One-Act Play Collection 018
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Here, in our 18th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from a 1663 Moliere to a 1922 Percival Wilde, from "a fairly silly Victorian romantic comedy" to a high stakes Game of Chess for lethal stakes: all short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. (Note that Flanner died in 1997 and Wilde died in 1953. These plays are not PD for listeners in some countries.) - Summary by ToddHW
Cast lists:
1. The School for Wives Criticised by Moliere. BC for this play is ToddHW
The Marquis: Greg Giordano
Dorante, or The Chevalier: JoeBer
Lysidas, a poet: ToddHW
Galopin, a lackey: Alan Mapstone
Urania: WendyKatzHiller
Eliza: Jenn Broda
Climene: Sonia
Stage Directions: James R. Hedrick
2. Loan of a Lover by J. R. Planche. BC for this play is ktaylor07
Captain Amersfort Greg Giordano
Peter Spyk Tomas Peter
Swyzel Alan Mapstone
Delve redrun
Gertrude Kelly S. Taylor
Ernestine Rosendale Butterflier38
Stage Directions James R. Hedrick
3. Poor Jack by James Branch Cabell. BC for this play is James R. Hedrick
Sir John Falstaff, Sometime friend to H. M. Henry V: Greg Giordano
Bardolph, His serving man: Alan Mapstone
Dame Quickly, Mistress of the Boar’s Head Inn: Kelly S. Taylor
Lady Sylvia Vernon, She that was Sylvia Darke: Availle
Stage Directions: James R. Hedrick
4. Gentlemen Boarders by Arthur Eckersley. BC for this play is jennlea
Sophia Clutterbuck: WendyKatzHiller
Grace: Jenn Broda
Percy: miaroy
Jasper Hailstone: Greg Giordano
Stage Directions: Larry Wilson
5. Mansions by Hildegarde Flanner. BC for this play is redrun
NOTE: Flanner died in 1997. This story is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.
Harriet Wilde: stepheather
Lydia Wilde: Sylphwyld
Joe Wilde: redrun
Narrator: GregGiordano
6. Augustus Does his Bit by George Bernard Shaw. BC for this play is Alan Mapstone
Lord Augustus Highcastle: Greg Giordano
Horatio Beamish, the Clerk: Inkell
A Lady: Sonia
Stage Directions: Alan Mapstone
7. The Birthmark by Jack London. BC for this play is redrun
Maud Sylvester: Availle
Robert Fitzsimmons: Ben Tucker
Narrator: Greg Giordano
8. A Wicked Woman, by Jack London (d. 1916). BC for this play is redrun
Loretta: Jenn Broda
Ned Bashford: Ben Tucker
Billy Marsh: Greg Giordano
Alice Hemingway: Robin Michele
Jack Hemingway: James R. Hedrick
Maid: Sonia
Narrator: redrun
9. The Reckoning by Percival Wilde (March 1887 – September 1953). BC for this play is stepheather
NOTE: Wilde died in 1953. This story is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.
The Barber: Andrew Gaunce
The Customer: Greg Giordano
Narrator: redrun
10. The Game of Chess by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. BC for this play is Alanmapstone
Alexis Alexandrovich: Greg Giordano
Constantine: Inkell
Boris Ivanovich Shamrayeff: Tomas Peter
Footman: James R. Hedrick
Stage Directions: Alan Mapstone
(6 hr 41 min)
Chapters
| The School for Wives Criticised by Moliere | 57:00 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Loan of a Lover by J.R. Planche | 59:09 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Poor Jack by James Branch Cabell | 31:37 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Gentlemen Boarders by Arthur Eckersley | 48:22 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Mansions by Hildegarde Flanner | 38:30 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Augustus Does his Bit by George Bernard Shaw | 47:57 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| The Birthmark, by Jack London | 27:46 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| A Wicked Woman, by Jack London | 35:52 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Reckoning by Percival Wilde | 21:35 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| The Game of Chess by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman | 33:32 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |