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LibriVox 16th Anniversary Collection
“LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to life…” Hugh McGuire, LibriVox’s founder, August 9, 2005 In celebration of LibriVox’s sixteenth anniversary, here is collection of short works of various kinds and from varied authors which include in their title the words ‘sixteen’ or ‘sixteenth’ or the number ’16.’ Each piece is selected and read by a LibriVox volunteer.
LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1
What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find any short works which had ‘five’ in the title – in any language. They have done us proud, and the collection extends to three volumes of short stories, poems, fairy tales, memoirs, non-fiction and bible readings, in six languages. This is the first volume. (Summary by Ruth Golding) See also Volume 2 & Volume 3.
LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2
What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find any short works which had ‘five’ in the title – in any language. They have done us proud, and the collection extends to three volumes of short stories, poems, fairy tales, memoirs, non-fiction and bible readings, in six languages. This is the second volume. (Summary by Ruth Golding) See also Volume 1 & Volume 3.
LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3
What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find any short works which had ‘five’ in the title – in any language. They have done us proud, and the collection extends to three volumes of short stories, poems, fairy tales, memoirs, non-fiction and bible readings, in six languages. This is the third volume. (Summary by Ruth Golding) See also Volume 1 & Volume 2.
LibriVox 6th Anniversary Collection
What do you do for a sixth anniversary? We challenged our readers to find any short works which had ‘six’ in the title – in any language. The result? LibriVox in all its glorious diversity: sixty-six recordings of poetry, song, short stories, folktales, science fiction, historical documents, travel, art, science and mathematics, in Dutch, English, French and German, from Euclid to the Ziegfeld Follies. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
LibriVox 7th Anniversary Collection
To celebrate the 7 years of LibriVox , readers from all around the world have recorded 77 works they have selected, all of which have 7 in their title. We hope you enjoy the amazing mixture they have come up with.
LibriVox 8th Anniversary Collection
For the past few years we have celebrated the anniversary of LibriVox with a collection loosely themed on the number of the anniversary year. This year is no exception. Readers have contributed 88 recordings in Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Polish and Yiddish, and this feast of fiction, poetry, essays, articles and musical items ranges from lectures to love letters, science to songs, travel to taxes, and politics to pirates, spiced with a dash of humour. It has, as always, been enormous fun for the readers and singers, and we hope that you, the listener, will gain just as much enjoyment as we have had producing it. (Introduction by Ruth Golding) Some additional notes: Section 5, Extract from The Eight-oared Victors, Chapter 35, was written by Howard Garis under his pseudonym Lester Chadwick. Section 37, Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn by Henry VIII also includes letters to Henry from Anne Boleyn (1501-1536). Section 53, Letters I to VIII of Political and Social Letters of a Lady of the 18th Century was edited by Emily Fanny Dorothy Osborn McDonnell (1851-1925). Section 54 Eight Little Letters Make Three Little Words: Words by Bert Kalmar (1884-1947); Music by Ted Snyder (1881-1965). Section 55, Koenig Heinrich der Achte ? Prologue was translated into the German by Wolf Graf Baudissin (1789-1878). Section 65, The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup was translated into English by Shigeyoshi Obata. Section 77, In The Year 2889 was jointly written by Jules Verne (1828-1905) and Michel Verne (1861-1925). Section 79, Eight-day Clocks was written by Mary Mapes Dodge under her pseudonym Joel Stacy. Section 82, Que ne suis je la foug?re Bergerette du 18i?me si?cle. Words: Riboutt? (1770-1834); Music: Pergolesi (1710-1736).
