History of Arguable Consequence: The Undertold Stories of the American Civil War
RockyV79 for Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ($45): Lead/Male/Adult to Late-Middle-Aged. North American/American with a light country/mid-Western accent. This man should need no introduction, however, if you'd like to, you can read more about Abraham Lincoln here. There's been a lot of conversation about what Lincoln sounded like -- from a deep, booming and resonating voice, to the meeker voice popularized by Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln. We're open to interpretation, and don't have a preference for one over the other, rather we'd prefer a voice actor who can capture Lincoln's intelligence, wit and conviction. We're also open to additional interpretations of this role. For instance, perhaps for the first bank of lines, you're Mary Todd, recounting Lincoln's first public address as a politician. For the second bank of lines, perhaps you're Joshua Speed, reading the letter you just received from Lincoln out loud. For the third bank of lines, perhaps you're William Herndon, an old friend of Lincoln's, remembering the farewell speech he gave from the back of a train as he left Springfield, IL for the White House.
ABOUT THE ROLE: Voice actor will be reading three pieces of Lincoln's writing, including his first speech, a letter to Joshua Speed regarding state's rights and the Missouri Compromise, and a farewell address given in Springfield, Illinois upon his departure for the White House.
I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like an old woman's dance. I am in favor of a National Bank. I am in favor of the internal improvement system, and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles. If elected, I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same.
I say it was conceived in violence, because the destruction of the Missouri Compromise, under the circumstances, was nothing less than violence. It was passed in violence, because it could not have passed at all but for the votes of many members in violence of the known will of their constituents. It is maintained in violence, because the elections since clearly demand its repeal; and the demand is openly disregarded.
now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail.
