Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller. In the wake of his father's death, Prince Hamlet finds that his Uncle Claudius has swiftly taken the throne and married his mother, Queen Gertrude. The ghost of the dead king then appears and charges Claudius with 'murder most foul.' Hamlet is called to revenge his father's death: but will he be able to act before it is too late? Cast:
Claudius, King of Denmark - Michael Sirois
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, and Mother of Hamlet - Elizabeth Klett
Ghost Of Hamlet, the Late King of Denmark - dolohov
Hamlet, Son to the former, and Nephew to the present King - John Gonzalez
Polonius, Lord Chamberlain - Andy Minter
Laertes, Son to Polonius - Denny Sayers
Ophelia, Daughter to Polonius - Kristin Hughes
Reynaldo, Servant to Polonius - Thomas Wells
Horatio, Friend to Hamlet - David Nicol
Rosencrantz, Courtier - Kara Shallenberg
Guildenstern, Courtier - Karen Savage
Francisco, a Soldier - Andrew Lebrun
Bernardo, Officer - David O’Connell
Marcellus, Officer - Jordan Mueller
Voltimand, Courtier - Thomas Wells
Osric, Courtier - allex
A Gentleman, Courtier - David Jaquay
Another Gentleman - mb
Clown One, Grave-digger - Brennan Holtzclaw
Clown Two, Grave-digger - Christie Nowak
A Priest - Kevin O’Coin
Fortinbras, Prince of Norway - mb
A Captain & his Army - Andrew Lebrun
English Ambassador - Andrew Lebrun
First Player - Rosalind Wills
Player King - Denny Sayers
Player Queen - Kirsten Ferreri
Player Lucianus - allex
Group Of Danes - David O'Connell
Lord - LaurenT
Servant - Christie Nowak
Stage Direction - Rosalind Wills
Editors - mb & Jc Guan
Dedicated Proof-Listeners - Elizabeth Klett & mb
Book Coordinators - J.C., Scott Sherris, Jc Guan, Elizabeth Klett & mb
6 episodes
King Henry IV, Part 1 is the second of Shakespeare’s eight Wars of the Roses history plays, with events following those of King Richard II. As the play opens, King Henry IV (formerly Henry Bolingbroke) and Henry Percy (Hotspur) argue over the disposition of prisoners from the Battle of Holmedon. The King’s attitude toward Mortimer and the Percy family prompts them to plot rebellion. In the meantime, his son Prince Hal is living the low life in the company of Sir John Falstaff. As the time of battle nears, Prince Hal joins his father and is given a high command. The play’s climax is the Battle of Shrewsbury, in which Prince Hal and Hotspur meet and fight, with Prince Hal and the forces of the King prevailing. The action continues in King Henry IV, Part 2. From the start this has been an extremely popular play both with the public and with critics. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden and Wikipedia)
Characters:
Narrator/stage directions: read by Kalynda
King Henry IV and Douglas: read by Mark F. Smith
Henry, Prince of Wales: read by Max Porter Zasada
Prince John of Lancaster: read by Brian Edwards
Earl of Westmoreland: read by Larysa Jaworski
Sir Walter Blunt: read by Joshua B. Christensen
Earl of Worcester: read by David Barnes
Northumberland and 2nd Messenger: read by Lisa Wilson
Henry Percy (Hotspur): read by Michael Sirois
Edmund Mortimer: read by Scott Sherris
Scroop, Archbishop of York: read by Vin Reilly
Peto, Sir Michael, Chamberlain, and Travellers: read by Mockfrog
Owen Glendower: read by Denny Sayers
Sir Richard Vernon: read by David Muncaster
Sir John Falstaff: read by John Lieder
Poins: read by Jordan Schneider
Gadshill, Francis, and Ostler: read by Alan Clare
Bardolph: read by David Zezulka
Lady Percy: read by Cecelia Prior
Mrs. Quickly, Hostess: read by Rosalind Wills
First Carrier: read by Maria Morabe
Second Carrier: read by Ophelia Darcy
Servant: read by Katie Gibboney
Vintner: read by Lauren Tunnell Verdeyen
Sheriff: read by Heather Barnett
First Messenger: read by Laurie Anne Walden
5 episodes
The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies. It tells the tragic tale of the House of Atreus, whose inhabitants have been cursed and are doomed to play out their bloody, vengeful destinies. At the beginning of the first part, the Trojan War has ended and the Greek general, Agamemnon, is returning victorious to his wife Clytemnestra. Yet she finds it difficult to forgive his sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, who was killed to ensure the Greek fleet fair winds in their voyage to Troy. Her desire for vengeance, and its dire consequences, instigates the action of these poetic tragedies. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast:
AGAMEMNON, king of Mycenae - StephenC
AEGISTHUS, cousin to Agamemnon - mb
ORESTES, son of Agamemnon - David O’Connell
CLYTEMNESTRA, wife of Agamemnon - Christie Nowak
CASSANDRA, a Trojan princess - Kristin Hughes
ELECTRA, sister of Orestes - Claire Goget
APOLLO, god of the Delphic oracle - Andrew Lebrun
ATHENA, goddess of wisdom - Catharine Eastman
PYTHIA, a priestess of Apollo - Kirsten Ferreri
A WATCHMAN at Mycenae - Joe Earley
A HERALD from Troy - tipaew
NURSE to Orestes and Electra - Elizabeth Klett
ATTENDANT of Aegisthus - Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit
ATTENDANT WOMAN of Athena - Jennifer Stearns
NARRATOR - Justin Barrett
CHORUS in Agamemnon - Andy Minter
CHORUS in The Libation-Bearers - Jc Guan
CHORUS in The Furies - Kara Shallenberg, Rosalind Wills, and Christie Nowak
PYLADES - Annoying Twit
Book Coordinators: Kirsten Ferreri, Sarah Jennings, Elizabeth Klett, and David Lawrence
7 episodes
A Doll's House, written two years after The Pillars of Society, was the first of Ibsen's plays to create a sensation and is now perhaps his most famous play, and required reading in many secondary schools and universities. The play was highly controversial when first published, as it is sharply critical of 19th Century marriage norms. It follows the formula of well-made play up until the final act, when it breaks convention by ending with a discussion, not an unravelling. It is often called the first true feminist play, although Ibsen denied this. From Wikipedia
Characters:
