The Old Debauchees

Young Laroon plans to marry Isabel, but Father Martin manipulates Isabel's father, Jourdain, in order to seduce Isabel. However, other characters, including both of the Laroons, try to manipulate Jourdain for their own ends; they accomplish it through disguising themselves as priests and using his guilt to convince him of what they say. As Father Martin pursues Isabel, she is clever enough to realize what is happening and plans her own trap. After catching him and exposing his lust, Father Martin is set to be punished. (Summary by Wikipedia) (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Old Laroon: Noel BadrianYoung Laroon: Chris MarcellusFather Martin: Nathanial W.C. HigginsOld Jourdain: Kevin GreenIsabel: Arielle LipshawBeatrice: Michele EatonServant/Priest: Elizabeth KlettNarrator/Prologue: Lucy PerryAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

3 episodes

Ghosts (version 2)

A Family-drama in three acts. Like many of Ibsen's better-known plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th century morality. (Summary by Kristingj)Cast:Mrs. Helen Alving, widow of Captain Alving: Rhonda FedermanOswald Alving, her son, a painter: Chris MarcellusPastor Manders: Algy PugJacob Engstrand, a carpenter: John TrevithickRegine Engstrand, Mrs. Alving's maid: KristingjNarrator: Amanda Friday

4 episodes

Inheritors

Inheritors, (1921) by American dramatist Susan Glaspell concerns the legacy of an idealistic farmer who wills his highly coveted midwest farmland to the establishment of a college (Act I.) Forty years later, when his granddaughter stands up for the rights of Hindu nationals to protest at the college her grandfather founded, she jeopardizes funding for the college itself and sets herself against her own uncle, president of the institution's trustees (Acts II & III.) Ultimately, she defies her family's wishes, and as a consequence is bound for prison herself (Act IV.) The play was a stirring defense of free speech and an individual's ability to stand for his or her own ideal during a time of aggressive anti-Communist politics in the US. Inheritors was first performed at Provincetown Playhouse in 1922, the last of Glaspell's plays presented there. It has been revived in New York City by Mirror Repertory in 1983 and Metropolitan Playhouse in 2005. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Smith: Chris MarcellusGrandmother: Margaret EspaillatSilas Morton, Emil Johnson: AnthonyFelix Fejevary the First: AllenJohnsFelix Fejevary the Second: Rick Cahill, Robert HoffmanSenator Lewis, Ira Morton: Nathanial W.C. HigginsHorace Fejevary: Chuck WilliamsonDoris: Elizabeth KlettFussie: Liz BenningtonMadeline Fejevary Morton: Arielle LipshawIsabel Fejevary: Linette GeiselHarry: MichaelH-SHolden: Delmar H. DolbierNarrator: Amanda FridayAudio edited by Chuck Williamson

4 episodes

Geography and Plays

Geography and Plays is a 1922 collection of Gertrude Stein's "word portraits," or stream-of-consciousness writings. These stream-of-consciousness experiments, rhythmical essays or "portraits", were designed to evoke "the excitingness of pure being" and can be seen as literature's answer to Cubism, plasticity, and collage. Although the book has been described as "a marvellous and painstaking achievement in setting down approximately 80,000 words which mean nothing at all," it is considered to be one of Stein's seminal works. (summary by wildemoose and Wikipedia)

53 episodes

The History of King Lear

The History of King Lear is an adaptation by Nahum Tate of William Shakespeare's King Lear. It first appeared in 1681, some seventy-five years after Shakespeare's version, and is believed to have replaced Shakespeare's version on the English stage in whole or in part until 1838. Unlike Shakespeare's tragedy, Tate's play has a happy ending, with Lear regaining his throne, Cordelia marrying Edgar, and Edgar joyfully declaring that "truth and virtue shall at last succeed." Regarded as a tragicomedy, the play has five acts, as does Shakespeare's, although the number of scenes is different, and the text is about eight hundred lines shorter than Shakespeare's. Many of Shakespeare's original lines are retained, or modified only slightly, but a significant portion of the text is entirely new, and much is omitted. The character of the Fool, for example, is absent. Although many critics — including Joseph Addison, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Charles Lamb, William Hazlitt, and Anna Jameson — condemned Tate's adaptation for what they saw as its cheap sentimentality, it was popular with theatregoers, and was approved by Samuel Johnson, who regarded Cordelia's death in Shakespeare's play as unbearable. Shakespeare's version continued to appear in printed editions of his works, but, according to numerous scholars, including A.C. Bradley and Stanley Wells, did not appear on the English stage for over a hundred and fifty years from the date of the first performance of Tate's play Actors such as Thomas Betterton, David Garrick, and John Philip Kemble, who were famous for the role of Lear, were portraying Tate's Lear, not Shakespeare's. (Summary by Wikipedia)CastKing Lear: Bob GonzalezGloster: Martin GeesonKent: Arielle LipshawEdgar: Dublin GothicEdmund, the Bastard: Elizabeth KlettCornwall: David GoldfarbCornwall's Servant/Old Man/Gentleman/Servant: Algy PugAlbany: Noel BadrianBurgundy/Physician: VikingJamesGoneril's gentleman: KristingjAttendant/Messenger: CJacobAArante/Herald: Tiffany Halla ColonnaFirst Ruffian/Officer: Nathaniel W. C. HigginsSecond Ruffian/Captain: Robert HoffmanGonerill: Bev J. StevensRegan: Liberty StumpCordelia: Miss AvariceNarrator: Algy PugIntroduction/Prologue/Dramatis Personae: Martin GeesonAudio edited by Phil Chenevert

5 episodes

King Lear (version 2)

The Tragedy of King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic king. It has been widely adapted for the stage and motion pictures, and the role of Lear has been coveted and played by many of the world's most accomplished actors. The play was written between 1603 and 1606 and later revised. Shakespeare's earlier version, The True Chronicle of the History of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters, was published in quarto in 1608. The Tragedy of King Lear, a more theatrical version, was included in the 1623 First Folio. Modern editors usually conflate the two, though some insist that each version has its individual integrity that should be preserved. After the Restoration, the play was often revised with a happy ending for audiences who disliked its dark and depressing tone, but since the 19th century Shakespeare's original version has been regarded as one of his supreme achievements. The tragedy is particularly noted for its probing observations on the nature of human suffering and kinship. George Bernard Shaw wrote, "No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear". (Summary by Wikipedia)CastKing Lear: Bob GonzalezEdmund/King of France/Second Servant: Elizabeth KlettDuke of Burgundy/Messenger: VikingJamesDuke of Cornwall: David GoldfarbDuke of Albany: Noel BadrianEarl of Kent: Arielle LipshawEarl of Gloucester: Martin GeesonEdgar: DublinGothicCuran/Third Servant/Captain: Nathaniel W.C. HigginsKnight/Old Man/Physician: Algy PugFool/Herald: Amy L. GramourOswald: KristingjFirst Servant/Officer: Tiffany Halla ColonnaGentleman: Dan RaynhamGoneril: Bev J. StevensRegan: Liberty StumpCordelia: Miss AvariceNarrator: Denny SayersAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett

