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10/09/2024
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Wild Duck

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The Wild Duck (1884) (original Norwegian title: Vildanden) is by many considered Ibsen’s finest work, and it is certainly the most complex. It tells the story of Gregers Werle, a young man who returns to his hometown after an extended exile and is reunited with his boyhood friend Hjalmar Ekdal. Over the course of the play, the many secrets that lie behind the Ekdals’ apparently happy home are revealed to Gregers, who insists on pursuing the absolute truth, or the “Summons of the Ideal”. Among these truths: Gregers’ father impregnated his servant Gina, then married her off to Hjalmar to legitimize the child. Another man has been disgraced and imprisoned for a crime the elder Werle committed. Furthermore, while Hjalmar spends his days working on a wholly imaginary “invention”, his wife is earning the household income. Ibsen displays masterful use of irony: despite his dogmatic insistence on truth, Gregers never says what he thinks but only insinuates, and is never understood until the play reaches its climax. Gregers hammers away at Hjalmar through innuendo and coded phrases until he realizes the truth; Gina’s daughter, Hedvig, is not his child. Blinded by Gregers’ insistence on absolute truth, he disavows the child. Seeing the damage he has wrought, Gregers determines to repair things, and suggests to Hedvig that she sacrifice the wild duck, her wounded pet, to prove her love for Hjalmar. Hedvig, alone among the characters, recognizes that Gregers always speaks in code, and looking for the deeper meaning in the […]

10/09/2024
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Tragedy of Macbeth

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Murder and madness, witches and war: Librivox presents a recording of Macbeth, perhaps Shakespeare’s best known tragedy. Macbeth, a general in King Duncan’s army, is given a prophecy by a trio of witches: he himself will become king. Fired by ambition and goaded by his ruthless wife, he murders Duncan and assumes the throne. More killings follow as Macbeth attempts to retain his crown, until he discovers that prophecies are not always what they seem. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) Cast: Duncan – Joshua B. Christensen Malcolm – mb Donalbain – Ellis Christoff Macbeth – Mark F. Smith Banquo – Simon Larois Macduff – John Lieder Lennox – Mirza Ross – Rosalind Wills Menteith, Son of Macduff, and First Apparition – David Lawrence Angus, Second Apparition, and Third Murderer – Annoying Twit Caithness, Lord, Sergeant, and Soldiers – David Nicol Fleance – Aaron Elliott Siward – Brian Edwards Young Siward, Gentlewoman – Laurie Anne Walden Seyton, Old Man – Paul Williams Lady Macbeth – Elizabeth Klett Lady Macduff – LC Hecate – Ruth Golding First Witch – Jennifer Stearns Second Witch – Kristin Hughes Third Witch – Charlene V. Smith Doctor – Eric M. Johnson Servant and Attendant – Anna Simon Porter – David Leeson Third Apparition – Fionn Jameson First Murderer – hefyd Second Murderer – Anna Roberts Messenger – Ezwa Stage Directions – J. M. Smallheer Audio edited by J. M. Smallheer     [chương_files]  

10/09/2024
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Cain: A Mystery

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Cain: A Mystery is Lord Byron’s retelling of the classical Biblical story from the point of view of its antagonist. Undoubtedly influenced by Milton’s Paradise Lost, Byron’s Cain is defiant and questioning. In trying to come to terms with the mortality humanity has been punished with, he comes face to face with Lucifer, who takes him to the “Abyss of Space,” shows him a vision of Earth’s violent natural history, and gives him a true understanding of death. Upon his return, a devastated Cain carries out the familiar end of his tragedy. Cain: A Mystery is a closet drama, a popular form for Romantic writers, where the script is not intended to be performed onstage, but rather read aloud with a small group. – Summary by Sarah Terry With the voices of: alanmapstone as Adam, Peter Tucker as Cain, Beth Thomas as Abel, Libby Gohn as the Angel of the Lord, Mike Cantrell as Lucifer, TriciaG as Eve, Mary Kay as Adah, Amanda Friday as Zillah, and narrated by Availle.     [chương_files]  

10/09/2024
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King Leir and His Three Daughters

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King Leir is an anonymous Elizabethan play about the life of the ancient Celtic king Leir of Britain. It was published in 1605 but was entered into the Stationers’ Register on 15 May 1594. The play has attracted critical attention principally for its relationship with King Lear, Shakespeare’s version of the same story. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast King Leir/Second Watchman/Narrator: Algy Pug Skalliger: Caprisha Page Perillus: Todd The Gallian King/First Watchman: Alan Weyman Mumford: David Warner King of Cornwall: Greg Przywara Morgan: Alan Mapstone Servant/First Mariner: bala Servant/Second Mariner/Second British Captain: Phil Benson Messenger: Martin Geeson Ambassador: Elizabeth Klett Captain of the Watch/First British Captain: engineerdst Gonorill: Grace Ragan: Charlotte Duckett Cordella: Libby Gohn Nobleman: Arielle Lipshaw Audio edited by Algy Pug     [chương_files]  

