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Our American Cousin

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Tom Taylor - Our American Cousin

Our American Cousin is an 1858 three-act play by English playwright Tom Taylor. The play is a farce whose plot is based on the introduction of an awkward, boorish, but honest American, Asa Trenchard, to his...

2 hours 10 minutes

Shoemaker's Holiday

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453

Thomas Dekker - Shoemaker's Holiday

The Shoemaker's Holiday is an Elizabethan play written by Thomas Dekker. It was first performed in 1599 by the Admiral's Men. It falls into the sub-genre of city comedy (depicting ordinary London life)....

2 hours 18 minutes

Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks by Lording Barry

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471

Lording Barry - Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks by Lording Barry

Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks, is a bawdy comedy by Lording Barry, a contemporary of Shakespeare. The production bankrupted Barry, landed him in debtor's jail, and set him off on a life of piracy. The action of Ram Alley...

2 hours 31 minutes

Naturewoman

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Upton Sinclair - Naturewoman

The Mastersons, a wealthy Bostonian family, await the arrival of their cousin Anna in the wake of her grandfather's death. Though born in Boston, Anna, who prefers the name Oceana, spent most of her life on a tropical...

1 hour 50 minutes

Patience (Bunthorne's Bride)

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484

W. S. Gilbert - Patience (Bunthorne's Bride)

A comic operetta which is a satire on the themes of fashion and pretension and hero-worship. Bunthorne is a poet who pretends to be highly «idealised» in order to impress the ladies. They all worship him, except for...

1 hour 35 minutes

Pirates Of Penzance; Or The Slave Of Duty (Version 2)

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482

W. S. Gilbert - Pirates Of Penzance; Or The Slave Of Duty (Version 2)

In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’s music and the interpretation of actors, the consummate silliness of...

David Wales 1 hour 11 minutes

Sea Voyage

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495

John Fletcher - Sea Voyage

Albert, a handsome French pirate, and his crew get shipwrecked on a barren, rocky island after a severe storm. They encounter another pair of castaways who reveal a quite unusual secret- yet another strange group of...

1 hour 53 minutes

Mistress of the Inn (La locandiera)

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500

Carlo Goldoni - Mistress of the Inn (La locandiera)

Mirandolina runs an inn in Florence alone with only the help of her loyal employee Fabricius, and all of her guests are in love with her. The wealthy but only newly aristocratic Count D’Albafiorita and the...

1 hour 36 minutes

Volpone, or, The Fox

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483

Ben Jonson - Volpone, or, The Fox

Volpone is a comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is among the finest...

3 hours 18 minutes

Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce

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William Mountfort - Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce

First produced between 1684-1688, this — as the title says — is Faust played as a comedy. Angels to go along with Mephistopholis and Lucifer and Beelzebub, sure, but also the Seven Deadly Sins and wait a minute —...

1 hour 2 minutes

Tempest

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William Davenant - Tempest

John Dryden and William D'Avenant's Restoration adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest preserves the main plot and characters of the original. Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, lives on an isolated island with his...

2 hours 48 minutes

Beaux Stratagem

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George Farquhar - 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...

2 hours 55 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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