The Beauty Stone
Joseph Comyns Carr and Arthur Wing Pinero
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Not your usual Pinero play. Gilbert and Sullivan had stopped collaborating, and so Pinero - at the height of his very successful career - and a lyricist named Comyns Carr were teamed up with Sullivan to prepare this "romantic musical drama in three acts". It is sorta the Faust story with the Devil, a magic stone that enhances the appearance of its wearer, and all the peoples of a medieval village and castle. Sorry to say, we are not including Sullivan's music in this release.
- Summary by ToddHW
Cast list:
Philip, Lord of Mirlemont: Tomas Peter
Guntran of Beaugrant: Alan Mapstone
Simon Limal, a Weaver: Greg Giordano
Nicholas Dircks, Burgomaster of Mirlemont: Adrian Stephens
A Seneschal: Beeswaxcandle
A Lad of the Town: redrun
Baldwyn of Ath: David Purdy
The Lord of Sirault: Jim Locke
The Lord of St. Sauveur: lorda
The Lord of Velaines: Inkell
The Devil: ToddHW
Laine, the weaver's daughter: Jenn Broda
Joan, the weaver's wife: Kendra
Jacqueline: Sonia
Loyse, from St. Denis: valroth
Isabeau, from Florennes: Inkell
Barbe, from Bovigny: Agnes Robert Behr
A Shrewish Girl: Devorah Allen
A Matron: Christine Rottger
Saida: dc
Competitor's Friends: Addison Cooper
Stage Directions: Larry Wilson
Editing: ToddHW
(2 hr 55 min)
Chapters
| Act 1, Scene 1 | 34:21 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 1, Scene 2 | 40:09 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 2, Scene 1 | 38:29 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 2, Scenes 2 and 3 | 30:31 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 3 | 32:12 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |