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Ein Stück über die Neugierde um die geheimen Riten der Freimaurer und den Versuch diese, durch unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten…

The Litigants

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Jean Racine

This play, which is neither a comedy or a farce but has elements in common with each, was first performed in 1668 at Paris, and afterwards a…

Don Quixote in England

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Henry Fielding

"The Audience, I believe, are all acquainted with the Character of Don Quixote and Sancho. I have brought them over into England, and i…

Bob and Ray WOR 072 June 20, 1973

BNRToast

Wednesday, the last day of spring. Bob & Ray discuss newsman Henry Gladstone’s musical ability.

The "Mind The Paint" Girl

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Arthur Wing Pinero

Another Pinero play from the early 1900s. With a social message about the effects of stardom on the star as well as those that love them. &q…

The Old Bachelor

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William Congreve

"In The Old Bachelor we have three or four concurrent plots, which become interwoven, indeed, at the end.... It is recorded that the s…

Peg O' My Heart

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John Hartley Manners

The Chichester family have just gone bankrupt due to bank failure. Their situation looks gloomy until Mrs. Chichester learns of the death of…

The Conscious Lovers

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Richard Steele

As early as 1720 Steele spoke in the Theatre of "a friend of mine" who was lately preparing a comedy according to the just laws of…

The Notary's Nose

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Edmond About

Ironic and Satirical: A successful Parisian notary, Alfred L’Ambert, is smitten with a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer. After a quarrel, his…

Cupid's Cyclopedia

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Oliver Herford

This 1910 short work is by the English-born American humorist, satirist, and illustrator Oliver Herford, aided by another caricaturist and i…

Back to Methuselah

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George Bernard Shaw

In this late work, Shaw examines many contemporary issues under the broad rubric of evolution and then illustrates his opinions in five brie…

The Follies of a Day; OR, The Marriage of Figaro (English)

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Pierre Beaumarchais

This is Thomas Holcroft's English translation, obtained by attending Pierre Beaumarchais' French play nine times in Paris during its origina…

El perro del hortelano

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Félix Lope De Vega

El perro del hortelano es una comedia de Lope de Vega publicada en 1618. Es uno de los clásicos más conocidos del Siglo de Oro…

Zadig or The Book of Fate (Version 2)

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Voltaire

"there is no Evil under the Sun, but some Good proceeds from it:" -- this quote from this novel sums it up. One of Voltaire's most…

Ballad of the Canal

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Phoebe Cary

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Ballad of the Canal by Phoebe Cary. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 4, …

Nicholas Nickleby: A Farce in 2 Acts

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Edward Stirling

This stage adaptation of Dickens’ novel debuted in November of 1838 at the Adelphi Theater in London. Only eight installments of the story …

The Cabinet Minister

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Arthur Wing Pinero

Mr. Pinero holds that farce should treat of probable people placed in possible circumstances, but regarded from a point of view which exagge…

Bob and Ray WOR 789 March 16, 1976

BNRToast

Tuesday, March 16, 1976 Looking for Mary in a restaurant Next Episode: https://archive.org/details/BnR79003171976 0:00 Welcoming the listene…

George Dandin: or The Abashed Husband

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Henri Van Laun and Molière

"The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle having been ratified ... and peace being assured ... Louis XIV resolved to give a festival in his favori…

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