Narrator – Read by Aleithia Nora – Read by Elizabeth Klett Porter – Read by mb Helmer – Read by David Muncaster Maid – Read by Anna Simon Mrs Linde – Read by Miranda Stinson Krogstad – Read by Jordan Schneider Rank – Read by Andy Children – Read by Aleithia Nurse – Read by Alana Jordan
3 episodes
John Webster's bloody Jacobean tragedy exposes the decadence of the Italian court. The virtuous Duchess of Malfi, a young widow, secretly marries her steward Antonio, and is subsequently persecuted by her brothers: the sexually obsessed and eventually mad Ferdinand, and the corrupt Cardinal. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett).Characters:
Narrator/Stage Directions & Castruccio -- BellonaTimes
Delio -- Andy Minter
Antonio -- Martin Geeson
Bosola -- David Nicol
Cardinal, 2nd Servant, 2nd Officer, Executioner -- jonesy
Ferdinand -- mb
Silvio -- Lars Rolander
Roderigo -- David Muncaster
Grisolan -- Miriam Esther Goldman
Cariola -- Arielle Lipshaw
Duchess, Cardinal's Servant, 3rd Officer -- Elizabeth Klett
Old Lady -- storm
1st Servant, 1st Officer, Servant -- Daniel Hutton
Julia -- Bereni
4th Officer, 4th Madman, Malatesti -- Mark F. Smith
Pescara -- Kim Stich
1st Pilgrim, 1st Madman -- Lucy Perry
2nd Pilgrim, 2nd Madman-- Barry Eads
2nd Madman, Doctor -- hefyd
6 episodes
Der Dichter steht am Rande der Wüste und hadert mit dem Schicksal. Satan erscheint und bietet ihm Ruhm, Ehre, Bewunderung, Leidlosigkeit,... Wird der Dichter darauf eingehen, oder ist er mit dem zufrieden was nur der Erzengel ihm geben kann?
Die Rollen wurden gelesen von:
Der Dichter - Gaby
Satan - Boris
Der Erzengel - Karlsson
Bühnenanweisungen - Availle
Audioschnitt: Availle
1 episodes
Othello is the story of a cross-cultural romance between the title character, a noble moor who is a general in the Venetian army, and Desdemona, a beautiful and virtuous Venetian lady. The newly-married couple fall prey to the machinations of Iago, Othello's jealous ensign, who plots to destroy their union. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
Cast:
Duke of Venice: Filippo Gioachin
Brabantio: om123
First Senator: David Lawrence
Second Senator: Lucy Perry
Gratiano: Denny Sayers
Lodovico: Lars Rolander
Othello: Bruce Pirie
Cassio: Mark F. Smith
Iago: mb
Montano: Robert Keiper
Roderigo: Matthew Hill
Clown: rashada
Herald: Celeste Johnston
Desdemona: Availle
Emilia: Elizabeth Klett
Bianca: Nadine Eckert-Boulet
First Gentleman: Sonja
Second Gentleman: Lars Rolander
Third Gentleman: Miriam Esther Goldman
Fourth Gentleman: Adam Baillie
Sailor: Celeste Johnston
First Musician: nathank
First Officer: Elizabeth Klett
Messenger: Adam Baillie
Narrator: Arielle Lipshaw
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett
6 episodes
A one-act play. Eccentric (crazy?) Captain Hagberd has been waiting for years for his son to come home from the sea. He has scrimped and saved, outfitting a house for Harry to inherit upon his return, which will be in only "one day more." He has also planned that Harry will marry Bessie, the repressed maiden next door. Note: The recording was done outside, so there will be some ambient noise (airplanes, lawn mowers, birds, children... etc). (Summary by TriciaG)CastCaptain Hagberd: Rat KingJosiah Carvil: David LawrenceHarry Hagberd / A Lamplighter: TriciaGBessie Carvil: Esther
3 episodes
This is the second installment in Sophocles's Theban Plays that chronicles the tragic fates of Oedipus and his family. After fulfilling the prophecy that predicted he would kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus blinds himself and leaves Thebes, to wander in the wilderness accompanied by his daughters Antigone and Ismene. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
Cast:
Oedipus: Andy Minter
Antigone: Elizabeth Klett
Ismene: Arielle Lipshaw
Theseus: Mark F. Smith
Creon: Bruce Pirie
Polyneices: David Goldfarb
Stranger: Lucy Perry
Messenger: Martin Geeson
Chorus: Lars Rolander
Narrator: David Lawrence
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett
2 episodes
Schiller's tragedy depicts the final days of Mary, Queen of Scots, who has been imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, because of her potential claim on the English throne. The action of the play revolves around an attempt to rescue Mary from prison and Elizabeth's indecision over whether or not to have her executed. The 1801 translation is by Joseph Mellish, a friend of Schiller's. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
Cast:
Queen Elizabeth: Elizabeth Klett
Mary Stuart: Arielle Lipshaw
Earl of Leicester: David Goldfarb
Earl of Shrewsbury: Bruce Pirie
Lord Burleigh: Andy Minter
Earl of Kent: Mark F. Smith
Sir William Davison / Officer / Melvil: Algy Pug
Sir Amias Paulet: Martin Geeson
Sir Edward Mortimer: mb
Count L'Aubespine: om123
O'Kelly / Burgoyne: Dale Burgess
Count Bellievre: Matthew Reece
Hannah Kennedy: Availle
Margaret Curl: lavahna
Page: Philippa
First Woman: Lucy Perry
Narrator: Roseanne Schmidt
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett
5 episodes
Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts was first published in 1881 and staged in 1882, and like his earlier play A Doll's House, profoundly shocked his contemporaries. Dubbed "a dirty deed done in public" by one of its critics, the play focuses on (among other things) venereal disease, euthanasia, and incest. The original title literally means "the ones who return," and the play is about how we can deal with the awful legacy of the past. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
Cast:Mrs. Alving: Elizabeth KlettOswald Alving: mbPastor Manders: Bruce PirieJacob Engstrand: Algy PugRegina Engstrand: AvailleNarrator: J. M. SmallheerAudio edited by: mb
3 episodes
On the surface, this short play is a slice-of-life story about a murder investigation in the rural United States. However, it is also a story about the relationships between men and women, husbands and wives, and the often-overlooked "trifles" which can say so much about a person's life. (Summary by Arielle Lipshaw)
