Satire

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, …

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…

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 …

Prejudices, Second Series

Read by Jim Locke


H. L. Mencken


Mencken is famous for his sometimes-savage attacks on almost everything humans can in their stupidity and priggishness and prejudice conjure…

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…

Bob & Ray WOR #129 September 06, 1973


Unknown


Chester Hasbrook Frisby admits he is out of story ideas. Pat Buttram makes jokes  Firemen putting out studio fire. Thursday,  …

Bob & Ray WOR #134 September 13, 1973


Unknown


Mary Backstage - Following Fox hunt, ordering breakfast. Thursday, September 13, 1973

Bob & Ray WOR #122 August 28, 1973


Unknown


Mr and Mrs Broadway show, 5:25 AM Tuesday,     08/28/1973

Bob and Ray WOR 783 March 08, 1976


Greybelt


"Monday, March 08, 1976", 0:00 Opening the big banner show with Webley, sounding a little blue over his handiwork, playing the org…

Bob and Ray WOR 067 June 13 1973


BNRToast


Walking the plank  Capt turns nice Wednesday  June 13  1973

A Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers

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Charles Macklin


This "Afterpiece" - a short play to follow a main production - was first produced in 1746. It was based on Regnard's five-act com…

Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes

Read by Lisa Reichert


Edward Jenkins


In the second half of the 19th century, London was becoming a wealthy, industrialized city. It attracted many working class people from near…

The World of Fashion

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John Oxenford


This Victorian-era dramedy was adapted by playwright/critic John Oxenford from Eugene Scribe and Ernst Legouvé’s “Les doigts de f&eac…

Bob & Ray WOR #115 August 17, 1973


Unknown


2nd episode of TV show, everyone tired    Friday, 08/17/73

Die gotischen Zimmer

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August Strindberg


Fortsetzung des Romanes "Das rote Zimmer". Die Handlung dieses (satirischen) gesellschaftskritischen Romans spielt im gleichen Mil…

Bob & Ray WOR #130 September 07, 1973


Unknown


Incomplete script, cast reads as Chester Hasbrook Frisby types the story.   Friday,     09/07/1973Next week the cast arr…

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