5 episodes

The Duchess of Padua

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

The Seats of The Mighty

For the time of his story Mr. Parker has chosen the most absorbing period of the romantic eighteenth-century history of Quebec. The curtain rises soon after General Braddock's defeat in Virginia, and the hero, a prisoner in Quebec, curiously entangled in the intrigues of La Pompadour, becomes a part of a strange history, full of adventure and the stress of peril, which culminates only after Wolfe's victory over Montcalm. The material offered by the life and history of old Quebec has never been utilized for the purposes of fiction with the command of plot and incident, the mastery of local color, and the splendid realization of dramatic situations shown in this distinguished and moving romance. The illustrations preserve the atmosphere of the text, for they present the famous buildings, gates, and battle grounds as they appeared at the time of the hero's imprisonment in Quebec. (Summary by D. Appleton and Company, 1896) Cast:Narrator, Captain Lancy, Sir John Godric, Scarat, Mr. Stevens, Officer Kingdon, Sailor, Midshipman: Michael ReussCaptain Robert Moray: Robert HoffmanMadamoiselle Alixe Duvarney: Amanda FridayMonsieur Doltaire: NoelBadrianGabord: Algy PugGeneral Wolfe, The Surgeon, Bishop: Martin GeesonIntendant Francois Bigot, Chevalier de la Darante, The Voice: Ron AltmanIntendant Francois Bigot, Servant, Commandant Ramesay, The Intendant's Valet, Bamboir, Sentinal, General Murray: ToddHWGovernor Marquis de Vaudreuil, John Mitchell, Grandfather: AllenJohnsVoban: DublinGothicSeigneur Duvarney: Chuck WilliamsonMadame Duvarney, Mathilde, Singers, Mother Superior: MJ FranckMarquis de Montcalm: Ernst PattynamaBabette: CaprishaPageMr. Wainfleet, Women Singers, Farmer's Son: TriciaGMadame Cournal, Madame Jamond: April GonzalesMadame Cournal: Tisha BordonJuste Duvarney, Sailor Jack, Officer: Tiffany Halla ColonnaJeanie: AvailleProphet Man, Officer Legrand: csjesi1Guard, Jean Labrouk, Sentinal at Gate 1, Sentinal at Gate 2, Sentinal at Chateau St. Louis, Soldier: KristingjAudio edited by: ToddHW

31 episodes

The Sorrows of a Show Girl

Originally printed in The Morning Telegraph in New York, this is the story of Miss Sabrina, the show girl, and her ups and downs with the unpredictable theatrical industry and the Great White Way, the lights and glamour of Broadway. "In order to set myself right with both the public and the vast army of Sabrinas that add youth and beauty to our stage, and brilliancy and gaiety to our well known cafes, I wish to say that she is all that she should be...”- Kenneth McGaffey (Summary by Amanda Friday)Cast:Narrator: Chuck WilliamsonSabrina: Amanda FridayMr. Jenkins: Robert HoffmanAudio edited by: Amanda Friday

21 episodes

Gruach

Gordon Bottomley's verse drama in two scenes is a prequel to Shakespeare's Macbeth. He provides Lady Macbeth with a name - Gruach - and imagines her family life and how she meets Macbeth. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)CastDomhnal: Algy PugMorag: Caprisha PageFern/Girl: Arielle LipshawConan: mbGruach/First Young Woman/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettThe King's Envoy: Bruce PirieSecond Young Woman: April GonzalesMarget: Tricia GFirst Man: ToddSecond Man: Chuck WilliamsonAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett

2 episodes

One-Act Play Collection 005

This collection of ten one-act dramas features plays by James M. Barrie, Hereward Carrington, Marjorie Benton Cooke, Alice Gerstenberg, Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook, St. John Hankin, George Middleton, David Pinski, Frederik Pohl, and an unknown Japanese author. The plays were coordinated by Arielle Lipshaw, Availle, Chuck Williamson, Todd, Peter Yearsley, Caprisha Page, Charlotte Duckett, and Amanda Friday. (Summary by Arielle Lipshaw)

10 episodes

The Imaginary Invalid

The Imaginary Invalid (French: Le Malade imaginaire) is a three-act comédie-ballet by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed in 1673 and was the last work he wrote. In an ironic twist of fate, Molière collapsed during his fourth performance as Argan on 17 February and died soon after. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast: Argan, an imaginary invalid: Allen Johns Beline, second wife to Argan: Nadine Eckert-Boulet Angelique, daughter to Argan: Arielle Lipshaw Louison, Argan's young daughter: Elizabeth Klett Beralde, brother to Argan: Delmar H. Dolbier Cleante, lover to Angelique: mb Mr. Diafoirus, a physician: Wupperhippo Thomas Diafoirus, his son: engineerdst Mr. Purgon, physician to Argan: Bellona Times Mr. Fleurant, an apothecary/Mr. De Bonnefoi, a notary: Alan Mapstone Toinette, maidservant to Argan: Availle Narrator: ToddHW Audio edited by Arielle Lipshaw

3 episodes

Vera; or the Nihilists

Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the story of Vera Zasulich. It was the first play that Wilde wrote. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1880, and in New York in 1882, but it was not a success and folded in both cities. It is nowadays rarely revived. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Peter Sabouroff/Baron Raff: Algy PugVera Sabouroff: Arielle LipshawMichael: Robin KingGeneral Kotemkin: Alan MapstoneSergeant/Professor Marfa: KristingjSoldier/Aide-de-Camp: GracePrisoner/Colonel of the Guard: Amanda FridayDmitri/Page/President of the Nihilists: Elizabeth KlettAlexis Ivanacievitch: Alex LauConspirator/Marquis de Poivrard: Charlotte DuckettConspirator: Julia NiedermaierIvan the Czar: Martin GeesonPrince Paul Maraloffski: John TrevithickPrince Petrovitch: balaNarrator: AvailleAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

5 episodes

Earth Spirit

Earth Spirit (1895) (Erdgeist) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the first part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the second is Pandora's Box [1904]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". Together with Pandora's Box, Wedekind's play formed the basis for the silent film Pandora's Box (1929) starring Louise Brooks and the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). The eponymous "earth spirit" of this play is Lulu, who Wedekind described as a woman "created to stir up great disaster." Indeed, she is a purely sexual creature who scandalizes the community and drives men to ruin. The play has attracted a wide range of interpretations, from those who see it as misogynistic to those who claim Wedekind as a harbinger of women’s liberation. (Summary by Wikipedia and ChuckW)CastLulu: Amanda FridayDr. Schon: Algy PugAlva Schon: Chuck WilliamsonDr. Goll/Schigolch: Alan MapstoneSchwartz: Aidan BrackPrince Escerny/Ferdinand: balaEscherich/Narrator/Prologue: Elizabeth KlettRodrigo: WupperhippoHugenberg: Charlotte DuckettCountess Geschwitz: Caprisha PageHenriette: Naomi ParkAudio edited by Chuck Williamson and Elizabeth KlettPronunciation guide by Karlsson

4 episodes

Ivanov

Nicolai (anglicised Nicholas in this translation) Ivanov, a middle-aged public servant, is unhappy. His wife Anna, disinherited by her family after converting from Judaism, is dying of tuberculosis. He is deeply in debt. And his best friend’s daughter is infatuated with him. Comedy and tragedy ensue in truly Chekhovian fashion. An example of the young Chekhov’s maturing style, Ivanov is an early harbinger of themes that would recur throughout his work. (Summary by mb)CastNicholas Ivanov: mbAnna: Elizabeth KlettMatthew Shabelski: Algy PugPaul Lebediev: Cliff ThompsonZinaida: Grace GarrettSasha: Arielle LipshawLvov: AvailleMartha Babakina: Julia NiedermaierKosich: KristingjMichael Borkin: Bruce PirieAvdotia Nazarovna: Caprisha PageGeorge: Charlotte DuckettFirst Guest: Miss AvariceSecond Guest: Libby GohnThird Guest: Aidan BrackNarrator: Ernst PattynamaAudio edited by mb and Elizabeth Klett

