days - Exp
Joanna Vassa (Voice Over)	Female	Mixed Race	19-34	A mixed race woman born to an African father and an English mother brought to be a well-bred Englishwoman as the daughter of Olaudah Equiano. She enters into the epilogue of this story where she has grown in character to be a woman with mature reactions and full womanliness.	2 days - Exp
Olaudah Equiano (Voice Over)	Male	Black	30-40	An African writer and abolitionist who yearns to end the slave trade with the quill pen by the publication of his autobiography titled 'The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano'.	4 days - Exp
Susannah Cullen (Voice Over)	Female	Caucasian-White	22-35	A middle class white Englishwoman who tells us something about the contribution of women in the 18th century towards the abolition of the slave trade act. She is also torn between philanthropy towards the oppressed, the momentum of Equiano's celebrity as a published writer, and the destitution that she will face if the tide swings against him and he is no longer able to sell his book.	4 days - Exp

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