Cast:George Henderson (County Attorney): mbHenry Peters (Sheriff): GueroLewis Hale (a neighboring farmer): AnthonyMrs. Peters: Arielle LipshawMrs. Hale: Elizabeth KlettNarrator: David LawrenceAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw
1 episodes
Troilus and Cressida is Shakespeare's "problem" play about the Trojan War. As the opening Chorus tells us, the play "begins in the middle" of the epic conflict, and counterpoints the drama of battle with the romance of the title characters. Just as Agamemnon and his Greek forces (particularly the smooth-tongued Ulysses) attempt to woo the invincible Achilles to resume fighting on their side, the Trojan go-between Pandarus tries to bring together Troilus, a son of King Priam, with his niece, the lovely Cressida. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Achilles: John FrickerAeneas: David RichardsonAgamemnon: Lars RolanderAjax: Arielle LipshawAlexander: David LawrenceAndromache: Amy GramourBoy: Arielle LipshawCalchas: Algy PugCassandra: Nadine Eckert-BouletChorus: Algy PugCressida: Elizabeth KlettDeiphobus: Ted GarvinDiomedes: Peter BishopHector: David GoldfarbHelen: Elizabeth BarrHelenus: Elizabeth KlettMenelaus: Tom CrawfordNestor: Andy MinterPandarus: Ted GarvinParis: Matthew ReecePatroclus: Timothy FergusonPriam: Ric FServant/Myrmidons: Chris DonnellyThersites: Algy PugTroilus: mbUlysses: Bruce PirieNarrator: Elizabeth KlettAudio edited by: Elizabeth Klett
5 episodes
Eugene O'Neill's drama Anna Christie was first produced on Broadway in 1921 and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1922. It focuses on three main characters: Chris Christopherson, a Swedish captain of a coal barge and longtime seaman, his daughter Anna, who has grown up separated from her father on a Minnesota farm, and Mat Burke, an Irish stoker who works on steamships. At the beginning of the play Chris and Anna are reunited after fifteen years apart. Anna comes to live on her father's coal barge, but hides the secret of her past from him. When she meets Mat after an accident in the fog, they almost immediately fall in love - but Anna finds that forging a new future will not be easy. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast"Johnny-the-priest": NullifidianFirst Longshoreman/Voice: jwgSecond Longshoreman/Johnson: Marty KrisPostman: Max KorlingeLarry: Matthew ReeceChris Christopherson: Lars RolanderMarthy Owen: Pat RedstoneAnna Christopherson: Elizabeth KlettMat Burke: Tadhg HynesNarrator: David GoldfarbAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett
4 episodes
Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Modern editors generally agree that Shakespeare is responsible for almost exactly half the play—827 lines—the main portion after scene 9 that follows the story of Pericles and Marina. Modern textual studies indicate that the first two acts of 835 lines detailing the many voyages of Pericles were written by a mediocre collaborator, which strong evidence suggests to have been the victualler, pander, dramatist and pamphleteer George Wilkins. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Antiochus, king of Antioch: Ron AltmanBawd; Dionyza, wife to Cleon; Marshal; Third Fisherman: Elizabeth KlettBoult, Pandar's servant: Denny SayersCerimon, a lord of Ephesus: Timothy FergusonCleon, governor of Tarsus: Amy GramourDaughter of Antiochus: KalyndaDiana: Jean BascomEscanes, a lord of Tyre; First Knight; First Lord: ToddHWFirst Fisherman; Lysimachus, governor of Mytilene: Leonard WilsonFirst Gentleman; First Pirate; Lord; Pandar; Simonides, king of Pentapolis; Tyrian Sailor: Algy PugFirst Sailor: Tom CrawfordFirst Servant; Servant; Messenger: AvailleGower, as chorus; Knight; Philemon, servant to Cerimon; Second Pirate: Martin GeesonHelicanus, a lord of Tyre: Ric FLeonine, servant to Dionyza: KristingjLychorida, nurse to Marina: Psudonae VoxMarina, daughter to Pericles and Thaisa: Arielle LipshawPericles, Prince of Tyre: Delmar H. DolbierSecond Fisherman: Chuck WilliamsonSecond Gentleman; Second Sailor; Third Knight; Third Lord: Nolan FoutSecond Knight; Second Lord: Liberty StumpThaisa, daughter to Simonides: GraceThaliard, a lord of Antioch: Max KörlingeThird Pirate: Lucy PerryNarrator: David LawrenceAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw
5 episodes
The title character in Ibsen's drama, Ellida Wangel, is married to a prosperous doctor, but feels stifled by her roles as wife and stepmother to her husband's two daughters by a previous marriage, Hilde and Bolette. Ten years earlier she had promised to marry another man - and on a sultry summer day, he comes back to her. Ellida must decide whether to choose the safety of her life with Wangel, or to yield to the siren song of the sea. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)CastDr. Wangel: Bruce PirieEllida Wangel: Elizabeth KlettBolette Wangel: Arielle LipshawHilde Wangel: Lucy PerryArnholm: Algy PugLyngstrand: mbBallested: Pascal RamseierThe Stranger: David LawrenceNarrator: AvailleAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett
5 episodes
Guido Ferranti, a young man, travels to Padua with his friend Ascanio after receiving a mysterious letter from a stranger, claiming to know the true secret of Guido's birth. His plan of revenge goes awry, however, when he falls in love with his enemy's beautiful wife, the Duchess of Padua. (Summary by Wikipedia and wildemoose)Cast:Simone Gesso, Duke of Padua; Hugo the Headsman: Algy PugBeatrice, Duchess of Padua: Arielle LipshawAndreas Pollajuolo, Cardinal of Padua: ToddHWMaffio Petrucci; Servant; First Soldier; Usher: Charlotte DuckettJeppo Vitellozzo; Count Moranzone: Martin GeesonTaddeo Bardi; Bernardo Cavalcanti, Lord Justice of Padua; Third Soldier: Elizabeth KlettGuido Ferranti: Max KörlingeAscanio Cristofano: Alan MapstoneLucy, a Tirewoman: April GonzalesFirst Citizen: KristingjSecond Citizen: CaprishaPageThird Citizen: GraceTipstaff; Second Soldier: Chuck WilliamsonNarrator: Ernst PattynamaAudio edited by Arielle Lipshaw
5 episodes
Doch was dem Abgrund kühn entstiegen,
Kann durch ein ehernes Geschick
Den halben Weltkreis übersiegen,
Zum Abgrund muß es doch zurück.
