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Florentine Tragedy and La Sainte Courtisane

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Tragedy
Chapter: 3 | Listen: 3

Two short fragments: an unfinished and a lost play. A Florentine Tragedy, left in a taxi (not a handbag), is Wilde’s most successful attempt at tragedy – intense and domestic, with surprising depth of characterisation. It was adapted into an opera by the Austrian composer Alexander Zemlinsky in 1917. La Sainte Courtisane, or The Woman Covered in Jewels explores one of Wilde’s great idées fixes: the paradox of religious hedonism, pagan piety. Both plays, Wildean to their core, revel in the profound sadness that is the fruit of the conflict between fidelity and forbidden love. Written towards the end of his tragic life, these fragments give us a glimpse of a genius at his best: visceral, passionate, personal, poetic. (Summary by Simon Larois) A Florentine Tragedy – cast: Narrator: TriciaG GUIDO BARDI, A Florentine prince: mb SIMONE, a merchant: Simon Larois BIANNA, his wife: Ruth Golding La Sainte Courtisane – cast: Narrator: Ruth Golding First man: mb Myrrhina: Philippa Second man: L.French Honorius: woggy298 Edited by Ruth Golding [chương_files]

Revenger’s Tragedy

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“When the bad bleeds, then is the tragedy good.” The Revenger’s Tragedy is a bloody Jacobean drama centering on Vindici, whose beloved has been murdered by the Duke. Aided by his brother Hippolito, Vindici plans to take revenge not only on the Duke, but on his lecherous Duchess (who is having an affair with her stepson, Spurio) and his sons Lussurioso (Lust), Ambitioso (Ambition), and Supervacuo (Excess). The play was published anonymously in 1606 and for several centuries was attributed to Cyril Tourneur; more recent scholarship has pointed to Thomas Middleton as the likely author. The play was part of the vogue for revenge tragedy in late 16th and early 17th century England, and has often been compared to Hamlet. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast Vindici/Second Servant/Nencio/First Officer: Elizabeth Klett Hippolito: mb Gratiana: Libby Gohn Castiza: Amanda Friday Duke: Bob Neustar First Judge/First Gentleman: Sean Daeley Duchess: Arielle Lipshaw Lussurioso: David Nicol Ambitioso: bala Spurio/Antonio: Alan Mapstone Junior/Sordido/Piero/Dondolo/Fourth Man: Larry Wilson Supervacuo: Charlotte Duckett First Servant/Keeper: rookieblue First Noble/Second Officer/First Lord: Todd Second Judge/Second Noble: Chuck Williamson Narrator: Kristingj Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett [chương_files]

Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2

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Tragedy
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Tamburlaine the Great is the name of a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor, Timur ‘the lame’. Written in 1587 or 1588, the play is a milestone in Elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier Tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexity. Along with Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy, it may be considered the first popular success of London’s public stage. In Part 2, Tamburlaine grooms his sons to be conquerors in his wake as he continues to conquer his neighbouring kingdoms. One of his sons, Calyphas, preferring to stay by his mother’s side and not risk death, incurs Tamburlaine’s wrath. Seeing this son as a coward, Tamburlaine kills him in anger after a battle in which he refuses to fight. During this time, Bajazeth’s son, Callapine, plans to avenge his father’s death. Finally, while attacking an Islamic nation, he scornfully burns a copy of the Qur’an and claims to be greater than God. Suddenly, Tamburlaine is struck ill and dies, giving his power to his remaining sons, but still aspiring to greatness as he departs life. (Summary by Wikipedia) Click here for Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1 Cast Narrator; Concubine 3: Tina Nuzzi Prologue; DP; GOVERNOR OF DAMASCUS; GOVERNOR OF BABYLON: Martin Geeson TAMBURLAINE, king of Persia: David Goldfarb CALYPHAS, son of Tamburlaine: Sarah Crampton AMYRAS, […]

09/09/2024

Bill of Divorcement

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Tragedy
Chapter: 3 | Listen: 2

