Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw.

[Asher Smith]

Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw.

Repo | PG link | IA scans | Cover PD proof

1. Do we convert “smelt” to “smelled”?
2. One character is referred to as “the man” for the entirety of act 1, so I’m giving that <persona> tags.
3. I’m going to need a second opinion on ending punctuation of some stage directions. Most are clear cut: capitalised and ending with a period; 9 are mid-sentence and are lowercase without punctuation. Then there are 15 instances where they need to be capitalised because they’re not mid-sentence, but it makes no grammatical sense to end with a period because they have verbs leading into the dialog, so for these I have ended them with a comma. For example: "… as he cries,) Judge her”
4. Should I change “hollo” to “hello” (“hallo” is also used elsewhere)? “Cigaret” to “cigarette”? Both are in MW, though not common.
5. The scans/transcription don’t have a dramatic personae, so I’ve built one. Should I have done so? If so, should characters be listed by order of appearance or alphabetically?
6. The introduction is authored simply by “M.”, and I cannot figure out who wrote it to credit them in the metadata. Any suggestions?

I’m proposing the below cover because of the plot surrounding a cavalry charge. I don’t think the uniform is right, but the period of time is.

[Alex Cabal]

On 3/25/21 5:41 PM, Asher Smith wrote:
> 1. Do we convert “smelt” to “smelled”?

No

> 3. I’m going to need a second opinion on ending punctuation of some

> stage directions. Most are clear cut: capitalised and ending with a
> period; 9 are mid-sentence and are lowercase without punctuation.
> Then there are 15 instances where they need to be capitalised
> because they’re not mid-sentence, but it makes no grammatical sense
> to end with a period because they have verbs leading into the
> dialog, so for these I have ended them with a comma. For example:

> "/… as he cries,/) Judge her”

That's fine

> 4. Should I change “hollo” to “hello” (“hallo” is also used elsewhere)?

> “Cigaret” to “cigarette”? Both are in MW, though not common.

Are you sure that's not a transcription error? I've seen `hallo` but not
`hollo`. You can update `cigaret`.

> 5. The scans/transcription don’t have a dramatic personae, so I’ve

> built one. Should I have done so? If so, should characters be listed
> by order of appearance or alphabetically?

Sure, you can add one

> 6. The introduction is authored simply by “M.”, and I cannot figure out

> who wrote it to credit them in the metadata. Any suggestions?

If it's not obvious who wrote it then don't include it in the metadata.
But first I would check to see if you can find other scans from
different editions that might clarify the matter.

> I’m proposing the below cover because of the plot surrounding a cavalry
> charge. I don’t think the uniform is right, but the period of time is.

Cover looks good, thanks!

[Asher Smith]

> Are you sure that's not a transcription error?

Nope - it’s in the scans.

Regarding the introduction, I can’t find any information in any other editions. As far as I can tell, they were an editor at Brentano’s, but information beyond that isn’t obviously accessibly. Certainly the scans themselves have no information.

Apart from that issue (lint is kicking up an error for it, wanting a metadata entry for introduction author), this is ready for review. It generates no other lint or build errors.

[Asher Smith]

So to sum up, it's good to be reviewed, and there are a couple things that need specific attention:

1. The dramatis personae has been created whole cloth and listed in order of appearance. This could do with another set of eyes because it's not built from the scans.
2. The "hollo"/"hallo" issue
3. My use of persona tags in act I; Shaw has a habit of referring to people as "the man" or "a girl" before he gives them names, so I've given those things persona tags throughout for the sake of consistency.
4. My short description doesn't say much about plot, but I think it's a good description of the play.

[Alex Cabal]

Is "A Pleasant Play" the actual subtitle of the play, or is it just
there because this was one of his "Pleasant Plays"? If the latter we
should remove it from the half title. If the former then it needs to be
added to the metadata.

On 3/26/21 4:08 AM, Asher Smith wrote:
> So to sum up, it's good to be reviewed, and there are a couple things
> that need specific attention:
>

> 1. The dramatis personae has been created whole cloth and listed in

> order of appearance. This could do with another set of eyes because
> it's not built from the scans.

> 2. The "hollo"/"hallo" issue
> 3. My use of persona tags in act I; Shaw has a habit of referring to

> people as "the man" or "a girl" before he gives them names, so I've
> given those things persona tags throughout for the sake of consistency.

> 4. My short description doesn't say much about plot, but I think it's a

> good description of the play.
>
>
> On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 11:36:23 PM UTC Asher Smith wrote:
>
> > Are you sure that's not a transcription error?
>
> Nope - it’s in the scans.
>
> Regarding the introduction, I can’t find any information in any
> other editions. As far as I can tell, they were an editor at
> Brentano’s, but information beyond that isn’t obviously accessibly.
> Certainly the scans themselves have no information.
>
> Apart from that issue (lint is kicking up an error for it, wanting a
> metadata entry for introduction author), this is ready for review.
> It generates no other lint or build errors.
>

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[Asher Smith]

I’m not sure, to be honest. I haven’t seen it anywhere other than the scans, so my best guess is that it’s because it’s one of the Pleasant Plays. I’ll strip it from the half title.

Any decisions on the hollo/hallo thing?

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[Alex Cabal]

OK, everything looks good. I've changed hollo to hallo for consistency.
This has just been released, thanks!