(aus dem Text)
Internet Archive: weitere gemeinfreie redaer Aufnahmen
2 episodes
The Ghost Sonata (Spöksonaten) is a play in three acts by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. Written in 1907, it was first produced at Strindberg's Intimate Theatre in Stockholm on 21 January 1908... The Ghost Sonata is a key text in the development of modernist drama and a vivid example of a chamber play. In it, Strindberg creates a world in which ghosts walk in bright daylight, a beautiful woman is transformed into a mummy and lives in the closet, and the household cook sucks all the nourishment out of the food before she serves it to her masters. The play relates the adventures of a young student, who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jacob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the apartment, only to find that it is a nest of betrayal and sickness. The world, the student learns, is hell and human beings must suffer to achieve salvation. (Summary by Wikipedia)CastOld Hummel: AntonyThe Student: Chuck WilliamsonThe Dark Lady: SnapdragonThe Colonel: Cliff ThompsonThe Mummy: Caprisha PageThe Dandy/The Young Lady: Amanda FridayJohannson: Ron AltmanBengtsson: AllenJohnsThe Cook: Elizabeth KlettNarrator: MJ FranckAudio edited by Chuck Williamson
3 episodes
A charming collection of 14 short American history plays for the very young - ranging from Christopher Columbus to George Washington to Susan B Anthony. (Summary by Maria Therese)Cast:Narrator; First Maid of Honor; Second Woman: AvailleNarrator; Queen Isabella; Pocohantus: CaprishaPageColumbus; First Merchant; Blount; Squanto; Robert E. Lee: Tom CausbyWise Man; Captain Newport; King; Court; People; Richard Henry Lee; Californians; Auctioneer; Union Soldier: Libby GohnLuis; John Smith; William Penn; Noble; First Woman; First Boy; British General; Men; Secretary to the President; Mr. President; Abraham Lincoln; Soldier: Charlotte DuckettSecond Merchant: Courtier; Officer: Aidan BrackPowhatan; William Penn, Sr; Second Maid of Honor; Samoset; Third Boy; Father Gibault; Senator Benton; Ezekiel Webster; Wise Man of Spain: Maria ThereseWalter Raleigh; Bradford; Young George Washington; Second Man of the House; Mr. Sherman; Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Elizabeth KlettQueen Elizabeth: Verity KendallIndian Chief; Second Man: rookieblueFrancis Drake; Governor Carter; Benjamin Franklin: Nathanial W.C. HigginsMan; First Man; Second Boy; Robert Livingston; Father; Mr. Seward: balaNarrator; Susan B. Anthony: Victoria MartinPeople; Third Man of the House; General Scott; Mr. Haynes: KristingjStandish: Thomas Jefferson; George Rogers Clark; Andrew Jackson; President Van Buren; Henry Clay; John Hanks; Ulysses S. Grant: Amanda FridayBrewster; Mr. Hancock; General Flores; Officer: David OlsonNarrator; One of the Girls: Pamela KrantzMrs. Washington: BrittaniaFourth Boy; Speaker; Member of the House: Frances BrownPatrick Henry: GraceMen of the House; Other Man; Member of Congress: TriciaGJohn Adams; John Fremont; John Calhoun: Arielle LipshawOlder George Washington: Delmar H. DolbierDaniel Webster: nomorejeffsAudio edited by: Maria Therese; Hugh Gillis; Elizabeth Klett and Arielle Lipshaw
14 episodes
John Gabriel Borkman is the penultimate play of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, written in 1896. The Borkman family fortunes have been brought low by the imprisonment of John Gabriel who used his position as a bank manager to illegally speculate with his investors' money. The action of the play takes place eight years after Borkman's release when John Gabriel Borkman, Mrs. Borkman, and her twin sister Ella Rentheim battle over the future of young Erhart Borkman. Though John Gabriel Borkman continues the line of naturalism and social commentary that marks Ibsen's middle period, the final act suggests a new phase for the playwright, a phase brought to fruition in his final more symbolic work When We Dead Awaken. (Summary by Wikipedia)CastJohn Gabriel Borkman: Bruce PirieMrs. Gunhild Borkman: Arielle LipshawErhart Borkman: Ernst PattynamaElla Rentheim: Elizabeth KlettMrs. Fanny Wilton: AvailleVilhelm Foldal: Alan MapstoneFrida Foldal: Grace GarrettMrs. Borkman's Maid: Amanda FridayNarrator: Robin KingAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett
4 episodes
A feminist drama that gained considerable critical and commercial success when it originally ran on Broadway. The play is about a husband and wife who also happen to be artists. A socially conscious battle of the sexes ensues over professional jealousy and whether the woman's place in the home should be thrown over for occupational dreams. (Summary by ChuckW & Amanda Friday)
Cast:Tom Herford: Robert Hoffman
Ann Herford: Caprisha Page
Daisy Herford: Arielle Lipshaw
Millicent: Libby Gohn
Dr. Remington: Bruce Pirie
Keith McKenzie: Chuck Williamson
Ruth Creel/Narrator: Amanda Friday
Ellen: Elizabeth Klett
Audio edited by: Michele Eaton
3 episodes
Maurice, a playwright on the brink of success, feels so confident in his professional future he proposes to Jeanne, his mistress. However, upon meeting Henriette, his friend's mistress, he gets swept away by his overwhelming passion for her. The feelings are reciprocated by Henriette and their relationship quickly spins out of control. Tragedy strikes and both are swept up in accusations of murder with the potential to destroy them both. This is a story of passion, tragedy, redemption, and repentance. (Summary by Amanda Friday)
