Plays - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 6
Heautontimorumenos; the Self-Tormentor - TERENCE
Heautontimorumenos; the Self-Tormentor - TERENCE
- Author: TERENCE
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Plays
Terence's six plays are comedies written while he was a slave to a Roman senator. In this one, a severe father compels his son Clinia, in love with Antiphila, to go abroad to the wars; and repenting of what has been done, torments himself in mind. -...
Alias Miss Sherlock - Arthur Lewis Tubbs
Alias Miss Sherlock - Arthur Lewis Tubbs
- Author: Arthur Lewis Tubbs
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Plays / Romance
Dick Brewster is implicated in a murder and comes to his aunt's farm to hide. His Aunt Sarah stands by him in his need and they all move to the city in the effort to clear his name. She investigates on her own account and.... - Summary by The Author...
Monsieur De Pourceaugnac - Molière
Monsieur De Pourceaugnac - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Plays / Satire
'Monsieur de Pourceaugnac', acted on October 6, 1669, is nothing but a farce. But Molière excels in farce as well as in higher comedy, and 'Monsieur de Pourceaugnac' is one of the best of its kind. The attacks upon the doctors of the time are not...
Amphitryon - Molière
Amphitryon - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Plays / Comedy
"The history of Amphitryon and Alcmene, or rather the myth of the birth of Hercules, is certainly very old, and is to be found in the literature of different nations." Under Moliere's touch, it becomes "One of the most charming and natural comedies...
The Devil's Disciple - George Bernard Shaw
The Devil's Disciple - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Plays
Set during the American Revolution. Richard Dudgeon, put off by the dour religious ferocity of his mother and many of his neighbors, declares himself to be the devil's disciple, befriends the town's disreputable characters, repulses minister Anthony...
Eunuchus: The Eunuch - TERENCE
Eunuchus: The Eunuch - TERENCE
- Author: TERENCE
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Plays
Another of the plays by Terence translated from the Latin by Riley. "A certain citizen of Athens had a daughter named Pamphila, and a son called Chremes. The former was stolen while an infant, and sold to a Rhodian merchant, who having made a...
One-Act Play Collection 016 - Various
One-Act Play Collection 016 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Plays
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 in short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. - Summary by ToddHW Cast lists: 1. Hyacinth Halvey...
Lady Huntworth's Experiment - R. C. Carton
Lady Huntworth's Experiment - R. C. Carton
- Author: R. C. Carton
- Genre: Family Life / Plays / Romance
Lady Huntworth is in disguise and under cover as a cook. She entertains a number of men and the comedy ensues.- Summary by Michele Eaton Stage Directions: wib66 Captain Dorvastan: adrianstephens Reverend Audley Pillenger: toddhw Reverend Thorsby:...
Crossings: A Fairy Play - Walter De la Mare
Crossings: A Fairy Play - Walter De la Mare
- Author: Walter De la Mare
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Plays
Under the terms of a will, the Wildersham children have to relocate from the family house in the city to "Crossings" in the country, and to spend the first fortnight alone fending for themselves in the house. The children encounter interesting...
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd - D. H. Lawrence
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Family Life / Plays
Mrs. Holroyd is married to a loutish miner, who drinks, apparently patronizes prostitutes, and apparently brutalizes her. When a gentlemanly neighbor makes romantic advances to her, she wishes her husband dead. - Summary by Michele Eaton Cast List:...
The Times - Arthur Wing Pinero
The Times - Arthur Wing Pinero
- Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
- Genre: Plays
Percy Egerton-Bompas, M.P., and Mrs Bompas have secrets in their family. Which promise grave difficulties as they try to marry off their daughter. To say nothing of the potential political implications to a promising career.... A comedy. Which, with...
The Conscious Lovers - Richard STEELE
The Conscious Lovers - Richard STEELE
- Author: Richard STEELE
- Genre: Plays / Satire
As early as 1720 Steele spoke in the Theatre of "a friend of mine" who was lately preparing a comedy according to the just laws of the stage, and had introduced a scene in which the first character bore unprovoked wrong, denied a duel, and still...
Galahad Jones - Arthur ADAMS
Galahad Jones - Arthur ADAMS
- Author: Arthur ADAMS
- Genre: Plays
Dramatised by Australian playwright Arthur Adams from his book of the same name, this is labeled "A Comedy with a Tragic Tang". The author claims there is an alternative ending he wrote much against his will, but he declines to print it. - Summary...
The Vortex - Noël Coward
The Vortex - Noël Coward
- Author: Noël Coward
- Genre: Plays / Drama
Noel Coward explores the darker side of the roaring twenties in this early play. It focuses on an ageing beauty who uses affairs with younger men to keep her feeling relevant, and her son (originally played by Coward himself) who is back from Paris...
The Show Off - George Kelly
The Show Off - George Kelly
- Author: George Kelly
- Genre: Plays
Amy Fisher's parents can't understand what their daughter sees in Aubrey Piper, a loudmouth and braggart who pretends to be more than the lowly clerk he is. She marries Aubrey even though he can't seem to stop insulting others or interfering with...
Princess of Elis - Molière
Princess of Elis - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Plays / Comedy
In the month of May 1664, Louis XIV entertained the Queen-mother, Anne of Austria, and his own wife , Maria Theresa, with a brilliant and sumptuous fete at Versailles.... The second day was distinguished by the representation of The Pricess of Elis...
