One-Act Play Collection 022

In this, our 22nd such collection, LibriVox volunteers perform 10 compelling short plays for your enjoyment! Authors of these works include three early 20th Century women playwrights, a poet laureate and dramatist of that same era, an 18th Century librettist who collaborated with Handel on many of that famed composer's most enduring oratorios, and an early President of the United States. Additionally, there is a tasty sampling of works by professional playwrights who honed their craft over long and successful careers in the theater. Themes for this collection range from whimsical fantasy to stark reality with lots of love and laughter along the way. We hope you find every bit as much pleasure in listening to this group of One Act Plays as we did in recording them. - Summary by ShrimpPhish and BrianFullen

(NOTE: Clifford Bax, author of "Square Pegs", died in 1962. This story is not PD for readers in Europe and/or Australia, and other countries which observe copyright of author's death +70 years.)

Cast Lists

1. Princess Moss Rose by Marguerite Merington (1857 - 1951). BC for this play is ShrimpPhish.

A dramatic retelling of Sleeping Beauty with extra helpings of fun and frogs. The players are:

Editor: ShrimpPhish
Stage Directions: Brian Fullen
Princess Moss-Rose: ShrimpPhish
The Prince: Larry Wilson
The King: PapaPhish
The Queen: MamaPhish
The Chancellor: ToddHW
The Frog: Greg Giordano
The Spin Wheel Song: dc
Head Fragments: Brian Fullen
Second Frog: David Purdy
Hunting Chorus and Butler: Brize C
The Cook: ARodrigo
The Nurse and Ladies: Lynette Caulkins
The Governess: Winnifred Assmann
The Gardener: Alan Mapstone
Mentor: Barry Eads
First Frog: redrun

2. Fernseed in the Shoe by Ethel Van der Veer (1881 - 1934). BC for this play is Brian Fullen.

Follows an imaginative girl (accompanied by her nurse) in search of fairies. The players are:

Gatekeeper: Greg Giordano
First Brave Courtier: Barry Eads
Second Brave Courtier: Glys
First Cowardly Courtier: ARodrigo
Second Cowardly Courtier: Brian Fullen
Rosaleyne: ShrimpPhish
Nurse: Winnifred Assmann
Prince of Eidland: ToddHW
King of Asteron: Alan Mapstone
Stage Directions: Rapunzelina

3. Solomon by Thomas Morell (1703 - 1784). BC for this play is Alan Mapstone.

Tells of Solomon's wisdom, as witnessed by Two Harlots and the Queen of Sheba. The players are:

Solomon: Barry Eads
Queen of Sheba: ShrimpPhish
Zadok: Brian Fullen
Levite: Greg Giordano
1st Harlot: ShrimpPhish
2nd Harlot: Lynette Caulkins
Attendant: Stacey Malcolm
Chorus: Brian Fullen
Chorus: David Purdy
Narration: Alan Mapstone

4. A Way Out by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963). BC for this play is Brian Fullen.

A man running from a crime he committed, another man solitary and removed from the world. They meet one fateful night. The players are:

Stranger: Greg Giordano
Asa: ToddHW
A Voice: Barry Eads
Another Voice: Brian Fullen
Someone: ShrimpPhish
Stage Directions: Brian Fullen

5. Streaks of Light by Hermann Sudermann (1857 - `1928). BC for…