The Hoodoo
Walter Ben Hare
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Everybody is in town for the wedding of Brighton Early and Miss Amy Lee. Unfortunately that includes Brighton's former flame, his handsome friend Billy with wandering eyes, a king's ransom in family jewels, a marvelous Egyptian scarab with a supposed history of evil influence. And, of course, a clever burglar. Along with several other characters to round out the cast of this farce....
- Summary by ToddHW
Cast list:
Brighton Early, about to be married: Greg Giordano
Billy Jackson, the heart breaker: Tomas Peter
Professor Solomon Spiggot, an authority on Egypt: ToddHW
Hemachus Spiggot, his son, aged seventeen: Adrian Stephens
Mr. Malachi Meek, a lively old gentleman of sixty-nine: Alan Mapstone
Mr. Dun, the burglar: Andrew Gaunce
Miss Amy Lee, about to be married: Rina Zelen Souppa
Mrs. Perrington-Shine, her aunt and Mr. Meek's daughter: mleigh
Gwendolyn Perrington-Shine, who does just as mamma says: jcorcoran13
Dodo De Graft, the Dazzling Daisy: Jenn Broda
Mrs. Ima Clinger, the fascinating young widow: Krista Zaleski
Angelina, her angel child, aged eight: Carol Sutton
Miss Doris Ruffles, Amy's maid of honor: Marie Christian
Mrs. Semiramis Spiggot, the mother of seven: Sonia
Eupepsia Spiggot, her daughter, aged sixteen: SaraHale
Miss Longnecker, a public school-teacher: Nissy
Lulu, by name and nature: TJ Burns
Aunt Paradise, the colored cook lady: Jacqueline Tyler.
Stage Directions: MichaelMaggs
Editing: ToddHW
(3 hr 8 min)
Chapters
Act 1, Part 1 | 44:40 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Act 1, Part 2 | 35:04 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Act 2 | 1:06:49 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Act 3 | 41:47 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Reviews
Genevieve Kara-Tefft
I fell asleep listening to this. the play was 🤷♀️