Dramatis Personae

Animals & Nature

Black Beauty (version 3 Dramatic Reading)

by Anna SEWELL (1820 - 1878)

Black Beauty is a fictional autobiographical memoir told by a horse, who recounts many tales, both of cruelty and kindness. The title page of the first edition states that it was "Translated from the Original Equine by Anna Sewell." After its publication in 1877, Sewell lived just long enough to see her first and only novel become an immediate bestseller, as well as it encouraging the better treatment of many cruelly-treated animals. Although initially intended for people who work with horses, it soon became a children's classic. While outwardly teaching animal welfare, it also contains allegorical lessons about how to treat people with kindness, sympathy and respect. The story is narrated in the first person and each short chapter relates an incident in Black Beauty's life, with Sewell's detailed observations and extensive descriptions of horse behaviour lending the novel a good deal of verisimilitude. (Summary by Cori Samuel, Wikipedia, and Mary Kay) Black Beauty: Arielle Lipshaw Ginger: Beth Thomas Squire Gordon: Larry Wilson John Manly: Oxenhandler James Howard: Nolan Fout Jeremiah Barker: Todd Polly Barker: Kristin Gjerløw Other roles read by: Nick Bulka, Zames Curran, Nolan Fout, Freakwhency, Kristin Gjerløw, Ricky of Kokiri, Lydia, MaryAnn, Oxenhandler, Adele de Pignerolles, Rachel, Esther ben Simonides, K. Adrian Stroet, Joseph Tabler, Beth Thomas, Todd, Elizabeth Travers, Maggie Travers, Twinkle, Tomas Peter, and Larry Wilson Audio edited by Kim, Arielle Lipshaw, and Adele de Pignerolles

Listen next episodes of Black Beauty (version 3 Dramatic Reading):
A Fair Start , A Friend in Need , A Horse Fair , A Humbug , A Job Horse and his Drivers , A London Cab Horse , A Stormy Day , A Strike for Liberty , A Talk in the Orchard , A Thief , An Old War Horse , Birtwick Park , Cockneys , Dolly and a Real Gentleman , Earlshall , Farmer Thoroughgood and his Grandson Willie , Ginger , Ginger's Story Continued , Going for the Doctor , Hard Times , How it Ended , Jakes and the Lady , James Howard , Jerry Barker , Jerry's New Year , Joe Green , John Manly's Talk , Liberty , Merrylegs , My Breaking In , My Early Home , My Last Home , Old Captain and his Successor , Only Ignorance , Plain Speaking , Poor Ginger , Reuben Smith , Ruined and Going Downhill , Seedy Sam , The Butcher , The Devil's Trade Mark , The Election , The Fire , The Golden Rule , The Hunt , The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse , The Old Hostler , The Parting , The Sunday Cab