CastMaurice: Brett W. DowneyJeanne/Servant Girl: Elizabeth KlettMarion: Emily JonesAdolphe: BellonaTimesHenriette/Narrator: Amanda FridayEmile: Chuck WilliamsonMadame Catherine: Caprisha PageThe Abbe: Algy PugWatchman/Waiter/Guard: Charlotte DuckettCommissaire/Detective: ToddAudio edited by Caprisha Page and Elizabeth Klett
4 episodes
If Queen Mary I of England wants something, you'd better not try and stop her, or else you might soon find yourself without a head! When this hot-headed young Royal's new favourite courtier, an Italian gentleman named Fabiano Fabiani who has already made himself very unpopular with the court, is caught sneaking around with another girl - a commoner no less! - the Queen begins to plan her revenge in the only way suitable for a Queen. (Summary by Charlotte Duckett)
Narrator: balaMary I of England: Kristin GjerløwJane Talbot: Beth ThomasLord Clinton: alanmapstoneJoshua Farnaby: Peter TuckerGilbert: ToddHWFabiano Fabiani: Eden Rea-HedrickSimon Renard: Bob NeufeldLord Chandos: Elizabeth KlettLord Montague: Greg PrzywaraMan/ The Jew: Rob BoardLord Gardiner/Lord Chancellor: Joseph TablerMaster Eneas: Rob BoardA jailer: Elizabeth KlettThe People/voices 1: Michele FryThe People/Voices 2: Mary KayThe People/Voices 3: Beth ThomasStandard-bearer 1: Shakira SearleStandard-bearer 2: Mary Kay
4 episodes
Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Devil's Disciple in his 1901 collection, Three Plays for Puritans. It was first performed at Newcastle upon Tyne on March 15, 1899. London production was at the Savoy Theatre in 1907. Shaw wants to prove that it was not love but politics that drew Cleopatra to Julius Caesar. He sees the Roman occupation of ancient Egypt as similar to the British occupation that was occurring during his time. Caesar understands the importance of good government, and values these things above art and love. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Cast list:
Belzanor/First Auxilliary: ScottMolson
The Persian/Second Auxilliary: ChuckW
The Sentinel/Soldier/Roman Soldiers: silverquill
Voice/The Newcomer - Bel Affris/First Porter: Rick Rodstrom
The Guardsmen/Second Porter: Algy Pug
The Women/A Woman/Charmian: gloriana
Ftatateeta: CaprishaPage
The Nubian Sentinel/Third Porter/Musician: LibbyG
The Man - Caesar: neustar
The Girl - Cleopatra: JoFriday21
Pothinus: professorrct
Theodotus/The Official: AmateurOzmologist
Achillas/Fourth Porter/The Second Official: beeber
Rufio: jondalar1988
Britannus: gmprzywara
The Bolder Courtiers/All the courtiers/Major-domo: Algy Pug
Lucius/Boatman: engineerdst
A Centurion: Gman
Nubian/Nubian Sentinel/Apollodorus: ToddHW
Ptolemy: Vper
Iras: DrDawnDuncan
Narrator: DSayers
Edited By: ToddHW
Coordinated By: Algy Pug
5 episodes
Russian-Jew David Quixano has come to America after surviving a pogrom which has killed his family. He has written a symphony which embodies his vision of America as a melting pot, into which people from all the nations of the earth come, and "the great Alchemist melts and fuses them with his purging flame! Here shall they all unite to build the Republic of Man and the Kingdom of God." But old hatreds and old sins die hard....
Note: There are attitudes and terms in the play and the afterword that may be offensive to some listeners.
(Summary by TriciaG)Cast List:David Quixano: Tomas PeterVera Revendal: Lian PangMendel Quixano: Mark ChulskyKathleen O'Reilly: LydiaHerr Pappelmeister: David OlsonFrau Quixano: AvailleQuincy Davenport, Jr.: K. Adrian StroetBaron Revendal: John BurlinsonBaroness Revendal: SoniaSettlement Servant: Charlotte DuckettNarrator: ToddHWEdited by TriciaGProof-listened by TriciaG and David Lawrence
6 episodes
This play is Glaspell’s recognition of the way in which Victorian society left some women feeling trapped in roles for which they were unsuited. Because of the play’s non-realistic speech patterns and expressionistic elements, it was dismissed by most critics as being muddled and confusing. It has recently been ‘‘rediscovered’’ by feminist theorists, however, who see the work as an important contribution to theatre history. In 1921 when this play was first produced, women were still expected to stay at home and be dutiful wives and mothers. Many women began to voice dissatisfaction with their lack of opportunities and tried to change the situation. Thus, the feminist movement began to take hold. Other women rebelled by retreating into despondency, depression and, sometimes, madness. The Verge also reflects the fascination with Freudian theory that was sweeping the United States at the time. Freud had delivered his first U.S. lectures in 1909, and his theories of psychoanalysis and dream interpretation were widely discussed in many popular publications of the day. (Summary by by Michele Eaton)CastAnthony: Algy PugHarry Archer: tovarischHattie: Victoria PClaire: Michele EatonRichard Demming: balaTom Edgeworthy: Chuck WilliamsonElizabeth: Elizabeth KlettAdelaide: Amanda FridayDr. Emmons: Sarah ParshallNarrator: Tricia GAudio edited by Michele Eaton
3 episodes