4 episodes

Mary Broome

Before Downton Abbey, there was Mary Broome. In Allan Monkhouse's 1911 satire, when the son of a middle-class household gets their housemaid pregnant, the two families must try to combine their very different values. (Summary by wildemoose)Cast:Sheila Ray: GraceAda Timbrell: Charlotte DuckettEdgar Timbrell: mbMary Broome: Arielle LipshawLeonard Timbrell: balaMrs. Timbrell: Elizabeth KlettEdward Timbrell: ToddHWMaid: Beth ThomasMr. Pendleton: CalmDragonMrs. Pendleton: Tara DowMrs. Greaves: AvailleJohn Broome: John SteigerwaldMrs. Broome: CaprishaPageNarrator: MaryAnn SpiegelAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

4 episodes

An Enemy of the People

A small coastal town in Norway is experiencing an economic boom from its newly found hot springs. When Dr. Thomas Stockmann finds that the waters are contaminated and dangerous, the people refuse to accept his statement, and Dr. Stockmann's friends turn against him. (Summary by Libby Gohn)Cast:Dr. Thomas Stockmann: Bob NeufeldMrs. Stockmann/First Citizen: Elizabeth KlettPetra: Amanda FridayEjlif/Fourth Citizen: Charlotte DuckettMorten: laurenburwellPeter Stockmann: Algy PugMorten Kiil: Nathaniel W.C. HigginsHovstad/Narrator: Libby GohnBillings: Kevin W. DavidsonCaptain Horster/A Drunken Man: David OlsonAslaksen: Arielle LipshawSecond Citizen: Lynne ThompsonThird Citizen: Tricia GAudio edited by Libby Gohn

5 episodes

Widowers' Houses

This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898; they were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audiences—as traditional Victorian theatre was expected to—but to raise awareness of social problems and to censure exploitation of the laboring class by the unproductive rich. In this play, Dr. Harry Trench becomes disillusioned when he discovers how his fiancee's father, Mr. Sartorius, makes his money. However, it is soon revealed that Trench's own income is far from untainted. (Summary by wildemoose and Wikipedia)Cast:Dr. Harry Trench: engineerdstMr. William de Burgh Cokane: David GoldfarbMr. Sartorius: DrakaunusBlanche Sartorius: Arielle LipshawMr. Lickcheese: Algy PugWaiter: balaPorter: David OlsonParlour Maid/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

3 episodes

Prometheus Bound (Buckley Translation)

"Prometheus Bound" is the only complete tragedy of the Prometheia trilogy, traditionally assumed to be the work of Aeschylus. Jupiter has turned against Prometheus for protecting mankind and has ordered him to be chained to a rock. But Prometheus is comforted by his knowledge of a way to bring about the downfall of Jupiter. (Summary by Libby Gohn) Cast:Narrator: Charlotte DuckettPrometheus: Jason MillsChorus of Nymphs, daughters of Ocean: Elizabeth KlettStrength: Bob NeufeldVulcan: Alan MapstoneOcean: Amanda FridayIo: AvailleMercury: balaAudio edited by: Libby Gohn

2 episodes

The Tinker's Wedding

The Tinker's Wedding is a two-act play written by Irish playwright J. M. Synge. The author's only comedy, it is set on a roadside near a chapel in rural Ireland. (summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Michael Byrne: mbMary Byrne: Elizabeth KlettSarah Casey: Arielle LipshawA Priest: Algy PugNarrator: Frances BrownAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

2 episodes

The Dance of Death

The Dance of Death is a play in two parts by the Swedish dramatist August Strindberg, written in 1900. It depicts the dissolution of a marriage between Edgar, an artillery captain, and Alice, a former actress. Increasingly isolated in their fort-like house, they manipulate and bait each other, until the unexpected arrival of Curt, Alice's cousin. His presence creates a tense triangular relationship that escalates throughout Part One, and is complicated with the introduction of two of the trio's children, Allan and Judith, in Part Two. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) CastEdgar: Bob NeufeldAlice: Elizabeth KlettCurt: Bruce PirieJenny: AvailleOld Woman: Bev J. StevensAllan: mbJudith: Arielle LipshawLieutenant: VictoriaNarrator: Sean DaleyAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett

4 episodes

Sweethearts

Sweethearts is a comic play billed as a "dramatic contrast" in two acts by W. S. Gilbert. The play tells a sentimental and ironic story of the differing recollections of a man and a woman about their last meeting together before being separated and reunited after 30 years. (Summary by Wikipedia)CastHarry Spreadbrow: Algy PugJenny Northcott: Amanda FridayWilcox: Bellona TimesRuth: Elizabeth KlettNarrator: Chris CartwrightAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett

2 episodes

The Boss

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

The Beaux Stratagem

Two gentlemen of broken fortune, disguised as master and servant, and thinking that a good dowry split both ways would solve their problems; some cludgy highwaymen and their confederates; foxy inn-keeper and saucy daughter; a country home with a drunken squire and his long suffering wife, medicine-practicing Lady, and beautiful daughter. What could possibly go wrong? (Summary by ToddHW)CastThomas Aimwell: Chris CartwrightFrancis Archer: engineerdstCount Bellair: Patrick WallaceSquire Sullen: Alan MapstoneSir Charles Freeman/Countryman: Nick BulkaFoigard: russellhughesGibbet: balaHounslow/Bagshot: ToddBoniface: Denny SayersScrub: Ray KasperLady Bountiful: Victoria PMrs. Sullen: Elizabeth KlettDorinda: Amanda FridayGipsy/Servant: Maria KasperCherry: Libby GohnCountrywoman: MaryankaNarrator: Katy FossilAudio edited by Todd

5 episodes

The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts

The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck. On the night of Christmas a boy and a girl, Tyltil and Mytil, are visited by Fairy Berilyuna. Fairy's granddaughter is sick and can only be saved by the Blue Bird. Thanks to the Fairy's magic gift children have the opportunity to see the soul of things. Inanimate objects Clocks, Fire, Water, Bread, Sugar, Milk transformed into beings with their own character. Together, they set off on a dangerous journey for the fabulous Blue Bird. The play is inspired with the deep idea of the author "be brave enough to see the hidden." - Summary by ShiNeko, Wikipedia Cast List:Tyltyl: KHandMytyl/ The Child One: Beth ThomasThe Fairy/ The Neighbour: Kathy WrightThe Dog/ Granny Tyl/ Gaffer Tyl: Ron AltmanThe Cat: ToddHWLight / the little Girl: Amanda FridayBread/ The Loaf: tovarischFire: Chuck WilliamsonWater: Sarah Alaine SwartSugar: Mary KayMilk: Etel BussDaddy Tyl/ The Oak/ The Luxury: Arnaldo MachadoMummy Tyl/ Maternal Love: Rebecca Braunert-PlunkettThe Brothers and Sisters Tyl: Megan Clavie-Parker, April Walters, Lydia, MaryAnnS, TriciaG, Tomas PeterNight/ The Child Thirteen: AvailleThe Poplar/ The Sheep: Frances BrownThe Lime-Tree/ The Child Ten: Elizabeth KlettThe Willow/ The Joy of Understanding: Etel BussThe Fir-Tree: Ashur GharaviThe Chestnut-Tree/ The Ass: Mark ChulskyThe Beech/ The Elm/ The Child Seven/ The Child Twelve: Phil ChenevertThe Cypress: Amy GramourThe Ivy/ The Child Eleven: April WaltersThe Rabbit / The First Child of Lovers: Sarah Alaine SwartThe Cock: David PurdyThe Horse/ The Child Three: MaryAnnSThe Bull: Algy PugThe Ox: OxenhandlerThe Cow/ The Child Fifteen: LydiaThe Pig: Miriam Esther GoldmanThe Wolf: Dillon McFarlaneThe Happiness: SavannahThe Joy of Being Just: Valerie BeckerThe Joy of seeing what is Beautiful: Little TeeThe Child Two /The Second Child of Lovers: Rosslyn CarlyleThe Child Four: Sarah JenningsThe Child Five/ The Child with the Melons: TriciaGThe Child Six: AbbyThe Child Eight: RachelThe Child Fourteen: Tomas PeterThe Child Sixteen: SaffieTime: Jason MillsStage Directions: MaryAnnS, Anastasiia Solokha Editors: TriciaG , MaryAnnS and Anastasiia Solokha

