Love's Labour's Lost [by William Shakespeare] [Read by a full cast]

Love's Labour's Lost is an early comedy by William Shakespeare. Ferdinand, the King of Navarre, and his three friends take a vow of study and seclusion for three years, during which they are forbidden to see or speak to women. Their vows are immediately tested by the arrival of the Pricess of France and her three ladies to the King's court. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Cast:
Biron: mb
Boyet: Mark Penfold
Costard: John D. Nugent
Don Adriano de Armado: David Goldfarb
Dull:David Lawrence
Dumain: om123
Ferdinand: Bruce Pirie
First Lord: Vicente Costa Filho
Forester: Philippa
Holofernes: Denny Sayers
Jaquenetta: Chelsea Baker
Katharine: Nadine Eckert-Boulet
Longaville: Ric F
Maria: Availle
Mercade: Kim Stich
Moth: Karen Savage
Princess of France: Elizabeth Klett
Rosaline: Arielle Lipshaw
Sir Nathaniel: Robert Fletcher
Narrator: Dawn Krosnowski Malicsi
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett

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Love's Labour's Lost [by William Shakespeare] [Read by a full cast]

Ghosts [by Henrik Ibsen]

Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts was first published in 1881 and staged in 1882, and like his earlier play A Doll's House, profoundly shocked his contemporaries. Dubbed "a dirty deed done in public" by one of its critics, the play focuses on (among other things) venereal disease, euthanasia, and incest. The original title literally means "the ones who return," and the play is about how we can deal with the awful legacy of the past.

Cast:
Mrs. Alving: Elizabeth Klett
Oswald Alving: mb
Pastor Manders: Bruce Pirie
Jacob Engstrand: Algy Pug
Regina Engstrand: Availle
Narrator: J. M. Smallheer

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Ghosts [by Henrik Ibsen]

Pandora's Box [by Frank Wedekind] [Cast Recording]

Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed".

Following the events of Earth Spirit, Pandora's Box charts the downward spiral of Lulu and her companions. Lulu once again plays the role of unwitting temptress, a siren-like libertine who seals the destruction of her friends and lovers. The play begins with Lulu's escape from prison, shows us the formation of a perverse makeshift family unit, and documents the deterioration of her social standing and personal freedom. With an almost fatalistic precision, Wedekind concludes the play in a shocking scene of vice and violence.

Cast
Lulu: Amanda Friday
Alva Schon: Chuck Williamson
Schigolch: Alan Mapstone
Rodrigo Quast/Kungu Poti: Wupperhippo
Alfred Hugenberg: Charlotte Duckett
Countess Geschwitz: Caprisha Page
Bianetta/Kadidia: Sally Mc
Ludmilla Steinherz/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett
Magelone: Margaret Espaillat
Count Casti Piani: Algy Pug
Puntschu: Alan Weyman
Heilmann/Dr. Hilti: bala
Bob: rookieblue
Detective: Grendel B. Lightyear
Jack: Bob Gonzalez
Audio edited by Chuck Williamson
[translated by Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr]

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Pandora's Box [by Frank Wedekind] [Cast Recording]

The Duchess of Padua [by Oscar Wilde] [Read by a full cast]

Guido Ferranti, a young man, travels to Padua with his friend Ascanio after receiving a mysterious letter from a stranger, claiming to know the true secret of Guido's birth. His plan of revenge goes awry, however, when he falls in love with his enemy's beautiful wife, the Duchess of Padua.

Cast:
Simone Gesso, Duke of Padua; Hugo the Headsman: Algy Pug
Beatrice, Duchess of Padua: Arielle Lipshaw
Andreas Pollajuolo, Cardinal of Padua: ToddHW
Maffio Petrucci; Servant; First Soldier; Usher: Charlotte Duckett
Jeppo Vitellozzo; Count Moranzone: Martin Geeson
Taddeo Bardi; Bernardo Cavalcanti, Lord Justice of Padua; Third Soldier: Elizabeth Klett
Guido Ferranti: Max Körlinge
Ascanio Cristofano: Alan Mapstone
Lucy, a Tirewoman: April Gonzales
First Citizen: Kristingj
Second Citizen: CaprishaPage
Third Citizen: Grace
Tipstaff; Second Soldier: Chuck Williamson
Narrator: Ernst Pattynama

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The Duchess of Padua [by Oscar Wilde] [Read by a full cast]

Volpone, or, The Fox [by Ben Jonson] [Read by a full cast]

Volpone is a comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is among the finest Jacobean Era comedies. Volpone is a Venetian gentleman who pretends to be on his deathbed, after a long illness, in order to dupe Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino, three men who aspire to inherit his fortune. In their turns, each man arrives to Volpone’s house bearing a luxurious gift, intent upon having his name inscribed to the will of Volpone, as his heir. Mosca, Volpone’s parasite servant, encourages each man, Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino, to believe that he has been named heir to Volpone’s fortune; in the course of which, Mosca persuades Corbaccio to disinherit his own son in favour of Volpone. - Summary by Wikipedia

Cast list:
Volpone, a magnifico: Zachary Brewster-Geisz
Mosca, his parasite: Elizabeth Klett
Voltore, an advocate: Peter Tucker
Corbaccio, an old gentleman: alanmapstone
Corvino, a merchant: Beth Thomas
Bonario, son to Corbaccio: ToddHW
Sir Politick Would-Be, a knight: ToddHW
Peregrine, a gentleman traveler: inflected
Nano, a dwarf: mb
Castrone, an eunuch / Fourth Avocatore: bala
Androgyno, an hermaphrodite / Notario, the register: Libby Gohn
Lady Would-Be, Sir Politick's wife: Frances Brown
Celia, Corvino's wife: Sarah Terry
First Waiting-Woman / Servant: Availle
First Avocatore / First Merchant: Mary Kay
Second Avocatore / Second Merchant: Mary J
Third Avocatore / Third Merchant: Elizabeth Klett
Narrator: Elizabeth Klett

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Volpone, or, The Fox [by Ben Jonson] [Read by a full cast]

The Village Coquettes [by Charles Dickens]

Before he started writing novels, Charles Dickens tried his hand at theater. The Village Coquettes is a two act musical. Sadly the music was lost long ago so this will be a spoken version. This play completes the recording of the relatively unknown plays of Dickens in celebration of his 200th birthday! (Summary by ToddHW)

Cast
Squire Norton: Todd
The Honorable Sparkins Flam: Elizabeth Klett
Old Benson: Alan Mapstone
Mr. Martin Stokes: Brett W. Downey
George Edmunds: engineerdst
Young Benson: Charlotte Duckett
John Maddox: John Trevithick
Lucy Benson: Amanda Friday
Rose: Eden Rea-Hedrick
Servant: Marmalade Hanna
Narrator: Caprisha Page

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The Village Coquettes [by Charles Dickens]

Hamlet [by William Shakespeare] [Version 2]

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother. The play vividly portrays both true and feigned madness – from overwhelming grief to seething rage – and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. 

Read by Sam Stinson.

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Hamlet [by William Shakespeare] [Version 2]