A late 19th-century stage adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables in English, The Shadow of the Law dramatizes the struggles of Hugo's legendary characters: Jean Valjean, the former convict; his relentless pursuer, Javert; Fantine, the tragic mother; her daughter Cosette; the greedy Thenardiers; the doomed revolutionaries. (Summary by Elizabeth Barr)CastNarrator/Prouvaire: Elizabeth KlettJean Valjean: Max KorlingeJavert: drakaunusThenardier: Algy PugFather Fauchelevent/Grandfather Gillenormand: ToddMonseigneur Bienvenu: Rick RodstromMarius Pontmercy: Eden Rea-HedrickEnjolras: Larry WilsonPetit Gervais: Frances BrownGavroche: Ernst PattynamaBabit: Bob NeufeldDoctor/Madame Magloire: Beth ThomasFantine: Amanda FridayCosette: Charlotte Duckett and Emily JonesEponine: Elizabeth BarrMadame Thenardier: Arielle LipshawMlle. Gillenormande/Gendarme: Kristin GjerløwMlle. Baptistine: Lynne ThompsonSimplice: Etel BussNun: Sarah ParshallBoy/Servant: Michele EatonGuardsman: David OlsonInsurgent: RapunzelinaAudio edited by Elizabeth Barr
6 episodes
The Boss centers on the relationship between Michael Regan, an Irish-American businessman, and Emily Griswold, an outspoken American girl bent on saving her father's business. Set during a time when unions fought for wages and bosses fought for more stake in their company, the play's relevance strikes at the heart of economic issues and hardships in modern day America. (Summary by Amanda Friday)CastJames D. Griswold Elliot GageDonald Griswold: Chuck WilliamsonEmily Griswold/Fourth Crowd Member: Amanda FridayMitchell/Second Crowd Member: ToddMichael R. Regan: Bruce PirieLawrence Duncan: Jon SmithDavis: Richard FridayMrs. Cuyler/Second Police Officer: Anastasiia SolokhaGates: tovarisch"Porky" McCoy: Brett DowneyMaid/First Crowd Member: Libby GohnFrench Maid/First Police Officer: Elizabeth KlettFifth Crowd Member: mbArchbishop Sullivan: Bob NeufeldThird Police Officer: Sarah ParshallThird Crowd Member: Michele EatonPolice Inspector: Denny SayersScanlan: rookieblueNarrator: nbvoicesAudio edited by Michele Eaton
4 episodes
"Mr. Belasco has written the following account of "Peter's" evolution: [ ] The play, "The Return of Peter Grimm," is an expression in dramatic form of my ideas on a subject which I have pondered over since boyhood: "Can the dead come back?" Peter Grimm did come back. At the same time, I inserted a note in my program to say that I advanced no positive opinion; that the treatment of the play allowed the audience to believe that it had actually seen Peter, or that he had not been seen but existed merely in the minds of the characters on the stage. Spiritualists from all over the country flocked to see "The Return of Peter Grimm," and I have heard that it gave comfort to many. It was a difficult theme, and more than once I was tempted to give it up. But since it has given relief to those who have loved and lost, it was not written in vain." (Summary from Introduction)
Coordinated and edited by ToddHW.
Cast:
Stage Directions: Kristin GjerløwPeter Grimm: rafeFrederik, his nephew: Chuck WilliamsonJames Hartman: AnthonyAndrew MacPherson: balaRev. Henry Batholommey: Larry WilsonColonel Tom Lawton: alanmapstoneWilliam: ToddHWCatherine: Amanda FridayMrs. Batholommey: MaryankaMarta: Anna SimonClown: Anastasiia SolokhaHawker and Barker: Ellen PreckelVoice (bringing telegram): WoollyBeeGirls (4, little, singing): Julia Niedermaier
4 episodes
A Dream Play (Swedish: Ett drömspel) was written in 1901 by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. It was first performed in Stockholm on 17 April 1907. It remains one of Strindberg's most admired and influential dramas, seen as an important precursor to both dramatic Expressionism and Surrealism. The primary character in the play is Agnes, a daughter of the Vedic god Indra. She descends to Earth to bear witness to problems of human beings. She meets about 40 characters, some of them having a clearly symbolical value (such as four deans representing theology, philosophy, medicine, and law). After experiencing all sorts of human suffering (for example poverty, cruelty, and the routine of family life), the daughter of gods realizes that human beings are to be pitied.
- Summary by Wikipedia
Cast List:
The Daughter of Indra (Agnes); Voice of the Women (+ All); The Crew: Amanda FridayThe Officer (+All in III): Ron AltmanThe Lawyer; All Right-Minded: Chuck WilliamsonThe Poet: Lucy PerryThe Voice of Indra: om123The Glazier; Voice of the Men, Tenor and Bass (+All); The Crew: alanmapstoneThe Father; He (+All); The Second Coalheaver; Dean of Philosophy: ToddHWThe Mother: Margaret EspaillatLena: Rebecca Braunert-PlunkettThe Portress; The Wife; The Gentleman: CaprishaPageThe Billposter: EccentricOwlVictoria (also "A Woman's Voice from Above"); She (+All): Elizabeth KlettThe Ballet Girl; Voice of the Children (+All); The Crew: Frances BrownThe Male Chorus Singer; The Boy (+All the Boys): Libby GohnThe Prompter; The Blind Man (+All): Mary JThe Policeman; The Husband; Dean of Jurisprudence: Arnaldo MachadoChristine; The First Coalheaver: KHandThe Master of Quarantine (+All in Act II): Zachary Brewster-GeiszThe Pensioner (+ All); The Naval Officer; Dean of Theology: Prachi PendseThe Maids; The Lady; Don Juan: WoollyBeeEdith; Dean of Medicine: Anna SimonThe Teacher: SavannahLord Chancellor: Josh KirshNarrator: Sarah TerryEdited by Chuck Williamson
5 episodes
Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson (1878 - 1943) was an Australian poet, journalist and playwright. He was born in Edinburgh but moved to Melbourne, Australia when he was three. He attended the University of Melbourne and began working as a journalist and playwright soon after.
His best known work is the political comedy, The Time is Not Yet Ripe, first performed in 1912. It has since come to be acknowledged as an Australian classic, and has often been revived.