13 episodes

One-Act Play Collection 007

Librivox’s One-Act Play Collection 007 includes one-act plays in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members. Project BC: Michele Eaton Cast listings: Stepmother Narrator: Ruth Golding Cora Prout: Elizabeth Klett Adrian Prout: bala Thomas Gardner: Peter Tucker Christine Feversham: Libby Gohn BC, Editor, PL: Michele Eaton BC: Algy Pug The Woman Tamer Narrator: Kristin Gjerløw Katie: Libby Gohn Chopsey Ryan: Algy Pug Smithy the Liar: Peter Tucker Constable Jones: Phil Benson BC, PL, Editor: Algy Pug Dead Timber Narrator: Availle A Selector: Algy Pug Joe: Phil Benson Abe: Peter Tucker Wife: Kristin Gjerløw Mary: Mary Kay BC, Editor, PL: Michele Eaton BC: Algy Pug The Wedding Narrator: Anastasiia Solokha Evdokim Zaharovitch Zhigalov: ToddHW Nastasya Timofeyevna: Caprisha Page Dashenka: Kristin Gjerløw Epaminond Maximovitch Aplombov: Ali Kazerani Fyodor Yakovlevitch Revunov-Karaulov: Peter Tucker Andrey Andreyevitch Nunin: MaryAnn Anna Martinovna Zmeyukina: Libby Gohn Ivan Mihailovitch Yats: azureblue Harlampi spiridonovitch Dimba: Rapunzelina Dmitri Stepanovitch Mozgovoy: Mary Kay A Waiter: Lucy Perry Groomsman: Elizabeth Klett Gentleman 1: bala Gentleman 2: Anastasiia Solokha BC, PL, Editor: Anastasiia Solokha The Anniversary Narrator: Availle Andrey Andreyevitch Shipuchin: Peter Tucker Tatiana Alexeyevna: Elizabeth Klett Kusma Nicolaievitch Khirin: Algy Pug Nastasya Fyodorovna Merchutkina: Kristin Gjerløw A Director of the Bank: Lucy Perry BC, PL, Editor: David Lawrence Grotesques Narrator: Algy Pug Capulchard: Chuck Williamson The Woman Motive: Libby Gohn The Man Motive: Peter Tucker The Girl Motive: Kristin Gjerløw The Sprite Motive: TriciaG The Crone Motive: Lucy Perry Voices: TriciaG The Owl: Anastasiia Solokha BC, PL, Editor: Chuck Williamson A Tragedian In Spite of Himself Narrator: Anastasiia Solokha Ivan Ivanovitch Tolkachov: bala Alexey Alexeyevich Murashkin: Ernst Pattynama BC, PL, Editor: Anastasiia Solokha The Slave With Two Faces Narrator: Janet Life, The Slave: bala First Girl: Lucy Perry Second Girl: Anastasiia Solokha A Woman: Kristin Gjerløw A Man: ToddHW A Young Man: Mary Kay A Workman: ToddHW Old Man: Bev J Stevens A Voice: TriciaG Another Voice: Mary Kay Third Voice: Availle BC, PL, Editor: Lucy Perry The Masque of the Two Strangers Narrator: ToddHW Joy: TriciaG Laughter: Frances Brown Song: Kristin Gjerløw Dance: Amanda Friday Service: Mary Kay Poetry: Prachi Pendse Hope: Lydia Princess Douce-Coeur: Anna Simon Sorrow: Availle Fame: Ali Kazerani Riches: Prachi Pendse Power: Lucy Perry Love: Ali Kazerani Jester: Anastasiia Solokha Herald: Mary Kay BC, PL, Editor: Frances Brown Fourteen Narrator: bala Mrs Horace Pringle: Kristin Gjerløw Elaine: Frances Brown Dunham: Algy Pug BC, PL, Editor: Bria Snow Moonshine Narrator: clarsach Luke Hazy: clarsach A Revenue Officer: gregevans

11 episodes

The Tragedy of Mariam

The Tragedy of Mariam (1613) is the first original drama written in English by a woman. Elizabeth Cary drew on Jewish histories by Josephus to create a closet drama (written to be read, rather than performed live) about Mariam, the second wife of Herod the Great. At the beginning of the play, Mariam believes that Herod has been killed by Octavius, and struggles with how to respond. On the one hand, she is relieved, as she is angry with Herod for killing her brother and grandfather. On the other, she knows that he loved her, and she feels caught by her sense of duty as his wife. When Herod unexpectedly returns, Mariam must decide what to do. - Summary by Elizabeth KlettCastMariam: Libby GohnAlexandra: Caprisha PageSalome/Babas' Second Son/Nuntio/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettSilleus: balaConstabarus: mbChorus: Alan MapstonePheroras: Algy PugGraphina: AvailleBabas' First Son/Silleus' Man: Julia NiedermaierDoris: Kay HandAnanell/Butler: ToddSohemus: David NicolHerod: Bruce PirieAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett

5 episodes

Five Little Plays

British dramatist Alfred Sutro's collection contains five one act plays: "The Man in the Stalls," "A Marriage Has Been Arranged…", "The Man on the Kerb," "The Open Door," and "The Bracelet." The plays are performed by Amanda Friday, Libby Gohn, Elizabeth Klett, mb, Bob Neufeld, Caprisha Page, Bruce Pirie, and Algy Pug. - Summary by Elizabeth Klett

5 episodes

Exiles

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

Magic: A Fantastic Comedy

George Bernard Shaw goaded the already successful essayist and novelist Chesterton into trying his hand at a play, with this 1913 result. The play examines the powers and mysteries of faith, belief, religion, and of course, magic - a mixture that should be familiar from many of his Father Brown stories. The play's success convinced him to write a couple of other later plays. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: The Duke: Anthony Doctor Grimthorpe: Ryyla Alder The Rev. Cyril Smith: TriciaG Morris Carleon : Brett W. Downey Hastings, the Duke's Secretary : ToddHW The Stranger / Conjurer : Kristin Gjerløw Patricia Carleon : Beth Thomas Stage Directions : Haili Edited By:  ToddHW Coordinated By:  ToddHW

3 episodes

Adventskalender 2014

Diese Sammlung ist ein Adventskalender und enthält für jeden Tag vom 1. bis 24. Dezember eine Aufnahme über Weihnachten, den Winter und verwandte Themen. Für den 24. Dezember haben wir ein kleines Krippenspiel aufgenommen. Die Rollen wurden gelesen von: Erzähler: Julia Niedermaier Wirt: Karlsson Haushalter: Martin Harbecke Joseph: KlausN Maria: keltoi Engel: Cyamis 1. Hirt: Hokuspokus Steffen, der 2. Hirt: Availle 3. Hirt: Bernd Ungerer Audioschnitt: Karlsson

