Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Beyond the Horizon [by Eugene O'Neill]

Beyond the Horizon is a 1920 play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. It was O'Neill's first full-length work, and the winner of the 1920 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play focuses on the portrait of a family, and particularly two brothers Andrew and Robert. In the first act of the play, Robert is about to go off to sea with their uncle Dick, a sea captain while Andrew looks forward to marrying his sweetheart Ruth and working on the family farm as he starts a family. 

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Beyond the Horizon [by Eugene O'Neill]

Sunday, 10 May 2015

Pride and Prejudice: A Play [by Mary Keith Medbery Mackaye]

Pride and Prejudice, a comedy of manners and marriage, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. In this dramatic adaption by Mary Keith Medbery Macakaye some liberties are taken with the storyline and characters, but it is still a fun listen or read. Perhaps a good introduction for someone not ready to tackle the complete novel ~ and for the reader familiar with the work, a laugh can be had at the changes that were made in order to adapt it to the stage

Cast:
Mr. Darcy: Algy Pug
Mr. Bingley: Chris Marcellus
Colonel Fitzwilliam/Harris/Martin: ToddHW
Mr. Bennet: Robert Hoffman and Kevin W. Davidson
Mr. Collins: Noel Badrian
Sir William Lucas: Nolan Fout
Colonel Forster: Anthony
Mr. Wickham: Chuck Williamson
Mr. Denny: VikingJames
Mrs. Bennet: Kristingj
Jane Bennet: Tiffany Halla Colonna
Elizabeth Bennet: Elizabeth Klett
Lydia Bennet/Lady Lucas: Duan
Charlotte Lucas: Amanda Friday
Miss Bingley: April Gonzales
Lady Catherine De Bourg: Nathanial W.C. Higgins
Hill (The Housekeeper at Longbourn): KerrieRae Clarke
Martha (The Maid at Mr. Collins's Parsonage): Availle
Narrator: Lauren Burwell
Audio edited by Maria Therese

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A Dream Play [by August Strindberg]

A Dream Play was written in 1901 by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. It was first performed in Stockholm on 17 April 1907. It remains one of Strindberg's most admired and influential dramas, seen as an important precursor to both dramatic Expressionism and Surrealism. The primary character in the play is Agnes, a daughter of the Vedic god Indra. She descends to Earth to bear witness to problems of human beings. She meets about 40 characters, some of them having a clearly symbolical value (such as four deans representing theology, philosophy, medicine, and law). After experiencing all sorts of human suffering (for example poverty, cruelty, and the routine of family life), the daughter of gods realizes that human beings are to be pitied.

(Translated by Edwin Bjorkman.)

Cast:
The Daughter of Indra (Agnes); Voice of the Women (+ All); The Crew: Amanda Friday
The Officer (+All in III): Ron Altman
The Lawyer; All Right-Minded: Chuck Williamson
The Poet: Lucy Perry
The Voice of Indra: om123
The Glazier; Voice of the Men, Tenor and Bass (+All); The Crew: alanmapstone
The Father; He (+All); The Second Coalheaver; Dean of Philosophy: ToddHW
The Mother: Margaret Espaillat
Lena: Rebecca Braunert-Plunkett
The Portress; The Wife; The Gentleman: CaprishaPage
The Billposter: EccentricOwl
Victoria (also "A Woman's Voice from Above"); She (+All): Elizabeth Klett
The Ballet Girl; Voice of the Children (+All); The Crew: Frances Brown
The Male Chorus Singer; The Boy (+All the Boys): Libby Gohn
The Prompter; The Blind Man (+All): Mary J
The Policeman; The Husband; Dean of Jurisprudence: Arnaldo Machado
Christine; The First Coalheaver: KHand
The Master of Quarantine (+All in Act II): Zachary Brewster-Geisz
The Pensioner (+ All); The Naval Officer; Dean of Theology: Prachi Pendse
The Maids; The Lady; Don Juan: WoollyBee
Edith; Dean of Medicine: Anna Simon
The Teacher: Savannah
Lord Chancellor: Josh Kirsh
Narrator: Sarah Terry

Edited by Chuck Williamson


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Monday, 4 May 2015

Trifles [by Susan Glaspell]

On the surface, this short play is a slice-of-life story about a murder investigation in the rural United States. However, it is also a story about the relationships between men and women, husbands and wives, and the often-overlooked "trifles" which can say so much about a person's life.

Cast
George Henderson (County Attorney): mb
Henry Peters (Sheriff): Guero
Lewis Hale (a neighboring farmer): Anthony
Mrs. Peters: Arielle Lipshaw
Mrs. Hale: Elizabeth Klett
Narrator: David Lawrence
Audio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

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She Stoops to Conquer [by Oliver Goldsmith]

In She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night, a young lady pretends to be a servant in order to win the notice of a young man who is painfully shy around women of his own class. Hilarious misadventures and mayhem ensue before matters are neatly wrapped up at the end. This play, one of the great English comedies, was first performed in 1773 and continues to be very popular with audiences today. (Summary by LA Walden)

Cast:
Mr. Hardcastle - Bob Neufeld
Sir Charles Marlow - David Lawrence
Young Marlow - bala
Hastings - Brett W. Downey
Tony Lumpkin - ToddHW
Mrs. Hardcastle - Availle
Miss Hardcastle -Arielle Lipshaw
Miss Neville - Charlotte Duckett
First Fellow and First Servant - Drakaunus
Second Fellow, Second Servant, and Jeremy - rookieblue
Third Fellow, Third Servant, and Roger - Joseph Abell
Fourth Fellow and Diggory - Algy Pug
Landlord and Mr. Woodward - zaanta
Maid - Amanda Friday
Servant - Elizabeth Klett
Stage directions - Laurie Anne Walden
Audio edited by Laurie Anne Walden

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Saturday, 2 May 2015

One Day More [by Joseph Conrad]

A one-act play. Eccentric (crazy?) Captain Hagberd has been waiting for years for his son to come home from the sea. He has scrimped and saved, outfitting a house for Harry to inherit upon his return, which will be in only "one day more." He has also planned that Harry will marry Bessie, the repressed maiden next door. 

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One Day More [by Joseph Conrad]

Sweethearts [by 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 story of the differing recollections of a man and a woman about their last meeting together before being separated and reunited after 30 years. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Read by a full cast.

Cast
Harry Spreadbrow: Algy Pug
Jenny Northcott: Amanda Friday
Wilcox: Bellona Times
Ruth: Elizabeth Klett
Narrator: Chris Cartwright

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