- Summary Adapted from Wikipedia by Algy Pug
Cast list:
Sir Joseph Quiverton: Algy Pug
Doris: Beth Thomas
English Butler: Frances Brown
Sir Henry Pilsbury: Jon Smith
Lady Pilsbury: ToddHW
John K. Hill: Nick Bulka
Sydney Barrett/Socialists: Kristin Gjerløw
Miss Perkins: Libby Gohn
Otto/Socialists: Lars Rolander
Harry Hopkins/Socialists: Phil Benson
Peter Jensen/Socialists: Lars Rolander
Arthur Gray/Socialists: Peter Tucker
Bertie Wainwright: Ben Lindsey-Clark
Violet Faulkner: Savannah
A Fat Man/Crowd: bala
A Cheeky Youth/Crowd: Victoria P
A Working Woman/Crowd: Availle
An Old Man/Crowd: Robert Dixon
Narrator: Janet
Edited by: ToddHW
Coordinated by: Algy Pug
4 episodes
Exiles is a play by James Joyce, who is principally remembered for his novels. It was rejected by W. B. Yeats for production by the Abbey Theatre. Its first major London performance was in 1970, when Harold Pinter directed it at the Mermaid Theatre. The basic premise of Exiles involves a love triangle between Richard Rowan (a Dublin writer recently returned from exile in Rome), Bertha (his common law wife) and his old friend Robert Hand (a journalist). (There are obvious parallels to be drawn with Joyce's own life – Joyce and Nora Barnacle lived, unmarried, in Trieste, during the years the fictional Rowans were living in Rome, while Robert Hand is roughly the same age of Joyce's friends Oliver St. John Gogarty and Vincent Cosgrave, and shares some characteristics with them both.) This arrangement is slightly complicated by a second love triangle, involving Rowan, Hand, and Hand's cousin Beatrice Justice. - Summary by Wikipedia
Richard Rowan: mbBertha: Elizabeth KlettArchie: Beth ThomasRobert Hand: Bruce PirieBeatrice Justice: AvailleBrigid: Bev J. StevensA Fishwoman: Mary KayNarrator: Larry Wilson
3 episodes
A talented actor and historian falls off his horse in a historical pageant while playing the role of Henry IV. When he comes to, he believes himself to be Henry. For the next twenty years his nephew, Count de Nolli, funds an elaborate hoax in a remote villa, where actors play the roles of Henry's privy councillors and simulate the 11th century court.On request from his dying mother, de Nolli brings a Doctor referred to as the latest in a succession to try to cure Henry (whose real name, if it is not Henry, is never mentioned). All the action of the play occurs in this one day of the visit. - Summary by WikipediaNarrator: KHandHenry IV: Peter TuckerThe Marchioness Matilda Spina: P. J. MorganFrida: Amanda FridayThe young Marquis Charles Di Nolli: Vin ReillyBaron Tito Belcredi: Delmar H DolbierDr. Dionysius Genoni: ToddHWHarold (Frank): Will IraceLandolph (Lolo): Levi ThrockmortonOrdulph (Momo): Adele de PignerollesBerthold (Fino): Mary JJohn: Mark ChulskyFirst Valet: Alex LaneSecond valet: Andrew ColemanProof-listened by Jeanie & Roohi
3 episodes
Orestes, coming into Tauri in Scythia, in company with Pylades, had been commanded to bear away the image of Diana, after which he was to meet with a respite from the avenging Erinnyes of his mother. His sister Iphigenia, who had been carried away by Diana from Aulis, when on the point of being sacrificed by her father, chances to be expiating a dream that led her to suppose Orestes dead, when a herdsman announces to her the arrival and detection of two strangers, whom she is bound by her office to sacrifice to Diana. On meeting, a mutual discovery takes place, and they plot their escape. - Summary by Theodore Buckley
Cast List:Iphigenia: Elizabeth KlettOrestes: Ashur GharaviPylades: Rob BoardHerdsman: Jeffrey ChurchThoas: alanmapstoneMessenger: Beth ThomasMinerva: LydiaChorus: Kristin GjerløwNarrator: Availle
2 episodes
Edward the Confessor is very weak and will die soon. But with no son to succeed him, who will gain the throne? The common folk and loyal Saxon barons in England want Harold, while the Norman barons and the people in Normandy, France want Duke William. They claim Edward gave William the throne. Who is right? Will Britain be Normanized? - Summary by Esther ben Simonides
Cast List
King Edward the Confessor: Beth ThomasHarold, Earl of Wessex: Adele de PignerollesGyrth, brother to Harold; Cecilia, daughter of William and Matilda: RachelStigand, Archbishop of Canterbury: Mike HarrisWilliam, Duke of Normandy: Esther ben SimonidesOdo, Bishop of Bayeux, half-brother to William: MaryAnnSRobert "Courthose", son to William and Matilda; Gytha, mother to Harold: SoniaWilliam "Rufus", son to William and Matilda; William Malet, a Norman Baron: Tomas PeterLanfranc, Prior of Bec: ApneiaWilliam Fitzosbern, a Norman Baron: Larry WilsonRoger of Montgomery, a Norman Baron: NewgatenovelistHugh Margot, a Norman Monk: ToddHWA Saxon Messenger: David OlsonTaillefer, a Norman Minstrel: John BurlinsonA Hermit: Joseph TablerQueen Edith, wife to Edward the Confessor, sister to Harold: Kristin GjerløwEdith, called 'of the Swansneck': LydiaMatilda, Duchess of Normandy, wife to William: GeorgiaMNarrator: KHandAudio Edited by: Esther ben Simonides
4 episodes
Caliban, the primitive, savage son of the witch Sycorax and the evil frog-tiger god Setebos, seeks to obtain knowledge and become civilized from a strange magician named Prospero and his young daughter, Miranda. Through fantastic visions (including of Shakespeare plays), poetry, song and dance, thus begins the slow, gradual education of a inquisitive brute as he faces enlightenment and wicked temptation. Serving as a thematic companion piece and maybe spiritual prequel and midquel to William Shakespeare's [i]The Tempest[/i], [i]Caliban by the Yellow Sands[/i] was a massive, elaborate and outdoor "community masque" performed from 1916-1917 in New York and Boston as part of the three-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Preaching an anti-war message in response to the current events of World War I, it was a smashing success, as it was seen by over two hundred thousand spectators and utilized 1500 amateur artisans and actors to bring its giant vision to life. Summary by Mary KayCast List:Narrator: Amelia ChesleyCaliban: Craig FranklinMiranda: Kieren MettsProspero: ToddHWAriel: Kristin GjerløwVoices from Below / Power of Setebos / All / The Dirge / The Soldiers: Tomas PeterVoices from Within / Spirits of Ariel / All / The Chorus: MaryAnnSycorax / Cleopatra / Juliet / War / The Voice / Mrs. Page: SoniaCressida / Charmian / Perdita / Lust / The Emperor / Mrs. Quickly / The Spirit of Time: Lian PangAntony / Troilus / Horatio / Benvolio / Adam / Sir John Falstaff: alanmapstonePandarus / Ghost of Caesar / Hamlet / Mercutio / Lorenzo / The Duke / Sir Hugh Evans / King Henry the Fifth: Larry WilsonAttendant / Brutus / Florizel / Marcellus / Romeo / Orlando / Pistol: Dafni MaEros / The Boy / Lucius / Death / Jacques / Mrs. Ford: Leanne Yau
7 episodes
Freely adapted from Lord Byron’s Fragment of a Novel, J.R. Planché’s The Vampire; or, the Bride of the Isles predates Dracula in its depiction of the vampire as a seductive, sophisticated, and noble figure. It also helped popularize the character of Lord Ruthven, a nefarious “creature of the night” who would later be immortalized in numerous films, operas, roleplaying games, novels and comic books.