24 episodes

The Recruiting Officer

The author was himself a recruiting officer, and possibly gathered all the materials for this play on the very spot where he has placed his scene—Shrewsbury. He has dedicated the piece "to all friends round the Wrekin," and has thanked the inhabitants of the town for that cheerful hospitality, which made, he adds, "the recruiting service, to some men the greatest fatigue on earth, to me the greatest pleasure in the world." The life of Farquhar was full of adventures.—As a student, he was expelled from the college of Dublin, for adventuring profane wit upon a sacred theme, given to him by his tutor for his exercise. As an actor, he forsook the stage in grief and horror, on having unknowingly made use of a real sword, instead of a counterfeit one, by which he wounded a brother performer, with whom he had to fence in a tragedy, nearly to the loss of his life. As a dramatic writer, Farquhar was eminently successful; and in his military capacity, he was ever honoured and beloved—whether fighting with a great army in Flanders, or recruiting with a small party in Shropshire. (Mrs Inchbald (In preface to the publication)) Cast list: Captain Plume, Recruiting Officer: Peter Tucker Captain Brazen, Recruiting Officer: Negatron Mr Worthy, a gentleman of Shropshire: TriciaG Serjeant Kite: ToddHW Thomas Appletree, recruit: SteveToner Costar Pearmain, recruit: Zames Curran Justice Balance: Kristin Gjerløw Justice Scale: Zames Curran Justice Scruple: catharmaiden Bullock, a Country Clown: alanmapstone Constable: Anna Simon Servant: John N. Daily Steward: SteveToner Welsh Collier: Newgatenovelist Sylvia, daughter to Justice Balance: Beth Thomas Rose, a Country Wench: Elizabeth Klett Melinda, a Lady of Fortune: Availle Lucy, Melinda's Maid: Mary Kay Wife: Availle Woman: Rapunzelina Stage Directions: MaryAnn Editor and Coordinator: ToddHW

5 episodes

Magna Carta

A one-act play which describes the setting and writing of the Magna Carta, including the famous line "now is justice bought and sold" in the Prologue. - Summary by Beth Thomas Narrator: Denny Sayers King John: Rob Board Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury: Beth Thomas William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke: Larry Wilson Robert Fitz-Walter, Castellan of London: Adele de Pignerolles Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford: Esther ben Simonides Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk: KHand Saer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester: Shakira Searle Eustace de Vescy, Northern Baron: Elizabeth Klett Robert de Ros, Northern Baron: April Walters William de Braose, Baron of Welsh Marches: Mark Nelson Maud de St. Valerie, wife of William de Braose: Lydia William de Braose, eldest son of the above: Zames Curran Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford, second son of William de Braose: Kristin Gjerløw Falkes de Breaute, mercenary of King John: Hamlet Gerald de Athies, mercenary of King John: wish2bflying Londoners: Dean Spilias and MaryAnn Monks: Rachel and Zames Curran A Canon of St. Paul's: Newgatenovelist Messenger: Availle Audio edited by Rob Board

1 episodes

Robin Hood

One May Day, Robin Hood and his Merry Men sit in Sherwood Forest, waiting for a traveller to share their dinner. Enter a distraught Knight with his fair daughter Marian, who owe money to the Sheriff of Nottingham, and have not the means by which to pay it. Meanwhile the greedy Sheriff is visited by the Baron of the Black Castle, who plots to silence the famous outlaw once and for all! This version of the Robin Hood legend was written, and now recorded, as a play, entertaining for children and adults alike. (Summary by Rachel) Voice Cast: Robin Hood: Kristin Gjerløw Scarlet: Beth Thomas Little John: Brad Filippone Much: Esther ben Simonides Allan-a-Dale: Zames Curran Friar Tuck: Ted Delorme King Edward I: Fred Abboud Queen Eleanor: Adele de Pignerolles Sir Richard at the Lee: Soumen Barua Maid Marian, Daughter of Sir Richard at the Lee: Lydia The Sheriff of Nottingham: Zames Curran Sheriff's Wife: Newgatenovelist The Baron of the Black Castle: Todd Guy: Larry Wilson Anthony: Rapunzelina Jock: Elijah Fisher Joan: Abby Avisa, Mother of Jock and Joan: Bethany Baldwin Ladies-in-Waiting: Bria Snow, Availle, and .Vanessa Cooley Messenger: Ashur Gharavi Stage Directions: Rachel Audio edited by Rachel

3 episodes

A Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers

This "Afterpiece" - a short play to follow a main production - was first produced in 1746. It was based on Regnard's five-act comedy le Legetaire Universel (1707), which is itself a composite of Italian comedy with echoes of Molière, moving from scene to scene with little effort at logical consistency or structure but treating each scene autonomously for its own comic value. The rather long Prologue to A WILL AND NO WILL (11 pages of manuscript) makes fun of the convention of the eighteenth century prologues by the familiar dodge of having actors chatting as though they were in the Pit waiting for the actors in the preceding main play to dress for the afterpiece. - Summary from Introduction Cast list: Prolog Rattle: Beth Thomas Smart: Larry Wilson Dullman: Newgatenovelist Irishman: alanmapstone Snarlewit: TriciaG Acts 1 & 2 SIR ISAAC SKINFLINT: Larry Wilson BELLAIR and SERVANT: ToddHW DOCTOR LEATHERHEAD: Beth Thomas COUNCELLOUR CORMORANT: alanmapstone MR. LITTLEWIT: Zames Curran MONSIEUR DU MAIGRE: Carol Eades King MR. DEATH: alanmapstone SHARK: Kristin Gjerløw LADY LOVEWEALTH: Availle HARRIET: Elizabeth Klett LUCY: TriciaG Stage Directions By: MaryAnn Edited and Coordinated By: ToddHW

3 episodes

The Constant Couple

George Farquhar, the author of this comedy, was the son of a clergyman in the north of Ireland. He was born in the year 1678, discovered an early taste for literature, and wrote poetic stanzas at ten years of age. In 1694 he was sent to Trinity College, Dublin, and there made such progress in his studies as to acquire considerable reputation. But he was volatile and poor—the first misfortune led him to expense; the second, to devise means how to support his extravagance. In the year 1700 he brought out this comedy of "The Constant Couple; or, A Trip to the Jubilee." It was then the Jubilee year at Rome, and the author took advantage of that occurrence to render the title of his drama popular; for which cause alone it must be supposed he made any thing in his play refer to that festival, as no one material point is in any shape connected with it. - Summary by Mrs Inchbald, a critic of that time Cast list: Sir Harry Wildair: John Burlinson Alderman Smuggler: Kristin Gjerløw Colonel Standard: ToddHW Clincher Junior: KHand Clincher Senior: K. Adrian Stroet Vizard: technoauloin Tom Errand: Dillon McFarlane Dicky: alanmapstone Constable: Newgatenovelist Servants: Anna Simon Lady Lurewell: Availle Lady Darling: Elizabeth Klett Angelica: Sonia Parly: Jacqui Castle Tom Errand's Wife: Leanne Yau Mob: Sonia Stage Directions: Gaby Edited and Coordinated by:  ToddHW

5 episodes

Treasure Island: A Play in 4 Acts

Arrgh and Shiver Me Timbers! Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver! This is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale as made into a play for The Punch and Judy Theatre Company in 1915. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Jim Hawkins: Rachel Mrs Hawkins: Jennifer Fournier Dr Livesey: Kristin Gjerløw Squire Trelawney: ToddHW Captain Smollett : Maria Kasper Hunter: David Lawrence Joyce: Elizabeth Travers Gray: Andrew Travers Bill Bones The Captain: Beth Thomas Black Dog: MaryAnnS Pew: Ray Kasper Long John Silver: Adele de Pignerolles Captain Flint (parrot): Beth Thomas Morgan: Esther ben Simonides Anderson: Aaron M. Lebowitz George Merry: Lydia Israel Hands: Khaghbboommm Dirk: Maggie Travers O'Brien: Maria Kasper Arrow: TriciaG Dick: Beth Thomas Ben Gunn: John Burlinson Man: Allen Kelly Another Man: Charlotte Duckett Stage Directions: TriciaG Edited and Coordinated by:  ToddHW