LibriVox 9th Anniversary Collection
This year is the 9th anniversary of our illustrious community, and readers have found and recorded 99 items with a connection with the number nine… neuf… neun… nueve…nove… ??????…?????… There are short stories, poems, bible readings, non-fiction articles and songs. The items are mostly in English, but this year we have one or more contributions in ten other languages: Ancient Greek, Dutch, German, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian. (Summary by RuthieG)
LibriVox Language Learning Collection Vol. 003
This collection is part of an initiative to create a language learning resource at LibriVox. The LibriVox Language Learning Collections contain readings from various language learning books, grammars, primers, phrasebooks, dictionaries, readers and even other works which contain information on various languages, recount experiences of language learning and encountering new languages or provide guides for correct pronunciation, writing or discourse in a language. These works could describe English or any other language whatsoever, from Latin to Sumerian, Chinese to Wampanoag, Esperanto to Swahili (etc.). This volume includes ‘Abdu?l-Bah?’s talk “On the Value of an International Language”; the first section of L.L. Zamenhof’s “First Book” (Unua Libro), explaining his great invention?the International Language, i.e. Esperanto; the third Lesson of Barrs’ “Beginning Latin”; Gustave Chouquet’s “Easy Conversations in French” (11 – 14); Lessons 21 – 25 from “Greek Lessons” by W.H. Morris; Introduction from “Hand-Book of Volap?k” by Charles E. Sprague; Leccion Tercera, from “New First Spanish Book”, by James H. Worman; Lessons 11 – 15 from “Esperanto in Twenty Lessons” by Caroline Stearns Griffin; Lessons 26 – 30 from “A Practical Arabic Course” by E. N?matallah & E. Chevalley; two sections from the “Student’s Greek Grammar” by Georg Curtius; the Preface from “A Grammar of the Persian Language” by the great linguist, Sir William Jones (1746 – 1794); the Preface from “Arabic Syntax chiefly selected from the Hidayut-oon-Nuhvi” by Henry Brown Beresford (d. 1869), which is based on the famous Hid?yatu’n-Nahw by Ibn al-H?jib (1174 ? 1249 CE); Chapters 3 – 8 from “Slips of Speech” by John H. Bechtel and, lastly, The Alphabet/Classifications of Sounds from “New Latin Grammar” by Charles E. Bennet.
LibriVox Language Learning Collection Vol. 004
This collection is part of an initiative to create a language learning resource at LibriVox. The LibriVox Language Learning Collections contain readings from various language learning books, grammars, primers, phrasebooks, dictionaries, readers and even other works which contain information on various languages, recount experiences of language learning and encountering new languages or provide guides for correct pronunciation, writing or discourse in a language. These works could describe English or any other language whatsoever, from Latin to Sumerian, Chinese to Wampanoag, Esperanto to Swahili (etc.). This collection includes Beginning Latin: Lessons 4 to 5, Latin for Beginners 1 to 3, Eleganti? Latin? by Edward Valpy, Chapter 2 – Hercules, from Ritchie’s Fabulae Faciles, Dialogues 1 to 5 from The English and French Interpreter, Lessons 16 to 20 from Esperanto in Twenty Lessons , First Lessons of Chinese (Introduction and Chapter One), Grammar of English Grammars, chapters 1 – 3, Greek Lessons: 26 to 30, The Languages of Britain, from Polychronicon, A Plea for Phonetic Spelling [or, The Necessity of Orthographic Reform], ? 1. to ? 4, Lessons 31 – 35 from A Practical Arabic Course, Zamenhof’s An Attempt towards an International Language: Part I: First, Second and Third Problems, How to Write Clearly: Rules and Exercises on English Composition (Preface) and a second version of The Aural System. (Introduction by Nicholas J. Bridgewater)
LibriVox Language Learning Collection Vol. 005
This collection is part of an initiative to create a language learning resource at LibriVox. The LibriVox Language Learning Collections contain readings from various language learning books, grammars, primers, phrasebooks, dictionaries, readers and even other works which contain information on various languages, recount experiences of language learning and encountering new languages or provide guides for correct pronunciation, writing or discourse in a language. These works could describe English or any other language whatsoever, from Latin to Sumerian, Chinese to Wampanoag, Esperanto to Swahili (etc.). (Summary by Nicholas J. Bridgewater)
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1
Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America’s greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benjamin Franklin and Washington Irving. – Summary by Lynne Thompson
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2
Volume 2 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America’s greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Ambrose Bierce, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain and Bret Harte. – Summary by Lynne Thompson
Local Color Collection Vol. 001
In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)
Long Poems Collection 003
LibriVox?s Long Poems Collection 003: a collection of 8 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length.
Long Poems Collection 005
Long Poems Collection 005: a collection of 10 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length.
Long Poems Collection 007
LibriVox?s Long Poems Collection 007: a collection of 15 public domain poems greater than 10 minutes in length. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Jc Guan & TriciaG
Long Poems Collection 008
LibriVox?s Long Poems Collection 008: a collection of 14 public-domain poems longer than 10 minutes in length.
Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales
The Lords of the Housetops reveals the cat through the creative lenses of 13 authors. Consequently, this carefully chosen collection of stories is as complex, charismatic and clever as a cat. (Summary by Amy Larch Gramour)
Love & Its Historical Shades: Poetic Expressions of Love Based on Varying Time Periods
The theme around these poems is how poets expressed their ideas of love as well as the type of language used to convey said love through poetry; it also indirectly highlights how society may perceive love based on how those poets’ values may have aligned with/against society during their era. All the poems revolve around a discussion of love through the language they used to describe their feelings of love as well as the images they paint through said language (whether it be expressed through older iterations of the English language or through more modern forms of the language, hence the year differences among each poet selected). (Summary by Amr Ahmed)
Love Letter Collection 2008
LibriVox readers have cast their nets wide to create this small collection of letters and poems, from fiction and from life, from heart to heart and from soul to soul. With love for St Valentine. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)
Love Stories Volume 1
Here are 20 love stories under an hour each, covering all kinds of experiences involving romantic or other kinds of love resulting in heartbreak or happiness — where the heart overflows with passion, pride, emotion or wonder. ( ~ Michele Fry)
Love Stories Volume 2
Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, covering all kinds of experiences involving romantic or other kinds of love resulting in heartbreak or happiness — where the heart overflows with passion, pride, emotion or wonder. ( ~ Michele Fry)
Love Stories Volume 3
Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, covering all kinds of experiences involving romantic or other kinds of love resulting in heartbreak or happiness — where the heart overflows with passion, pride, emotion or wonder. ( ~ Michele Fry)
Love Stories Volume 4
Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, offered by Librivox volunteers, covering all kinds of experiences involving romance or other kinds of love resulting in heartbreak or happiness — where the heart overflows with passion, pride, emotion or wonder. You know — love. ( ~ Michele Fry)
Love Stories Volume 5
Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, offered by LibriVox volunteers, covering all kinds of experiences involving romance or other kinds of love resulting in heartbreak or happiness, fantastic or real — where the heart overflows with passion, pride, emotion or wonder. You know — love. – Summary by Michele Fry
Miscellaneous Essays of G. K. Chesterton
These eleven files are miscellaneous short essays or stories from G.K. Chesterton. They were chosen for not only their brevity but also for being shining exemplars of Chesterton’s wit and whimsy. A fun but powerful introduction into the mind of the man that is G.K. Chesterton. (Summary by GK Cleveland)
Modern Essays
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph. Early twentieth or late nineteenth centuries. ?I think I can offer you, in this parliament of philomaths [lover of learning], entertainment of the most genuine sort;?as brilliant and sincere work is being done to-day in the essay as in any period of our literature. Accordingly the pieces reprinted here are very diverse. There is the grand manner; there is foolery; there is straightforward literary criticism; there is pathos, politics, and the picturesque. But every selection is, in its own way, a work of art. And I would call the reader’s attention to this: that the greater number of these essays were written not by retired ?sthetes, but by practising journalists in the harness of the daily or weekly press.? The listener is alerted to the fact that some of the essays have been edited from the original, some lightly, others quite heavily. Published in 1921. ( Author’s Preface and david wales)
Movies and Hollywood Short Story Collection, Volume 1
Fiction about (or involving) motion pictures started appearing in the late nineteenth-century, when writers first became aware of early kinetoscope technologies. These stories grew more and more popular as the public became increasingly fascinated with the movies, the film industry, and the odd inhabitants of Hollywood. These stories reflect and often respond to the public’s fascination with the movies; at the same time, they also reveal their fears and anxieties about the new medium. The first volume of this anthology collects 16 short stories and a monologue about motion picture technology and the film industry published between 1895 and 1922. (Summary by ChuckW)