Set in the Scottish Isles, Planché’s play begins with our heroine having a prophetic vision of her own demise. Lady Margaret is besieged with a nightmarish visitation from a vampiric fiend who threatens to feast upon her blood. These premonitions are quickly borne out when she meets her betrothed, the villainous Lord Ruthven, an otherworldly creature alluded to in local gossip and rumor. He seeks to marry Margaret in order to drain her of her blood. Will her prophetic dreams come true? Or will she be saved from Ruthven’s villainous schemes? - Summary by Chuckw
Stage Directions: Chuck WilliamsonRuthven: ToddHWLady Margaret: FoonRonald: Jim GallagherRobert: alanmapstoneEffie / Ariel: Leanne YauAndrew: Josh KibbeyBridget: SoniaM'Swill: Tomas PeterUnda: TJ BurnsSinger: Devorah Allen
3 episodes
Measure for Measure is one of William Shakespeare's more enigmatic works. As one of the so-called "problem plays," it mixes a dark plot with light overtones, without resolving the tensions inherent in either. Its central conflict is spurred on when the Duke of Vienna, Vincentio, confers his powers on the law-abiding judge Angelo before leaving on a diplomatic mission. In reality, Vincentio has merely disguised himself as a lowly friar to watch Angelo's rule from afar—a rule that is quickly characterized by its overzealous cruelty and harshness. When Angelo has a man condemned to death for fornication, the man's sister, a pious novitiate named Isabella, intercedes on his behalf and begs Angelo for leniency. It is through this encounter that Angelo's true self emerges, as well as the play's presiding themes of moral justice, civil corruption, and the neverending conflict between the powers of sin and virtue. Can Isabella thwart Angelo's wicked intentions? Will the Duke restore peace and sanity in Vienna? Will compassion prevail? Take a listen, for all will be revealed.And to perform it all? Three men (Craig Franklin, Tomas Peter, and Brad "Hamlet" Filippone) and one woman (Sonia), determined to give you a performance of Shakespeare's work that you will never forget. You thought you knew your Shakespeare? Well, think again! - Summary by Tomas Peter
Cast list:
Sonia: Narrator; Isabella; Escalus; Mariana; Mistress Overdone; Juliet; Messenger.
Craig Franklin: Duke Vincentio; Froth; Abhorson; Servant to Angelo; Second Gentleman; Justice.
Tomas Peter: Angelo; Claudio; Pompey; Friar Peter; First Gentleman; Francisca; Boy.
Brad “Hamlet” Filippone: Lucio; Provost; Elbow; Barnardine; Friar Thomas.
6 episodes
Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw about 15th-century French military figure Joan of Arc. Premiering in 1923, three years after her canonization by the Roman Catholic Church, the play reflects Shaw's belief that the people involved in Joan's trial acted according to what they thought was right. He wrote in his preface to the play: “There are no villains in the piece. Crime, like disease, is not interesting: it is something to be done away with by general consent, and that is all [there is] about it. It is what men do at their best, with good intentions, and what normal men and women find that they must and will do in spite of their intentions, that really concern us.” (Wikipedia) Modern British author, critic, poet, and broadcaster Clive James, commenting on a book that changed his mind, wrote: “George Bernard Shaw, his preface to Saint Joan. Reading that wonderful stretch of prose started me on the road to a more human version of Christianity: a road I like to think that I am still pursuing.” (The Guardian, 5 October 2019) - Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales
4 episodes
Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame also wrote non-musical plays without Sullivan as a partner. Here is a dramatic play far afield from the comedy musicals we often think of when we hear Gilbert's name: Prince Florian of Spain arrives on The Island of Broken Hearts, peopled by "we maidens all (save one [their dwarf protector]) [who] have dearly loved, and those we loved have died. We, broken hearts, knit by the sympathy of kindred woe, have sought this isle far from the ken of man; and having loved, and having lost our loves, stand pledged to love no living thing again." Fairies and magic lead to self-understanding, showing that Gilbert can well handle more serious material than you may think. - Summary by ToddHW
Cast list:
Prince Florian: Tomas Peter
Mousta, a deformed dwarf: ToddHW
The Lady Hilda: Sonia
The Lady Vavir, her sister: thestorygirl
The Lady Melusine: Eva Davis
The Lady Amanthis: Jenn Broda
Stage Directions: MichaelMaggs
Editing: ToddHW
3 episodes
This ancient Roman dialogue plays out as a religious debate between the Christian lawyer Octavius, and his close friend, a skeptical pagan named Caecilius. Caecilius is relatively agnostic, expressing skepticism towards both aspects of traditional Roman paganism, as well as towards his friend's newfangled Christian religion. Octavius attempts to give the reasons he has for his own beliefs and answer Caecilius' critiques. The author- Marcus Minucius Felix - plays the role of referee and observer. This is one of the earliest Latin texts to talk about Christianity, and describe how the new religion fit in the wider social context of the Roman world. (Summary by Adam Bielka)
Cast:
Marcus, the narrator: KevinS
Octavius, a Christian lawyer: cadastra
Caecilius, a pagan friend of Octavius: Adam Bielka
Audio edited by Adam Bielka
6 episodes
Racine caused furour in the French theater community with his second play, Alexander the Great, when "The sensitive poet seems to have been disgusted by the manner in which it was being acted; for, a fortnight after it had been put on the boards at the Palais Royal [by Moliere], Moliere's company learned with astonishment and indignation that it was being simultaneously performed at a rival theatre."
"The story of this drama is derived from Quintus Curtius, Plutarch, and Justin." Racine followed the rules of classical French dramatists: one main plot, action takes place in one day and at one location.
- Summary by Translator and ToddHW
Cast list:
Alexander: Ron Altman
Porus, Indian King: ToddHW
Taxiles, Indian King: Ethan Hurst
Axiana, Queen of another part of India: Matea Bracic
Cleophila, sister of Taxiles: Availle
Hephaestion: Chris Pyle
Stage Directions: Sonia
Editing: ToddHW
5 episodes
