Plays
Lady Frederick
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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…
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…
One-Act Play Collection
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Various
Here, in our 16th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from Moliere to Jane Austen, from Comedy to Tragedy, all i…
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
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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…
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
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E. Nesbit and William Shakespeare
Adaptations of Shakespearian plays for young readers. - Summary by ShrimpPhish
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…
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 …
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. …
Shakespeare Monologues Collection
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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…
One-Act Play Collection
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Various
Here, in our 20th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from pure fantasy, historical, farces, and dramas. All sho…
The Big Drum
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Another Pinero play. Biting satire this time, ironic comedy - not a farce. The Big Drum, a novel being written by Phil, one of the main char…
Androcles and the Lion
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George Bernard Shaw
A dramatic version of the classic fable of a kind man who comes across a lion with a thorn in its paw, his compassion for the injured lion p…
Fanny's First Play
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George Bernard Shaw
Fanny who is the daughter of a Count has written a play. Having hired professional actors and invited some major critics. She is keeping her…
Mercator
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Titus Maccius Plautus
Unaware that the woman Pasicompsa is his son's mistress, since the son says that he has brought her home to be his mother's attendant, an ag…
Hänsel and Gretel
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Adelheid Wette
Adelheid Wette asked that her older brother, Engelbert Humperdinck, compose music for some children's song lyrics she had written. That simp…
One-Act Play Collection
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Various
Here, in our 21st collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. There are two plays from the 1700s, Congreve's "Judgement of Par…
One-Act Play Collection 022
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Various
Our 22nd collection contains 10 One Act Plays for the enjoyment of our listeners. The plays were selected by our volunteers and the collecti…