4 episodes

The Princess of Bagdad

Is it really a woman of your superiority who speaks of the proprieties of society? Are not women like you above all that? Was I to come delicately and hypocritically to offer your husband the sum he stood in need of? That is a course that would have been unworthy of him, of me, and of you. No, you know it well, the proprieties and dignity are nothing any longer, when passion or necessity predominates. Did your grandmother respect the dignity of her daughter when she gave her up to a prince? - Summary by From the Play Cast list: John de Hun: John Burlinson Nourvady: Kristin Gjerløw Godler: K. Adrian Stroet Richard: Charlotte Duckett Trevele and Commissary of Police: ToddHW Lionnette: Sonia Jane and Servant: Newgatenovelist Footman and Servant: jmoon110 Raoul de Hun, Age 6, and Stage Directions: TriciaG Edited by: ToddHW

3 episodes

The Bourgeois Gentleman

The Bourgeois Gentleman of the title is a middle-class social climber, assured that by learning all the arts of a true and noble gentleman, he shall truly become one. This enables Moliere to satire both the pretentious middle class and the snobbish aristocracy all at one time. Originally presented in 1670 before the court of Louis the 14th with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, it was more recently re-choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Strauss. This will be a purely spoken version of the original. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Monsieur Jourdain, bourgeois: ToddHW Madame Jourdain, his wife: Lian Pang Lucile, their daughter: Lydia Nicole, maid: Charlotte Duckett Cléonte, suitor of Lucile: Tomas Peter Covielle, Cléonte's valet: Peter Tucker Dorante, Count, suitor of Dorimène: MaskedTai Dorimène, Marchioness: Sarah Holtz Music Master: Leanne Yau Pupil of the Music Master: Zames Curran Dancing Master: Beth Thomas Fencing Master: Jennifer Fournier Master of Philosophy: John Burlinson Tailor: K. Adrian Stroet Tailor's Apprentice: Arielle Lipshaw First Lackey: David Olson Second Lackey: MaryAnnS First Man: Michaël Cadilhac Second Man: Tomas Peter Woman: Niki Myers Musician: Chuck Williamson First Male Singer: Michaël Cadilhac Second Male Singer: Chuck Williamson Woman Singer: Niki Myers Stage Directions: Availle Edited By:  ToddHW

5 episodes

Pollyanna, the Glad Girl: A Four-Act Comedy

Miss Polly Harrington is not at all pleased to be taking charge of her orphaned niece - but duty is duty, and that's how Pollyanna Whittier ended up in New England. Cheerful and ever-optimistic, Pollyanna sets out to infect the whole town with her "Glad" game, getting into some trouble along the way! How will strict Miss Polly react to the orphaned cat, dog, and, worst of all, BOY Pollyanna offers as a gift? What will happen when Pollyanna sets out to break into the fairy-tale castle next door and play the Glad game with the "Beautiful King" - or lonely old hermit - closeted inside? What is the great secret that Miss Polly, the hermit, and his friend seem to be keeping? And how will Pollyanna and her friends cope with a great tragedy that seems to forever wipe out all reason for being glad? This stage adaptation of the classic novel is now dramatized with a full voice cast and is sure to delight the whole family! (Summary by Rachel) Narrated by Twinkle Pollyanna, the "Glad Girl": Rachel Miss Polly Harrington, her aunt: Beth Thomas John Pendleton, Esq., a bachelor, called "the hermit": John Burlinson Doctor Chilton, Pendleton's friend: Todd Jimmy Bean, an orphan: Tomas Peter Nancy, Miss Polly's servant: KHand Bleecker, Pendleton's man: K. Adrian Stroet Miss Carroll of the Ladies' Aid: Adele de Pignerolles Mrs. Carmody of the Ladies' Aid: MaryAnn Mrs. Gregg of the Ladies' Aid: Lian Nurse: Charlotte Duckett Audio edited by Rachel

3 episodes

One-Act Play Collection 009

Ninth volume of one-act plays in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members. A Dramatic Evening Narrator: April6090 Mr Thaddeus Perkins: Jeff Moon Mr Edward Bradley: Tomas Peter Mr Robert Yardsley: Tom Penn John Barlow: Mike Harris Mrs Thaddeus Perkins: TriciaG Mrs Edward Bradley: Sonia Jennie: Leanne Yau The Fatal Message Narrator: Linette Geisel Mr Thaddeus Perkins: Jeff Moon Mr Edward Bradley: Tomas Peter Mr Robert Yardsley: Tom Penn John Barlow: Mike Harris Mrs Thaddeus Perkins: TriciaG Mrs Edward Bradley: Leanne Yau Jennie: April6090 Miss Andrews: Gaby Answering the Phone Narrator: Availle Mrs Courtney: Sonia Miss Eleanora Courtney: Gaby Nora Flanagan: KHand Attuned Narrator:Zames Curran Grace : Michele Eaton Voice: Chuck Williamson The Dance of Death Narrator: Michele Eaton Nero: John Burlinson Satan: Sonia Death: Tony Addison Fancy Free Narrator: Newgatenovelist Fancy : Sonia Alfred: K. Adrian Stroet Ethelbert: John Burlinson Delia: Andree-Ann Granger The Good Samaritan Narrator: Twinkle Prologue and Epilogue:Zames Curran First Thief: Lydia Second Thief: Esther ben Simonides Third Thief: Anusha Iyer Jew: Tomas Peter Priest: Charlotte Duckett First Servant: Michele Eaton Second Servant: Chuck Williamson First Levite: Michele Eaton Second Levite: Rupert Holliday The Host: David Olson Good Samaritan: Sonia In 1999 Narrator:Zames Curran Jean: Sonia Rollo: John Burlinson Florence: Anusha Iyer Phipps Narrator: Newgatenovelist Phipps: John Burlinson Lady Fanny: Sonia Sir Gerald: K. Adrian Stroet The Story of Rachel Narrator: Newgatenovelist Captain Cartereet: John Burlinson Rachel: Sonia Where but in America Narrator: Twinkle Mollie: Rose33 Bob: rat1260 Hilda: HannahMB

11 episodes

Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 13

This is the thirteenth collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Our readers have chosen their favourite monologues from Shakespeare's famous comedies, tragedies, and histories, covering a wide range of topics, and emotions. - Summary by Carolin

25 episodes

The Story of the Armada

It's the summer of 1588, and all is not well in England. Citizens are plotting to betray their queen for Spanish gold, and the dreaded Armada is coming closer and closer. It's up to Lord Burleigh and brave Sir Francis Drake to stop them, but will they succeed in convincing Queen Elizabeth that such action is necessary? And when the Spanish ships finally arrive, what will happen to the queen and the citizens of London? (Summary by SweetPea) Cast List:William Cecil, Lord Burleigh: Tomas Peter Sir Walter Raleigh: Todd Sir Francis Drake: K. Adrian Stroet Master Jock Burwood: James Koss Will of Babbicombe/Third Conspirator: Joseph Tabler Don Pedro de Valdez/Dickon: Alan Mapstone First Conspirator: Leanne Yau Second Conspirator: Gaby Ap Thomas: Charlotte Duckett Queen Elizabeth: Beth Thomas Lady Mary Howard: Lydia Mistress Nan Hanway: Rachel Mistress Alice Bridgewater: Adele de Pignerolles Stage Directions: Esther ben Simonides Audio edited by Rachel

