Don Carlos
Friedrich Schiller
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Don Carlos is a Dramatic Poem in 5 acts written by the German classical playwright and poet Friedrich von Schiller. It was first performed on stage in Hamburg in 1787.
The story is loosely based on the historical conflict between King Phillip II of Spain and his son and heir Don Carlos. But Schiller adds many fictional elements, in particular a love affair between Carlos and his step-mother Queen Elizabeth and the character of the Marquis de Posa who is depicted as a champion of liberty and religious tolerance, ideas more in line with the enlightenment thinking of the 18th Century than those of 16th century Spain.
This play is the basis for Giuseppe Verdi's opera Don Carlos.
- Summary by Alan Mapstone
Cast List:
Phillip II, King of Spain: ToddHW
Don Carlos, son of Phillip: Greg Giordano
Elizabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain: Agnes Robert Behr
Marquis de Posa: Inkell
Princess Eboli: Jenn Broda
Duke of Alva: Beeswaxcandle
Domingo: Algy Pug
Count Lerma: Michael Faze
Duke of Feria: Adrian Stephens
Duke of Medina Sidonia: Antony St. Pierre
Prince of Parma: Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi
Don Raimond de Taxis: Larry Wilson
Grand Inquistor: JosephS
Prior: Larry Wilson
Don Louis Mercado: David Lawrence
Infanta Clara Farnese: Inkell
Duchess D'Olivarez: Winnifred Assmann
Marchioness de Mondecar: Owler
Countess Fuentes: Stacey Malcolm
Pages: Winnifred Assmann
Officer: David Purdy
Narration: Alan Mapstone
Audio Editor: Inkell (6 hr 21 min)
Chapters
| Introduction and Dramatis Personae | 3:28 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Act 1 | 1:08:31 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 2 Scenes 1-9 | 1:10:30 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 2 Scenes 10-15 | 33:41 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 3 | 55:41 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 4 Scenes 1-12 | 36:42 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 4 Scenes 13-24 | 42:12 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 5 | 1:10:30 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |