Satire
Ballad of the Canal
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Phoebe Cary
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Ballad of the Canal by Phoebe Cary. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 4, …
The Cabinet Minister
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Mr. Pinero holds that farce should treat of probable people placed in possible circumstances, but regarded from a point of view which exagge…
Nicholas Nickleby: A Farce in 2 Acts
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Edward Stirling
This stage adaptation of Dickens’ novel debuted in November of 1838 at the Adelphi Theater in London. Only eight installments of the story …
Bob and Ray WOR 789 March 16, 1976
BNRToast
Tuesday, March 16, 1976 Looking for Mary in a restaurant Next Episode: https://archive.org/details/BnR79003171976 0:00 Welcoming the listene…
George Dandin: or The Abashed Husband
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Henri Van Laun and Molière
"The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle having been ratified ... and peace being assured ... Louis XIV resolved to give a festival in his favori…
Bob & Ray WOR #129 September 06, 1973
Unknown
Chester Hasbrook Frisby admits he is out of story ideas. Pat Buttram makes jokes Firemen putting out studio fire. Thursday, …
Die gotischen Zimmer
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August Strindberg
Fortsetzung des Romanes "Das rote Zimmer". Die Handlung dieses (satirischen) gesellschaftskritischen Romans spielt im gleichen Mil…
Aus dem Märchenbuch der Wahrheit
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Fritz Mauthner
Sammlung meist sehr tiefsinniger bzw hintergründiger Kurzgeschichten, oft mit philosphischem oder sozialem Gehalt und Bezug zu mancher …
Bob & Ray WOR #134 September 13, 1973
Unknown
Mary Backstage - Following Fox hunt, ordering breakfast. Thursday, September 13, 1973
The World of Fashion
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John Oxenford
This Victorian-era dramedy was adapted by playwright/critic John Oxenford from Eugene Scribe and Ernst Legouvé’s “Les doigts de f&eac…
Bob and Ray WOR 783 March 08, 1976
Greybelt
"Monday, March 08, 1976", 0:00 Opening the big banner show with Webley, sounding a little blue over his handiwork, playing the org…
A Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers
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Charles Macklin
This "Afterpiece" - a short play to follow a main production - was first produced in 1746. It was based on Regnard's five-act com…
Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes
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Edward Jenkins
In the second half of the 19th century, London was becoming a wealthy, industrialized city. It attracted many working class people from near…
