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Magnificent Lovers

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Molière - Magnificent Lovers

«The King [Louis XIV], who will have nothing but what is magnificent in all he undertakes, wished to give his court an entertainment which should comprise all that the stage can furnish. To facilitate the execution of...

1 hour 21 minutes

George Dandin: or The Abashed Husband

Plays

553

Molière - George Dandin: or The Abashed Husband

«The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle having been ratified… and peace being assured… Louis XIV resolved to give a festival in his favorite gardens of Versailles. Moliere's comedy, George Dandin, formed the chief...

1 hour 23 minutes

Bores

Plays

544

Molière - Bores

Moliere: «Never was any Dramatic performance so hurried as this; and it is a thing, I believe, quite new, to have a comedy planned, finished, got up, and played in a fortnight. I do not say this to boast of an...

1 hour 7 minutes

Cupid's Cyclopedia

Humorous Fiction

419

John Cecil Clay - Cupid's Cyclopedia

This 1910 short work is by the English-born American humorist, satirist, and illustrator Oliver Herford, aided by another caricaturist and illustrator, John Cecil Clay. Herford’s books were usually short and quite...

David Wales 1 hour 5 minutes

Love is the Best Doctor

Plays

507

Molière - Love is the Best Doctor

Four most fashionable doctors are called in by Sganarelle to cure his daughter, but instead they argue about everything and Sganarelle is driven to the streets where he finds a quack and his daughter's disguised...

52 minutes

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Physician In Spite of Himself

Plays

527

Molière - Physician In Spite of Himself

The Physician In Spite of Himself … is written in a most unbounded spirit of mirth, the matrimonial breezes wafting a certain amount of refreshing coolness throughout it all. The way in which Sganarelle is dubbed, or...

1 hour 11 minutes

Impromptu of Versailles

Humorous Fiction

488

Molière - Impromptu of Versailles

The setup here is that Moliere and his troupe have been sent for by the King to come perform at Versailles. But instead of the piece they had prepared, the King has just asked for an entirely new piece — to be ready...

51 minutes

School for Husbands

Humorous Fiction

477

Molière - School for Husbands

In 1661 and 1662 Moliere presented the plays The School for Husbands (this one) and then The School for Wives. «The central situations of the two have much in common: the arbitrary and jealous lover to whom...

1 hour 22 minutes

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Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers

Plays

474

Charles Macklin - 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...

1 hour 28 minutes

H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor

Published 1800 -1900

518

W. S. Gilbert - H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor

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 2 minutes

To a Faded Rose

Satire

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Maurice Switzer - To a Faded Rose

LibriVox readers bring you 16 recordings of «To a Faded Rose» by Maurice Switzer. This was the Weekly Poetry selection for June 16, 2013.

Algy Pug and 15 more 23 minutes

Westminster Alice

Satire

454

Saki - Westminster Alice

Published five years before John Kendrick Bangs had the same idea with Alice in Blunderland , Saki, in his 1902 series of satirical articles, takes an Alice in Wonderland view of British politics, which Alice...

Ruth Golding 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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