3 episodes

Short Plays from Dickens

Here is a collection of 20 short plays drawn from various books by Charles Dickens such as Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, Bleak House, and Our Mutual Friend. "For the use of Amateur and School Dramatic Societies" - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Introduction: ToddHW Mrs Tibbs Boarding House - From Sketches by Boz Mrs Tibbs - A boarding-house keeper: Availle Mr Tibbs - Her husband: Tim Watkins Mrs Maplesone - Boarder at Mrs. Tibbs': TriciaG Miss Matilda Maplesone - Boarder at Mrs. Tibbs': Rachel Miss Julia Maplesone - Boarder at Mrs. Tibbs': Lian Pang Mr Calton - Boarder at Mrs. Tibbs': Tom U Mr Septimus Hicks - Boarder at Mrs. Tibbs': Tomas Peter Mr Simpson - Boarder at Mrs. Tibbs': Jason in Panama James - A boy-servant: Leanne Yau Robinson - A maid-servant: Lydia Stage Directions for Mrs Tibbs Boarding House: PaulHW Horatio Sparkins - From Sketches by Boz Mr Malderton - A City merchant: Jason in Panama Mrs Malderton - His wife: Leanne Yau Miss Teresa Malderton - Their daughter: Lydia Miss Marianne Malderton - Their daughter: Lian Pang Mr Thomas Malderton - Their son: TriciaG Mr Jacob Barton - A grocer - brother to Mrs Malderton: KHand Mr Flamwell - A friend of Mr Malderton: Larry Wilson A Linen Draper: David Olson Mr "Horatio Sparkins" - a young man: Tomas Peter Stage Directions for Horatio Sparkins: Availle Miss Squeers' Tea-Party - From Nicholas Nickleby Fanny Squeers - Daughter of Mr Wackford Squeers, the Proprietor of Do-the-boys Hall: Lydia Matilda Price - A miller's daughter, and Miss Squeers' bosom friend: Rachel John Browdie - A Yorkshire corn-factor: ToddHW Nicholas Nickleby - Mr Squeers; usher, lately come to Do-the-boys Hall: Tomas Peter Stage Directions for Miss Squeers' Tea-Party: TriciaG The Gentleman Next Door - From Nicholas Nickleby Mrs Nickleby - A widow: Michelle Kane Kate Nickleby - Her daughter: Rachel The Gentleman Next Door - A harmless lunatic: TriciaG Stage Directions for The Gentleman Next Door: Lydia Stormy Scenes in the Varden Household - From Barnaby Rudge Gabriel Varden - A locksmith: ToddHW Mrs Varden - His wife: Kalynda Dolly Varden - Their daughter: Rachel Miggs - Mrs Varden's "domestic": Bev J Stevens Edward Chester - A young gentleman: Tomas Peter Joe Willet - Dolly's sweetheart: TriciaG Stage Directions for Stormy Scenes: Lydia Hatching a Conspiracy - From Barnaby Rudge Miggs - The "domestic" of Mrs Varden: Bev J Stevens Simon Tappertit - Gabriel Varden's apprentice: Tomas Peter Stage Directions for Hatching a Conspiracy: Lydia The Stranger's Visit - From Barnaby Rudge Barnaby Rudge - An idiot youth: Tomas Peter Mrs Rudge - His mother, living as a widow: Leanne Yau The Stranger - Banaby's father, a murderer in hiding, but supposed to have been murdered himself: K. Adrian Stroet Stage Directions for The Stranger's Visit: Lydia The Great Protestant Association - From Barnaby Rudge Lord George Gordon - A religious fanatic (President of the Great Protestant Association): TriciaG Gashford - His Secretary: Leanne Yau Dennis - The hangman: K. Adrian Stroet Hugh - An hostler at the Maypole Inn, who has run away from his master: Tomas Peter Stage Directions for The Great Protestant Association: Lydia Mr. Pecksniff's Pleasant Family Party - From Martin Chuzzlewit Mr Pecksniff - An architect and land-surveyor: K. Adrian Stroet Charity Pecksniff - His daughter: Lydia Mercy Pecksniff - His daughter: Rachel Mr Spottletoe: ToddHW Mr Anthony Chuzzlewit - Relative of Mr Pecksniff, each of whom has designs on the property of old Mr Martin Chuzzlewit: TriciaG Mr George Chuzzlewit - Relative of Mr Pecksniff, each of whom has designs on the property of old Mr Martin Chuzzlewit: Tomas Peter Mrs Chuzzlewit - Relative of Mr Pecksniff, each of whom has designs on the property of old Mr Martin Chuzzlewit: Amy Deuchler Miss Chuzzlewit - Relative of Mr Pecksniff, each of whom has designs on the property of old Mr Martin Chuzzlewit: Leanne Yau Stage Directions for Mr Pecksniff's Pleasant Family Party: Zames Curran An Unexpected Meeting - From Martin Chuzzlewit Martin Chuzzlewit - A young gentleman who is "hard up": Tomas Peter Montague Tigg - An undesirable acquaintance of Martin Chuzzlewit: K. Adrian Stroet A Shopman: ToddHW Stage Directions for An Unexpected Meeting: Lydia A Division Between Friends - From Martin Chuzzlewit Sairey Gamp - Professional nurse: TriciaG Betsy Prig - Professional nurse: Availle Mr Sweedlepipe: ToddHW Stage Directions for A Division Between Friends: MaryAnn The Friendly Waiter - From David Copperfield David Copperfield - A small boy: Lydia William - A waiter: K. Adrian Stroet Stage Directions for The Friendly Waiter: Availle Betsy Trotwood at Home - From David Copperfield Miss Betsy Trotwood - An elderly lady: Christine Lehman "Mr Dick" - A harmless lunatic: Twinkle Janet - Maid-servant to Miss Betsy Trotwood: Rachel David Copperfield - A small boy, to whom Miss Betsy Trotwood is great-aunt: Lydia Mr Murdstone - David Copperfield's step-father: ToddHW Miss Murdstone - His sister: Christine Lehman Stage Directions for Betsy Trotwood at Home: TriciaG Mr. Micawber's Prospects - From David Copperfield Mr Wilkins Micawber - A gentleman who is "waiting for something to turn up": ToddHW Mrs Micawber - His wife: Arielle Lipshaw David Copperfield - Law-student: Leanne Yau Traddles - Law-student: Tomas Peter Stage Directions for Mr Micawber's Prospects: Lydia Mr. Guppy's Proposal - From Bleak House Esther Summerson - Ward of John Jarndyce: Rachel Mr Guppy - Clerk to the Firm of Kenge and Carboy, Solicitors: Tomas Peter Stage Directions for Mr Guppy's Proposal: Lydia Mrs. Snagsby's Guests - From Bleak House Mr Snagsby - A law-stationer: TriciaG Mrs Snagsby - His wife: Leanne Yau The Rev Mr Chadband - A "vessel in the Ministry": Tomas Peter Guster - Mrs Snagsby's maid-of-all-work: Lydia Stage Directions for Mrs Snagsby's Guests: ToddHW Mr. George's Shooting Gallery - From Bleak House Mr George - Proprietor of the Shooting Gallery: Averagemoe Phil Squod - His "familiar": ToddHW Grandfather Smallweed - A miser and money-lender: TriciaG Stage Directions for Mr George's Shooting Gallery: MaryAnn Silas Wegg's Stall - From Our Mutual Friend Silas Wegg - A stall-keeper and ballad-monger: ToddHW Mr Boffin - A retired dustman: TriciaG Stage Directions for Silas Wegg's Stall: Lydia Mr. Venus's Shop - From Our Mutual Friend Mr Venus - A "Preserver of Animals and Birds": Bill Mosley Silas Wegg - A stall-keeper and ballad-monger: ToddHW Boy: Lydia Stage Directions for Mr Venus's Shop: TriciaG At "Jenny Wren's" - From Our Mutual Friend "Jenny Wren" - A dolls' dress-maker: Lian Pang "Her Bad Child" - Jenny Wren's father: ToddHW Lizzie Hexam - Jenny Wren's friend, who is living with her: Rachel Charlie Hexam - Lizzie Hexam's brother - a pupil-teacher: TriciaG Bradley Headstone - Charlie Hexam's school-master, in love with Lizzie: Tomas Peter Stage Directions for At Jenny Wren's: Lydia All edited by: ToddHW

