Plays

The Magnificent Lovers

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Molière


"The King [Louis XIV], who will have nothing but what is magnificent in all he undertakes, wished to give his court an entertainment wh…

Inheritors

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Susan Glaspell


Inheritors, (1921) by American dramatist Susan Glaspell concerns the legacy of an idealistic farmer who wills his highly coveted midwest far…

The Recruiting Officer

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George Farquhar


The author was himself a recruiting officer, and possibly gathered all the materials for this play on the very spot where he has placed his …

The Benefit of the Doubt

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Arthur Wing Pinero


The plot resolves around a young woman being cited in court as "The Other Woman" in a divorce case, and how her family reacts to i…

Siberia

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James Clarence Mangan


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Siberia by James Clarence Mangan. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 2, 20…

Every Man In His Humour

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Ben Jonson


Knowell, an old man - rumor says Shakespeare originally played this part - tries to spy upon the doings of his potentially wayward son. Mean…

One-Act Play Collection 013

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Various


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…

The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith

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Arthur Wing Pinero


Lucas Cleeve is living in Venice with a widow, Mrs. Ebbsmith. His relatives do not accept this arrangement and come to intervene. Note that …

Mrs. Pretty and The Premier

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Arthur Adams


The Premier has decided that being married would be good for his image. He asks his stenographer for advice: (Premier) Good. Just jot me dow…

Lady Frederick, a Comedy in Three Acts

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W. Somerset Maugham


Lady Frederick is a comedy by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, written early in his career. The play was first seen in London in 1907…

Lines: We Meet Not As We Parted

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Percy Bysshe Shelley


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Lines: "We Meet Not As We Parted," by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This was the Weekly Poe…

Five Little Plays

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Alfred Sutro


British dramatist Alfred Sutro's collection contains five one act plays: "The Man in the Stalls," "A Marriage Has Been Arrang…

Eunuchus: The Eunuch

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Terence


Another of the plays by Terence translated from the Latin by Riley. "A certain citizen of Athens had a daughter named Pamphila, and a s…

Lucian's Dialogues Volume 4: Zeus the Tragedian

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Lucian Of Samosata


Zeus, gloomy and in tragic distress, is implored by Hermes and Athena to divulge the cause of his melancholy condition; while Hera, true to …

The New York Idea

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Langdon Mitchell


I find it very hard to classify "The New York Idea" under any of the established rubrics. It is rather too extravagant to rank as …

Sweethearts

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W. S. Gilbert


Sweethearts is a comic play billed as a "dramatic contrast" in two acts by W. S. Gilbert. The play tells a sentimental and ironic …

Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 13

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William Shakespeare


This is the thirteenth collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Our readers have chosen their favourite monologues from Shakespear…

The Impostures of Scapin

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Molière


Scapin is a liar, a schemer, an arrogant meddler who thinks he can make people do anything. And yet sometimes he acts in the cause of good. …

Modern Monologues

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Marjorie Benton Cooke


The monologue is a character study in little; the apotheosis of a chosen individuality. All the little studies in this book have stood the t…

At The Sign of The Greedy Pig

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Charles S. Brooks


"Sometimes, in a mood of Spanish castles, there flits across my fancy the vision of an ancient city on a hill-top, with lofty battlemen…

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