My First Book
This is not a children’s book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which over twenty well-known authors write with characteristic style and humour of their experiences in writing their first book… and getting it published. Authors include Jerome K. Jerome, R. L. Stevenson, Bret Harte, Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, Conan Doyle and Mary Braddon. Full of charm, humour and pathos, this book is like a fireside chat with great writers of the past, as well as being a fascinating insight into the literary scene of the late 19th century. The listener is warned that a few of the authors give away the ending of their book, especially when they were pressurised into changing it by the publisher. . Here are links to online texts of the works discussed, where available: Ready-Money Mortiboy; The Family Scapegrace; The Wreck of the ?Grosvenor?; Physiological Aesthetics; Philistia; The Shadow of a Crime; Departmental Ditties; The Trail of the Serpent; The House of Elmore; Dawn; Hudson Bay; The Premier and the Painter; The Western Avernus; A Life?s Atonement; A Romance of Two Worlds; On the Stage and Off; Cavalry Life; Dead Man?s Rock; Undertones; Idyls and Legends of Inverburn; Treasure Island (Summary by Ruth Golding)
My Inventions and Other Works
Between February and October 1919, Nikola Tesla submitted many articles to the magazine Electrical Experimenter. The most famous of these works is a six part series titled My Inventions, which is an autobiographical account of Nikola Tesla’s life and his most celebrated discoveries. This work has been compiled and republished as a stand-alone book several times under different names, but has been a cause of some controversy due to some versions deviating from the original text without explanation. This LibriVox project returns to the original text and expands upon it through the addition of Nikola Tesla’s own supplementary articles as they were published in 1919. (Summary by Kane Mercer)
Myths and Legends Around the World – Collection 04
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends, heroes, myths, and ancient lore from many different cultures. (Lynette Caulkins)
Myths and Legends Around the World – Collection 05
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends, heroes, myths, and ancient lore from many different cultures. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)
Myths and Legends Around the World – Collection 06
You get to choose what you want to read! (All recordings in English]) So long as the source is Public Domain for you, any short story or chapter that tells of legends, heroes, myths, or ancient lore, is welcome. We are looking for representations of many different cultures within each collection. If you have questions of whether a source is Public Domain for you (remember that if you live outside the U.S., public domain laws may be more strict for you), I recommend asking about that in this project’s discussion before you begin recording. Simply post the question with a link to the source you’ve found. 🙂 Limit of 2 sections per reader in a given Myths & Legends collection. – Summary by Lynette Caulkins
Myths and Legends Around the World – Collection 09
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends, heroes, myths, and ancient lore from many different cultures. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)
Myths and Legends Around the World – Collection 13
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends, heroes, myths, and ancient lore from many different cultures. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)
Myths and Legends Around the World – Collection 14
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends, heroes, myths, and ancient lore from many different cultures. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
Fifteen short stories of 1919, winners of a rigorous competition. The extensive Introduction is omitted from this recording. ( david wales)
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
In 1918 the Society of Arts and Sciences established the O. Henry Memorial Awards to reward the very best short stories published during the previous year with cash prizes. 1921 was a particularly productive year with sterling and brilliantly varied examples of the art of short story writing as are included here. The selection committee struggled to agree on these, but finally, here they are for us to enjoy and record. The length varies but most are sufficiently long for a reader to get their teeth into and enjoy. The stories are listed in a rough order of how they were judged, but all are excellent. Note that one story, ‘Martin Gerrity Gets Even’ actually had two authors, Courtney Ryley Cooper, and Leo F. Creagan but only one is able to be credited – Summary by Phil Chenevert