A Bill of Divorcement describes a day in the lives of a middle-aged British woman named Margaret “Meg” Fairfield, her daughter Sydney, Sydney’s fiancé Kit Humphreys, Meg’s fiancé Gray Meredith, and Meg’s husband Hilary, who escapes after spending almost twenty years in a mental hospital. A 1932 film of the same name was directed by George Cukor and starred Katharine Hepburn and John Barrymore. [chương_files]

How It Flies or, Conquest of the Air

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Transportation
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In these pages, by means of simple language and suitable pictures, the author has told the story of the Ships of the Air. He has explained the laws of their flight; sketched their development to the present day; shown how to build the flying machine and the balloon, and how to operate them; recounted what man has done, and what he hopes to do with their aid. In a word, all the essential facts that enter into the Conquest of the Air have been gathered into orderly form, and are here presented to the public. We who live to-day have witnessed man’s great achievement; we have seen his dream of ages come true. Man has learned to fly! The air which surrounds us, so intangible and so commonplace that it seldom arrests our attention, is in reality a vast, unexplored ocean, fraught with future possibilities. Even now, the pioneers of a 8 countless fleet are hovering above us in the sky, while steadily, surely these wonderful possibilities are unfolded. – Summary by From the Preface [chương_files]

09/09/2024

Idle Days in Patagonia

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Travel
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Hudson traveled to Patagonia to study the birds, but shortly upon arrival accidentally shot himself in the knee, requiring a lengthy period of idleness to recover, hence the title of the book. It’s not just a work of ornithology, but a personal memoir of the people and natural history of Patagonia. [chương_files]

Curtiss Aviation Book

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Transportation
Chapter: 27 | Listen: 1

Glenn Hammond Curtiss, of Hammondsport, New York, won the Scientific American Trophy for the first pre-announced and officially witnessed airplane flight in North America when he flew his plane, the June Bug, 5,080 ft on July 4, 1908. In 1910, he was awarded permanent possession of that trophy when he made the first successful long-distance flight, 147 miles from Albany to New York City. He was the holder of the first US pilots’ license ever issued, and opened the first flying school in the US. During WWI, most US military pilots got their training on the Curtiss JN-4, popularly nicknamed the “Jenny”. Curtiss earned the title of “Father of Naval Aviation” when he developed the first hydroplanes and the first system for planes to take off and land on carrier ships at sea. In 1912, he co-authored the Curtiss Aviation Book with fellow aviation pioneer Augustus Post, detailing his early flights at Hammondsport, and discussing the state of aviation technology as it stood at that time. The book also includes three chapters on specialized uses of the aeroplane, by Paul Beck, Theodore Ellyson, and Hugh Robinson. (Maria Kasper) [chương_files]

09/09/2024

In de Graafschap

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Travel
Chapter: 9 | Listen: 4

Wandelingen door de Graafschap uit Wandelingen door Nederland met pen en potlood. Deel 2 (1876) en Nieuwe wandelingen door Nederland (1888) [chương_files]

09/09/2024

Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk

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Travel
Chapter: 24 | Listen: 1

The Broads are Britain’s largest protected wetland and are home to a wealth of wildlife, especially fish and birdlife. They comprise a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The lakes (or broads) were originally formed by the gradual natural flooding of medieval peat excavations and cover an area of some 303 square kilometres (117 sq mi). The rivers and broads subsequently evolved to become a system of water-highways linking the City of Norwich and other inland towns such as, Beccles, Belaugh and Barton with the sea-ports of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. This is also where the unique Norfolk Wherry, with its shallow draught and distinctive gaff rig with a single, high-peaked sail carried goods and passengers around the Broads area.The Broads have also been a boating holiday destination since the late 19th century and this book is a record of a two week waterborne holiday taken by the author and a friend at the turn of the last century. So, join me if you will, on an auditory cruise around these unique waterways through expansive landscapes under wide open skies. [chương_files]

09/09/2024

Through Glacier Park; Seeing America First With Howard Eaton (version 2)

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This is the first of two travelogues published by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958). Both deal with Glacier National Park. (The other is entitled Tenting To-night, which also deals with the Cascade Mountains.). Rinehart wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and articles, though she is most famous for her mystery stories. The region that became Glacier National Park was first inhabited by Native Americans and upon the arrival of European explorers, was dominated by the Blackfeet in the east and the Flathead in the western regions. [chương_files]