The Physician In Spite of Himself … is written in a most unbounded spirit of mirth, the matrimonial breezes wafting a certain amount of refreshing coolness throughout…… Read more “‘The Physician in Spite of Himself’ by Moliere”

This collection contains Oscar Wilde’s four best-known comedies: The Importance of Being Earnest; Lady Windermere’s Fan; An Ideal Husband; and A Woman of No Importance. All of them satirize upper-class English…… Read more “‘Four Plays’ by Oscar Wilde”

“Dandy Dick” was the third of the farces which Mr. Pinero wrote for the old Court Theatre—a series of plays which, besides giving playgoers a fresh source…… Read more “‘Dandy Dick’ by Arthur Wing Pinero”

The refined and fashionable audiences who… used to applaud the play of Mademoiselle de Belle Isle… would, in all probability, have objected to an English version of…… Read more “‘Mademoiselle de Belle Isle’ by Alexandre Dumas”

Based on Aphra Behn’s 1688 novel (which is one of the earliest novels in the English language), Thomas Southerne’s Oroonoko is seen by scholars today as the driving force…… Read more “‘Oroonoko’ by Thomas Southerne”

Lysistrata has had enough. She is tired of the constant war that is ravaging Greece and has come up with a solution: Together with female friends from…… Read more “‘Lysistrata’ by Aristophanes”

In this dramatic reading of the classic epic Ben Hur, rediscover the wonder of three wise men who travel through the wilderness together. Thirty years later, Judah…… Read more “‘Ben Hur’ by Lew Wallace”

The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes a range of poems…… Read more “‘The World’s Best Poetry: Volume 5 (Part 2)’ by Various”

Haroun, an ex-assassin, and his forbidden lover Gabriella, escape the violence of the 12th century Crusades to elope and start a family. Years later, a familiar face…… Read more “‘The Moor and His Crusader’ by Reina Donovan”

This is a collection of German poems by Johann Christian Günther. I recited one poem, ‘Leonorens Antwort’ (Leonore’s Answer). This is my reading. Leonorenlieder by Johann Christian Günther