One-Act Play Collection 001
LibriVox?s One-Act Play Collection 001 includes one-act plays in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.
One-Act Play Collection 003
This collection of ten one-act dramas features plays by Edward Goodman, Alice Gerstenberg, Arnold Bennett, John Galsworthy, Anton Chekhov, Frank Wedekind, Moliere, Theresa Helburn, John Kendrick Bangs, and Harold Brighouse. (Summary by wildemoose)
One-Act Play Collection 004
This collection of twelve one-act dramas features plays by James Allen, John Kendrick Bangs, Gordon Bottomley, Charles Dickens, Lord Dunsany, Susan Glaspell, George Bernard Shaw, August Strindberg, Marion Craig Wentworth, and William Butler Yeats. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) * The Bicyclers read by: Chuck Williamson, David Lawrence, Robert Hoffman, Todd, Elizabeth Klett, Amanda Friday, Kristingj, and Tricia G * The Dark Lady of the Sonnets read by: Chris Marcellus, Elizabeth Klett, Algy Pug, Christine Nendza, CaprishaPage * Eolaus, a Dramatic Poem read by: Noel Badrian, om123, Kristingj, Carol Box, Rhonda Federman, Algy Pug, Elizabeth Klett, Cathy Barratt * Fame and the Poet read by: Max Korlinge, Delmar H. Dolbier, Elizabeth Klett * Is She His Wife? read by: Algy Pug, Noel Badrian, Tricia G, Elizabeth Klett, Christine Nendza, Kristingj * King Lear’s Wife read by: Algy Pug, Bev. J. Stevens, Elizabeth Klett, Arielle Lipshaw, Christine Nendza, Rhonda Federman, Nathaniel W. C. Higgins, April Gonzales * The Land of Heart’s Desire read by: Noel Badrian, Liberty Stump, Chris Marcellus, Amanda Friday, Algy Pug, Kristingj, Chuck Williamson * Mr. Nightingale’s Diary read by: AllenJohns, Todd, Kristingj, Elizabeth Klett, Algy Pug, Duan, Amanda Friday, Chuck Williamson * The Stronger read by: Kristingj and Elizabeth Klett * Trifles read by: Chuck Williamson, Delmar H. Dolbier, Robert Hoffman, Margaret Espaillat, Kristingj, Amy Wack * War Brides read by: Amanda Friday, Christine Nendza, Margaret Espaillat, Chuck Williamson, Duan, Chris Marcellus, Robert Hoffman, Tricia G, Ernst Pattynama * Woman’s Honor read by: Chuck Williamson, Todd, Tricia G, Margaret Espaillat, Liberty Stump, Kristingj, Elizabeth Klett, Amanda Friday, Arielle Lipshaw, CaprishaPage
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)
One-Act Play Collection 006
This collection includes ten one-act plays by David Belasco, Arnold Bennett, Hereward Carrington, Lewis Carroll, Lord Dunsany, John Galsworthy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Maurice Maeterlinck, Anna Bird Stewart, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The Book Coordinators for this collection were Charlotte Duckett, Michele Eaton, Elizabeth Klett, Loveday, Piotr Nater, Algy Pug, Eden Rea-Hedrick, Todd, and Chuck Williamson. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
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 Gjerl?w 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 Gjerl?w 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 Gjerl?w 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 Gjerl?w 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 Gjerl?w 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 Gjerl?w 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 Gjerl?w 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 Gjerl?w Elaine: Frances Brown Dunham: Algy Pug BC, PL, Editor: Bria Snow Moonshine Narrator: clarsach Luke Hazy: clarsach A Revenue Officer: gregevans
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
One-Act Play Collection 011
Here are 10 one act plays offered by various groups of Librivox readers. From Ancient India to the Far Future, from the palaces of royalty to the servants hall, from comedy to tragedy, from deeply philosophical to farcically entertaining. Enjoy! Chitra by Rabindranath Tagore (Coord and Edited by Anastasiia Solokha): Narrator: Foon Madana: Tomas Peter Vasanta: alanmapstone Chitra: Availle Arjuna: ToddHW Villagers: Sonia The Vampire Cat by Gerard van Etten (Coord by Anastasiia Solokha, Edited by ToddHW): Narrator: Ian King Prince Hizen: Tomas Peter Buzen: ToddHW Ruiten: TJ Burns Ito Soda: Chuck Williamson Kashiku: Sonia O Toyo: Availle The Countess of Escarbagnas by Moliere (Coord and Edited by ToddHW): Stage Directions: Sandra Schmit The