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Introduction, Dramatis Personae and Prologue
Read by Alan Mapstone
Jean Racine
In Esther
Esther — the first of Racine's two sacred dramas — is a tragedy in the Aristotelian acceptation of the term, as being concerned with a great…
The Drama: A Quarterly Review
Read by Bellona Times
Various
This is a collection of theatrical essays from the American quarterly The Drama, including six non-fiction works -- 3 profiles: Schnitzler, …
The Grim Echo
In Philip Marlowe 50 02 14 The Grim Echo
Marlowe gets stuck in a snowstorm and finds refuge at an Inn run by a family with a grudge against him.
Dramatis Personae
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William Shakespeare
In The Second Part of King Henry IV (version 2)
This sequel and third entry of the Henriad immediately follows the events of Henry IV, Part 1 and the aftermath of the Battle of Shrewsbury,…
Dramatis Personae
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William Shakespeare
In Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
Temptations and infatuations abound in this sparklingly linguistic early comedy from Shakespeare, where cerebral pursuits and ascetic intent…
Drama: General Introduction, by George Pierce Baker
Read by S. Emily Lee
Charles William Eliot
In Lectures on the Harvard Classics
The Lecture Series on the contents of The Harvard Classics ought to do much to open that collection of literary materials to many ambitious …
Introduction and Dramatis Personae
Read by Alan Mapstone
Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe
In Dido, Queen of Carthage
Dido, Queen of Carthage is the earliest of Christopher Marlowe's known plays, possibly written while he was still a student at Corpus Christ…
Dramatis Personæ
Read by Mayah
William Shakespeare
In Othello (Version 2)
Othello is a tragedy about the downfall of the titular hero, Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice. His cunning ensign, Iago, …
Introduction
Read by pintri
Henrik Ibsen
In Hedda Gabler (version 3)
Hedda Gabler is a play in four acts written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and originally staged in 1891 in Munich. The play dramatize…
ACT 1
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Nicholas Rowe
In Jane Shore: A Tragedy
Covering some of the plot of Shakespeare's Richard III, Jane Shore focuses on the mistress of the late Edward IV, also known as "The Wh…
Avarice
In The Whistler 42 11 29 Avarice
A gambler in heavy debt whose wealthy but ailing wife has refused to pay off any more of his debts, has only three days to pay up, or else.
Out of Control
In Bold Venture 51 09 10 Out Of Control
Slate and Sailor watch as a woman crashes her boat into a seawall to her death in an apparent suicide. Her fiancee insists it was murder and…
Hillbilly Drama
In Fred Allen Show 46 02 24 Hillbilly Drama
Fred goes to Allen's Alley to ask "Do you believe in hobbies and if you do, what is your hobby?" The DeMarco Sisters sing "Yo…
03 Drama, Theatre Of The Mind Excerpts
In This Was Radio
A collection of audio files from the audio CD companion of This Was Radio, a Great American Audio book by Ronald Lachmann