21 episodes

For Christ and the Church (dramatic reading)

Rev. Mark Spencer is about to give up on writing his sermon one Saturday night when the Devil comes to him and tries to discourage him by reminding him how few of the people who have pledged themselves to make their motto, 'For Christ and the Church' keep it. The minister decides to preach a sermon like nothing the people in his congregation have ever heard before--a sermon that stirs them to action and to give themselves fully to God. A sermon that urges them to pledge themselves again to Christ and the Church! - Summary by Esther ben SimonidesCast ListRev. Mark Spencer: David OlsonThe Devil: K. Adrian StroetMiss Gertrude Brooks: Esther ben SimonidesAndrew's Mother: Teresa BaumanAndrew Stewart: toadoftoadhallMrs. Carter: JoyfullMr. Bruce Carter: Larry WilsonJudge Morton: Daniel WaløMrs. Morton: Adele de PignerollesMr. Locke: Bill MosleyNarrator: Rachel

5 episodes

Sir Harry Wildair

This sequel to the Jubilee [The Constant Couple, or A Trip to the Jubilee] appeared at Drury Lane in 1701, and was almost as popular as its predecessor. The smartness of the dialogue, the witty comment upon the fashions of the hour, the movement of the story, the vice and flippancy exhibited by its chief character, all specially appealed to the audience before whom it was produced, and the comedy had a run of several nights. - (Summary from Text Intro) Cast list: Sir Harry Wildair: Peter Tucker Banter, Beau, a younger Brother to Sir Harry: Sonia Colonel Standard: Mike Harris Captain Fireball, a Naval Officer, Brother to Colonel Standard: Craig Franklin Monsieur Le Marquis, a sharping Refugee: Tomas Peter Clincher, the Jubilee Beau turned Polititian: K. Adrian Stroet Dicky, Servant to Sir Harry: alanmapstone Shark, Servant to Captain Fireball: ToddHW Lord Bellamy: ToddHW Remnant, a Tailor: Lydia Lady Lurewell: Availle Angelica: Sonia Parly: Leanne Yau Lady 1: Sandra Schmit Lady 2: Carolyn Agee Chambermaid 1: Arielle Lipshaw Chambermaid 2: Kalynda Footman: ToddHW Stage Directions: MaryAnnS Edited By:  ToddHW

5 episodes

A Kiss for Cinderella

This play does have Cinderella and a Godmother, Royalty, and glass slippers, but it takes place in WW1 and is certainly not your typical fairy tale! Produced on Broadway in 1916, it was made into a silent movie in 1925. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list (in order of appearance): Mr. Bodie: Peter Yearsley Policeman: ToddHW Cinderella: VivianWeaver Gentleman: Mike Harris Mrs. Maloney: Michele Eaton Marion: Amy Deuchler Man: Tomas Peter Marie-Therese: April6090 Gladys: Leanne Yau Delphine: Lydia Godmother: Beth Thomas Lord Mayor: Larry Wilson King: Zames Curran Lord Times: Tomas Peter Prince: Craig Franklin One of the Steeds: Amy Deuchler Queen: Sonia 3rd Prize: Amy Deuchler 2nd Prize: Amy Deuchler Penguin: Availle Maid: Lydia Dr. Bodie: Beth Thomas Danny: Peter Eastman Probationer: Sonia Ellen: Leanne Yau Narration: MaryAnnS Edited by: ToddHW

3 episodes

The Magistrate

The success of “The Magistrate” was immediate, and the Court Theatre was crowded night after night for more than a year, the play being presented over 300 times. So prosperous was the run that there was no cessation during the Summer holiday season. This success, however, was not confined to London, for three companies were soon carrying the play triumphantly over the English provinces, while in September 1885 Mr. Pinero went to New York to produce his work. How can you resist a comedy whose acts are labeled Act 1: The Family Skeleton; Act 2: It Leaves Its Cupboard; and Act 3: It Crumbles? - Summary by (Introduction, ToddHW) Cast list: Mr Posket (Magistrate of the Mulberry Street Police Court): Larry Wilson Agatha Posket: Sonia Cis Farringdon (her Son): Tomas Peter Charlotte Verrinder (her Sister): Leanne Yau Colonel Lukyn: Son of the Exiles Captain Horace Vale: Nick Bulka Beatie Tomlinson: Availle Mr. Bullamy (Magistrate of the Mulberry Street Police Court): alanmapstone Achille Blond: ToddHW Isidore: VivianWeaver Mr. Wormington: VivianWeaver Inspector Messiter (Metropolitan Police): TriciaG Serjeant Lugg (Metropolitan Police): Mike Harris Constable Harris (Metropolitan Police): Sandra Schmit Wyke: Beth Thomas Popham: Amy Deuchler Stage Directions: Linette Geisel Edited By:  ToddHW

3 episodes

The Enterprise of the ''Mayflower''

"Welcome to all! We show the story of how, nearly three hundred years ago, when this country was not so happy as it is now, some people driven by persecution out of England went on a long and dangerous voyage in a ship called the Mayflower, and made for themselves a home across the Atlantic Ocean." (From the Prologue)Cast List: Stage Directions read by MaryAnnMaster William Brewster: SpiderScientistMaster William Bradford: ToddHWMaster John Carver: aravagarwalMaster John Alden: JamesMcAndrewMaster John Robinson: Alex KohnMaster Robert Cushman: Roger MelinMaster John Billington: Scott KelleyCaptain Miles Standish: Greg GiordanoOfficer: Esther ben SimonidesSamoset: Adele de PignerollesMistress Mary Brewster: Leanne YauMistress Priscilla Mullins: Linda Olsen FitakMistress Ellen Billington: TwinkleAdditional Singing by George Allen Audio edited by Rachel

5 episodes

Quality Street

Two sisters living on Quality Street set up and run a school for children after the local doctor heads off to fight Napoleon. Ten years later he returns, thinking that all the adventures have been his, and that the old life in Quality Street has waited, as in a sleep, to be resumed on the day of his return. Katharine Hepburn starred in a movie version made in 1937. The Quality Street chocolates were named after the play. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Valentine Brown – Suitor of Miss Phoebe: Tomas Peter Miss Phoebe Throssel – A School Mistress: Beth Thomas Ensign Blades – A Young Officer: Donald Gilmore Lieutenant Spicer – A Young Officer: ToddHW Susan Throssel – Sister to Phoebe: Leanne Yau Patty – Maid-of-all-work in service of the Throssel sisters: Availle Recruiting Sergeant: alanmapstone A Waterloo Veteran - Old Soldier: Larry Wilson Arthur Wellesley Tomson: EikyTavie Miss Willoughby: Jael Baldwin Miss Fanny Willoughby: Sonia Miss Henrietta Turnbull: KHand Miss Charlotte Parratt: Anna Vos Isabella: Diane Alailima Harriett: Lauren-Emma Blake Gallant: EikyTavie Stage Directions: MaryAnnSpiegel Edited By:  ToddHW

4 episodes