Count, son to the Countess: DrPGould The Viscount, in love with Julia: ToddHW Mr. Thibaudier, councillor, in love with the Countess: Tomas Peter Mr. Harpin, receiver of taxes, also in love with the Countess: Nemo Mr. Bobinet, tutor to the Count: Eva Davis Jeannot, servant to Mr. Thibaudier: alanmapstone Criquet, servant to the Countess: Jasmin Salma The Countess of Escarbagnas: TJ Burns Julia, in love with the Viscount: Leanne Yau Andr?e, maid to the Countess: Sonia Playgoers by Arthur Wing Pinero (Coord and Edited by ToddHW): Stage Directions: Tomas Peter The Master: ToddHW The Mistress: Sonia The Cook: Linda Olsen Fitak The Kitchenmaid: Jasmin Salma The Parlourmaid: Son of the Exiles The Housemaid: TJ Burns The Useful Maid: Devorah Allen The Odd Man: alanmapstone The Far-Away Princess by Hermann Sudermann (Coord and Edited by Tomas Peter): Narrator: ToddHW The Princess von Geldern: Sandra Schmit Baroness von Brook, her maid of honor: Sonia Frau von Halldorf: Monika M. C. Liddy, her daughter: Maria de F?tima da Silva Milly, her daughter: Maria Joy Fritz Str?bel, a student: Tomas Peter Frau Lindemann: TJ Burns Rosa, a waitress: Foon Food A Tragedy of the Future by William C. de Mille (Coord and Edited by Devorah Allen): Narrator: DrPGould Basil, a New Yorker: Chuck Williamson Irene, his wife: TJ Burns Harold, an officer of the Food Trust: Jim Gallagher A Day Well Spent by John Oxenford (Coord and Edited by Zames Curran): Narrator: Availle Mr. Cotton (an eminent hosier, and old gentleman): ToddHW Mizzle (his apprentice, wishing to be a gentleman): Devorah Allen Bolt (his foreman, quite a gentleman): Tomas Peter Mr. Cutaway (an adventurous gentleman): Zames Curran Sam Newgate (no gentleman): alanmapstone Peter Prig (an ex-foreman, likewise no gentleman): Campbell Schelp Miss Harriet Cotton (an adventurous lady): Foon Mrs. Stitchley (an old lady): Sonia Miss Brown (her bosom friend?a middle-aged lady): TJ Burns Mrs. Chargely (a beneficent lady): Maria de F?tima da Silva Bridget (a lady?s lady): Pauline Latournerie Waiter: Chuck Williamson 2nd Waiter: Joseph Tabler Servant: Rosa Grace Coachman: Nathan Victoriano Boy: Jasmin Salma Bridges by Clare Kummer (Coord and Edited by Chuck Williamson): Stage Directions: Availle Penfield Parker, Jr. (Of Parker and Son, Bridge Builders): Chuck Williamson Wallie Breen (His friend, also in the office): DrPGould Enid Birdsall (The girl who wants to have a bridge built): Carmen Fullmer Efficiency by Perley Poore Sheehan/Robert H. [Hobart] Davis (Coord by DrPGould, Edited by ToddHW): Narrator: Foon The Emperor (modeled on Kaiser Wilhelm II): Chuck Williamson The Scientist: Availle Number 241: DrPGould Biscuits and Bills by O.B. DuBois (Coord and Edited by Foon): Narrator: Foon Jack Maynard: Ryan Bassette Mrs. Maynard: Maria de F?tima da Silva Mr. Brainard: DrPGould
One-Act Play Collection 012
Here are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from a 1659 farce by Moliere to a 1896 play by Fuller with early LGBT content; a Gilbert play without Sullivan’s music, and many other short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. NOTE: Although the plays here were all published before 1923 and hence are in the Public Domain in the U.S., Pinski, McFadden, and Wilde died in 1959, 1961, and 1953 respectively and their plays may not yet be in the Public Domain in some countries. (Summary by ToddHW) Cast list: 01. The Flying Doctor by Moliere, Run by: ToddHW Val?re, in love with Lucile: ToddHW Sganarelle, servant to Val?re: Tomas Peter Gorgibus, father to Lucile: Aaron White Gros-Ren?, valet to Gorgibus: alanmapstone A Lawyer: Leanne Yau Lucile: Devorah Allen Sabine, cousin to Lucile: Foon Stage Directions: Sonia 02. At Saint Judas’ by Henry Blake Fuller, Run by: Chuck Williamson The Bridegroom: Nemo The Best Man: Tomas Peter The Sacristan: ToddHW Stage Directions: Sonia 03. The Grandmother by Lajos Biro, Run by: Bhavya The Grandmother: Sonia The Blond Young Lady: Foon The Brunette Young Lady: TJ Burns The Bride: Elsie Selwyn The Vivacious Girl: Jenn Broda The Melancholy Girl: Bhavya The Sentimental High School Girl: Devorah Allen The Jovial Young Man: Josh Kibbey The Polite Young Man: Chuck Williamson The Disagreeable Young Man: Tomas Peter Stage directions: Campbell Schelp 04. Everybody’s Husband by Richard Ryan, Run by: Devorah Allen Mr. Alexis Twisselton: Aaron White Mr. Theophilus Bunbury: Tomas Peter Figgins: Larry Wilson Spriggins: ToddHW Dick, a Waiter: Averagemoe Mrs. Pimpernel, Mistress of a Boardinghouse: Pauline Latournerie Fanny, her Daughter: Sonia Miss Thompson, Spriggins’s Ward: TJ Burns Miss Tomkins, Figgins’s Ward: Jenn Broda Mrs. Twisselton: Devorah Allen Maid Servant: Foon Stage Directions: KevinS 05. A Dollar by David Pinski, Run by: TJ Burns The Comedian: Jim Gallagher The Villain: Aaron White The Tragedian: Tomas Peter The Old Man: Nemo The Heroine: Availle The Ingenue: Jenn Broda The Old Woman: Betsy Walker The Stranger: Campbell Schelp Stage Directions: TJ Burns 06. Why the Chimes Rang by Elizabeth Apthorp McFadden, Run by: Larry Wilson Holger – a peasant boy: Nemo Steen – his younger brother: Josh Kibbey Bertel – their uncle: Aaron White Old Woman: Jane Manning Angel: Elsie Selwyn Stage Directions: Larry Wilson 07. The Line of No Resistance by Percival Wilde, Run by: Elsie Selwyn George Robertson: Tomas Peter Jean Robertson: Devorah Allen Ethel Quenton: Betsy Walker Stage Directions: Aaron White 08. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by W. S. Gilbert: ToddHW King Claudius: Aaron White Queen Gertrude: Sonia Rosencrantz: KevinS Guildenstern: Tomas Peter Ophelia: Foon Hamlet: alanmapstone First Player: Campbell Schelp He: Peter Yearsley She: Sandra Schmit Stage Directions: ToddHW 09. First Come, First Served by John Maddison Morton, Run by: David Olson Colonel Challenger: Larry Wilson Harry Barton: Max K?rlinge Basil Royston: Tomas Peter Mrs. Templeton: Sonia Julia Templeton: Devorah Allen Josephine Templeton: Elsie Selwyn Stage Directions: David Olson 10. Wanted, A Male Cook by George Melville Baker, Run by: Elsie Selwyn Mr. Heartwell (an old bachelor): Larry Wilson Joshua Slocum (from Greensville, Maine): ToddHW Teddy Ryan (a native of Ireland): Tomas Peter Fran?ois (a French cook): Pauline Latournerie Stage Directions: Max K?rlinge
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Here, in our 13th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from tales of ancient Greek sailors to a story about early 1900 moonshiners; many short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. NOTE: Although the plays here were all published before 1923 and hence are in the Public Domain in the U.S., Alice Gerstenberg, Elizabeth Lay and Hugh Heffner died in 1972, 1989, and 1985 respectively and their plays may not yet be in the Public Domain in some countries. – Summary by ToddHW Cast list: 1. Love Magic by Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Translated by John Garrett Underhill. Run by: ToddHW The Prologue: ToddHW Pierrot: Tomas Peter Columbine: Sonia Pierrette: TJ Burns Polichinelle: Adrian Stephens Harlequin: Alan Mapstone A Little Girl: Jasmin Salma Stage Directions: Larry Wilson : 2. He Said and She Said: A One-Act Play by Alice Gerstenberg (1885-1972). Run by: TJ Burns Diana Chesbrough, a society girl: JennPratt Enid Haldeman, her friend: thestorygirl Felix Haldeman, her husband: ToddHW Mrs. Cyrus Packard, their friend: TJ Burns Stage Directions: Kelly S. Taylor : 3. The Hartleys, a Play in One Act by Arthur Eckersley. Run by: Campbell Schelp Rupert Hartley: Son of the Exiles Mrs. Hartley: Kelly S. Taylor Hester: thestorygirl George Perrin: ToddHW Maid: Availle Stage Directions: Jenn Broda : 4. The Sicilian, or Love Makes the Painter, by Moliere, translated by Henri Van Laun. Run by: ToddHW Don Pedro, a Sicilian gentleman: Tomas Peter Adraste, a French gentleman, in love with Isidore: Adrian Stephens Isidore, a Greek girl, Don Pedro’s slave: Sonia A Senator: ToddHW Hali, a Turk, Adraste’s slave: Alan Mapstone Zaide, a young slave girl: Jenn Broda First Musician/Philene: Availle Second Musician/Tircis: ToddHW Third Musician/Sheppard: Jim Locke A Slave, singing: Kelly S. Taylor Stage Directions: Rob Marland : 5. When Witches Ride – A Play of Folk-Superstition, by Elizabeth Lay (1897-1989). Run by: ToddHW Uncle Ben, owner of the crossroads store: ToddHW Ed, his son: Larry Wilson Jake, formerly a railroad engineer: Jim Gallagher Phoebe Ward, witch: JennPratt Stage Directions: Kelly S. Taylor : 6. The Woman Tamer, by Louis Esson. Run by: ToddHW “Chopsey” Ryan (thief and busker): Son of the Exiles Smithy the Liar (his cobber): Tomas Peter Katie: Sonia Constable Jones: Algy Pug Stage Directions: Kelly S. Taylor : 7. The Cyclops, by Euripides. Run by: ToddHW Silenus: Jim Locke Odysseus: Adrian Stephens The Cyclops: Alan Mapstone First Half Chorus of Satyrs: ToddHW Second Half Chorus of Satyrs: Jenn Broda Stage Directions: Availle : 8. “Dod Gast Ye Both!”, by Hubert Heffner (1901-1985). Run by: ToddHW Noah Setzer, a mountain moonshiner: EJWiley Walt, his son, an ex-member of the AEF: ambsweet13 Mary, his daughter: Kelly S. Taylor Mose, frequenter of the still and bootlegger for Noah: Wayne Cooke Sank, frequenter of the still and bootlegger for Noah: Jim Locke Bill Spivins, a rough mountaineer: EJWiley Laurence Abner, a “revenoor”: ToddHW Stage Directions: Devorah Allen : 9. An Irish Engagement, by Walter Watts. Run by: Kelly S. Taylor Mr. Bullfinch: Algy Pug Mr. McCarthy: Alan Mapstone Captain Foxlove: ToddHW Tim Rafferty: Andrew James Julia Bullfinch: JennPratt Norah: Nettle Stage Direction: Jenn Broda : 10. Damon, or True Friendship by G E Lessing. Run by: Adrian Stephens The Widow: JennPratt Leander, a Suitor: Adrian Stephens Damon, a Suitor: Jim Locke Oronte, cousin to Damon: Alan Mapstone Lisette, maid to the Widow: Michele Eaton Narrator: Kelly S. Taylor
