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Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan (Act IV)
Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan (Act IV)
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Welcome to Brendan Moir's Playwright Corner, where I read plays, poems, or whatever's currently striking my fancy in the classic audio book format. Prepare to be filled with joy, hope, rage, envy, despair, and even morbid curiosity as we embark on this unique adventure of charting out humanity's various frivolities.
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- Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan (Act IV) · 27 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 34"Lady Windermere's Fan" is one of Oscar Wilde's first and radiantly indelible marks on the stage. The first of its kind which would be later known as his "comedy of manners". The…
- Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan (Act III) · 27 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 33"Lady Windermere's Fan" is one of Oscar Wilde's first and radiantly indelible marks on the stage. The first of its kind which would be later known as his "comedy of manners". The…
- Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan (Act II) · 35 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 32"Lady Windermere's Fan" is one of Oscar Wilde's first and radiantly indelible marks on the stage. The first of its kind which would be later known as his "comedy of manners". The…
- Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan (Act I) · 31 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 31"Lady Windermere's Fan" is one of Oscar Wilde's first and radiantly indelible marks on the stage. The first of its kind which would be later known as his "comedy of manners". The…
- George Bernard Shaw: Mrs. Warren's Profession (Act IV) · 41 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 30"Mrs. Warren's Profession" is one of the greater testaments to George Bernard Shaw's love of controversy and getting at the heart of issues plaguing man-kind, so much so that it…
- George Bernard Shaw: Mrs. Warren's Profession (Act III) · 31 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 29"Mrs. Warren's Profession" is one of the greater testaments to George Bernard Shaw's love of controversy and getting at the heart of issues plaguing man-kind, so much so that it…
- George Bernard Shaw: Mrs. Warren's Profession (Act II) · 42 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 28"Mrs. Warren's Profession" is one of the greater testaments to George Bernard Shaw's love of controversy and getting at the heart of issues plaguing man-kind, so much so that it…
- George Bernard Shaw: Mrs. Warren's Profession (Act I) · 34 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 27"Mrs. Warren's Profession" is one of the greater testaments to George Bernard Shaw's love of controversy and getting at the heart of issues plaguing man-kind, so much so that it…
- W. B. Yeats: The Death of Cuchulainn · 21 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 26This is the inevitable conclusion of the Myth of Cuchulainn as set out by W.B. Yeats. As the title suggests, "The Death of Cuchulainn" is about as mythic and yet as human as the…
- W. B. Yeats: The Only Jealousy of Emer · 24 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 25This is the inevitable conclusion of the Myth of Cuchulainn as set out by W.B. Yeats. "The Only Jealousy of Emer" is a story of self sacrifice and humility brought about through…
- W. B. Yeats: On Baile's Strand, Pt. 2 · 20 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 24This is the climax of the Myth of Cuchulainn as set out by W.B. Yeats. This play is juxtaposed between the frivolities and passionate natures of man with the ritual and order of…
- W. B. Yeats: On Baile's Strand, Pt. 1 · 24 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 23This is the climax of the Myth of Cuchulainn as set out by W.B. Yeats. This play is juxtaposed between the frivolities and passionate natures of man with the ritual and order of…
- Alfred Lord Tennyson: Juvenilia, Pt. 3 · 34 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 22As a collection of Tennyson's early works, "Juvenilia" finds itself focused on many different aspects of love, desire, and death expressed in over 40 different poems, and…
- Alfred Lord Tennyson: Juvenilia, Pt. 2 · 27 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 21As a collection of Tennyson's early works, "Juvenilia" finds itself focused on many different forms of love, desire, and death expressed in over 40 different poems, and includes…
- Alfred Lord Tennyson: Juvenilia, Pt. 1 · 36 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 20As a collection of Tennyson's early works, "Juvenilia" finds itself focused on many different forms of love, desire, and death expressed in over 40 different poems, and includes…
- W.B. Yeats: The Green Helmet · 26 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 19"The Green Helmet," has multiple similarities the "The Green Knight" from the mythology of King Arthur, but set in an almost farcical manner. When Cuchulainn returns from…
- W.B. Yeats: At the Hawks Well · 24 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 18This is the beginning of the Myth of Cuchulainn as set out by W.B. Yeats. There exists a fountain in Scotland that is said to give a person eternal life, but only bubbles up…
- W.B. Yeats: Calvary · 14 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 17Can man be satisfied in Heaven? If Heaven is brought down to earth so freely, will man reject it for want of freedom? These are the themes put forward in "Calvary" through the…
- W.B. Yeats: The Resurrection · 23 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 16When your faith is destroyed, to what do you turn? Reason? Absolution? Or do you continue on believing? These are the clashing personalities of the three men of "The…
- Saki: The Watched Pot, Act III (Pt. 2) · 29 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 15"The Watched Pot" is a three-act comedic play written by Saki in collaboration with Charles Maude. It centers around the inhabitants of Briony manor either scheming or enacting…