10/09/2024
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Romeo and Juliet (version 2)

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Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of two “star-crossed lovers” from rival houses. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall instantly in love, realizing too late that their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are mortal enemies. Braving parental opposition, the teenage lovers marry in secret, with the aid of the well-intentioned Friar Lawrence. Yet, as Shakespeare has often observed, the course of true love does not run smoothly, and Romeo and Juliet must risk death to be together. (summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast: Escalus: David Muncaster Paris: mb Montague: Chris Hughes Capulet: Andy Minter Old Man and Friar Lawrence: Alan Davis Drake Romeo: Simon Taylor Mercutio: Andrew Lebrun Benvolio: David Nicol Tybalt: Joshua B. Christensen Friar John: Sean McKinley Balthasar: Scott D. Farquar Sampson: Esther Gregory: David O’Connell Peter and Second Watchman: Gesine Abraham and First Watchman: Caliban Apothecary: Lucy Perry First Musician and Second Citizen: Laurie Anne Walden Second Musician: om123 Third Musician: Aaron Walden Chorus: ancilla Page: C. J. Nowak Lady Montague: Christie Nowak Lady Capulet: Cori Samuel Juliet: Elizabeth Klett Nurse: Kristin Hughes First Servant: Abigail Bartels Second Servant: Lizzie Driver Third Watchman: bryfee First Citizen: Rhys Lawson Narrator: David Lawrence Audio Edited by: Elizabeth Klett     [chương_files]  

10/09/2024
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Maid’s Tragedy

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Beaumont and Fletcher’s The Maid’s Tragedy (first published 1619) is a sensational Jacobean sex tragedy. When gentleman soldier Melantius returns to Rhodes, he finds his dear friend Amintor is recently married – but not to his troth-plight love Aspatia (the maid of the title). Instead, the King has arranged a match between Amintor and Melantius’ sister, the beautiful Evadne. On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses – and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast: Cleon: David Nicol Strato: Algy Pug Lysippus: mb Diphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty Kris Melantius: David Goldfarb Aspatia: Arielle Lipshaw Amintor: Peter Bishop Calianax: Andy Minter King: Bruce Pirie Evadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Night/Antiphila: Availle Cynthia/Olympias: Skylark Neptune: Bob Gonzalez Eolus/Servant: Barry Eads Dula: Beth Thomas Lady: Bev J. Stevens Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett     [chương_files]  

10/09/2024
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Life and Death of King John

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The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s but was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623. John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland or Softsword, was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death. His reign saw the loss of the duchy of Normandy to the French king Philip II in 1204, resulting in the collapse of most of the Angevin Empire and the subsequent growth in the power of the Capetian dynasty over the rest of the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John’s reign saw the signing of the Magna Carta, a document often considered to be an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom. Contemporary chroniclers were mostly critical of John’s performance as king, and his reign has since been subject to significant debate and periodic revision by historians from the 16th century onwards. Historian Jim Bradbury has summarised the contemporary historical opinion of John’s positive qualities, observing that John is today usually considered a “hard-working administrator, an able man, an able general”. Nonetheless, modern historians agree that he also had many faults as king, including what historian Ralph Turner describes as “distasteful, even […]

10/09/2024
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Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, normally known simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge. Doctor Faustus was first published in 1604, eleven years after Marlowe’s death and at least twelve years after the first performance of the play. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast: Chorus: Martin Geeson Good Angel: Availle Evil Angel/Cardinal/Third Scholar: Denny Sayers Doctor Faustus/Vintner/First Friar/Covetousness/Gluttony: Algy Pug Mephistophilis/Knight/First Scholar/Envy/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Lucifer: CalmDragon Wagner: Arielle Lipshaw Valdes/Clown/Third Friar: Nadine Eckert-Boulet Cornelius: Rainer The Pope: John Steigerwald Emperor: Sean Randall Horse-courser: Frank Booker Robin: Jason Mills Ralph/Second Scholar/Wrath: Sandra G Second Friar/Old Man: David Lawrence Fourth Friar/Duke of Vanholt: Lars Rolander Duchess of Vanholt: Musicalheart1 Pride: Mary-Beth Blackburn Sloth: Diana Majlinger Lechery: Lucy Perry Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett     [chương_files]  

10/09/2024
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Romeo and Juliet (version 3)

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Romeo and Juliet is an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage “star-cross’d lovers” whose “untimely deaths” ultimately unite their feuding households. The play has been highly praised by literary critics for its language and dramatic effect. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Its influence is still seen today, with the two main characters being widely represented as archetypal young lovers. (Summary from Wikipedia)     [chương_files]  

10/09/2024
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Hamlet (version 2)

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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius’s brother and Prince Hamlet’s father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king’s widow and Prince Hamlet’s mother. The play vividly portrays both true and feigned madness – from overwhelming grief to seething rage – and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. (Summary by Wikipedia)     [chương_files]