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Here, in our 15th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from the mid-1600s to the early 1900s, from outright farce to bittersweet relationships, all short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. NOTE: Although the plays here were all published before 1923 and hence are in the Public Domain in the U.S., Moeller died in 1958 while the death dates for Postgate, Crandall, and Bornstead are unknown. Their plays may not yet be in the Public Domain in some countries.. – Summary by ToddHW Cast lists: 1. Re-Taming of the Shrew: A Shakespearean Travesty in One Act by John W. Postgate (?-?). BC for this play is ToddHW Petruchio, a Mad-cap Ruffian Tamed by Marriage: Larry Wilson Angelo, Stern Magistrate Softened by Matrimony: Tomas Peter Duke of Illyria, Sentimental Lover Turned Meek Husband: James R. Hedrick Othello, Fierce Black General Under Sway of his Wife: Wayne Cooke Macbeth, Scottish Chieftain Fond of the Barley Bree: Alan Mapstone Grumio, Reformed Sevant of Petruchio: ToddHW Katherine, Leader in Woman’s Rights Movement: WendyKatzHiller Mariana, Formerly Despondent Lady of the Moated Grange: Jenn Broda Viola, Patience on a Monument Prior to her Marriage: Joanna Michal Hoyt Desdemona, Becomes Suffragist after Eloping with the Moor: Annie Mars Lady Macbeth, Strong-minded Caustic Wife of Witch-ridden Macbeth: mleigh Stage Directions: awonski 2. The Jealousy of Le Barbouille by Moliere, translated by Charles Heron Wall (1836-1905). BC for this play is ToddHW Le Barbouill?, husband to Ang?lique: Joanna Michal Hoyt Gorgibus, father to Ang?lique: Alan Mapstone Val?re, lover to Ang?lique: Tomas Peter Ang?lique: awonski Cathau, maid to Ang?lique: Sonia Villebrequin: Kelly S. Taylor The Doctor: ToddHW La Vall?e: Greg Giordano Stage Directions: Larry Wilson 3. A Photographic Fix by Frederic Hay. BC for this play is SonOfTheExiles Michael Angelo Chrome: ToddHW Ebenezer Staggers: Andrew James Bob Cropp: Son of the Exiles Miss Diana Duff: Availle Miss Caroline Cropp: Sonia Stage Directions: WendyKatzHiller 4. Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady by J.R. Planche (1796-1880). BC for this play is ktaylor07 King Charles II of Spain Matea Bracic Duchess de Torreneuva Kelly S. Taylor Ruy Gomez cavaet Leonora Elise Dee Marquis de Santa Cruz Andrew James Guzman Greg Giordano Pedro Adrian Stephens Lopez Larry Wilson Page Adrian Stephens Stage Directions Tchaikovsky 5. The Roadhouse in Arden by Philip Moeller (died 1958). BC for this play is mleigh Master Hamlet, the keeper of the inn: Greg Giordano Mistress Cleopatra Hamlet, his wife: mleigh Master Robin Goodfellow Hamlet, their son: Scotty Smith Mistress Immortality: Jenn Broda Sir Francis B., a literary man from London: David Moon Sir William S., a literary man from London: ToddHW Stage Directions: Joanna Michal Hoyt 6. In the Shadow of the Glen by John Millington Synge (1871 ? 1909). BC for this play is AngeliqueAnja Daniel Burke, an elderly farmer: Alan Mapstone Nora Burke, his young wife: Annie Mars Michael Dara, a youthful shepherd: Tomas Peter A Tramp: Algy Pug Stage Directions: Availle 7. The Last Rehearsal by Irene Jean Crandall (dates unknown). BC for this play is jennlea Margery Patterson, The Ingenue: Linda Webster Harold Spaulding, The Lover: Tomas Peter M. Forbes-Smith, The Stage Manager: Andrew Gaunce Doris Street, The Playwright: TJ Burns Isabel Brookins, The Leading Lady: Jenn Broda Stage Directions: ToddHW 8. The Trysting Place: A Farce in One Act by Booth Tarkington (1869-1946). BC for this play was Ambsweet13, now Rapunzelina Mrs. Curtis, The Young Woman, twenty-five or perhaps even a little older.: Joanna Michal Hoyt Lancelot Briggs, The Boy, slim and obviously under twenty.: Tim Jones Mrs. Briggs, his mother, a handsome woman of forty-five or fifty.: mleigh Jessie, his sister, a pretty girl of about twenty.: JennPratt Rupert Smith, The Young Man, about twenty-five.: Tomas Peter Mr. Ingoldsby, a man of fifty-five or, possibly, sixty.: Andrew James The