Satire
Back to Methuselah
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
George Bernard Shaw
In this late work, Shaw examines many contemporary issues under the broad rubric of evolution and then illustrates his opinions in five brie…
The Bores
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Molière
Moliere: "Never was any Dramatic performance so hurried as this; and it is a thing, I believe, quite new, to have a comedy planned, fin…
The Litigants
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Jean Racine
This play, which is neither a comedy or a farce but has elements in common with each, was first performed in 1668 at Paris, and afterwards a…
Don Quixote in England
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Henry Fielding
"The Audience, I believe, are all acquainted with the Character of Don Quixote and Sancho. I have brought them over into England, and i…
Zadig or The Book of Fate
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Voltaire
"there is no Evil under the Sun, but some Good proceeds from it:" -- this quote from this novel sums it up. One of Voltaire's most…
The Notary's Nose
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Edmond About
Ironic and Satirical: A successful Parisian notary, Alfred L’Ambert, is smitten with a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer. After a quarrel, his…
Bob and Ray
On this Wednesday, the last day of spring, Bob & Ray engage in a humorous discussion about newsman Henry Gladstone’s musical ability. Jo…
The Mind The Paint Girl
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Another Pinero play from the early 1900s. With a social message about the effects of stardom on the star as well as those that love them. &q…
The Old Bachelor
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William Congreve
"In The Old Bachelor we have three or four concurrent plots, which become interwoven, indeed, at the end.... It is recorded that the s…
Peg O' My Heart
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John Hartley Manners
The Chichester family have just gone bankrupt due to bank failure. Their situation looks gloomy until Mrs. Chichester learns of the death of…
The Follies of a Day
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Pierre Beaumarchais
This is Thomas Holcroft's English translation, obtained by attending Pierre Beaumarchais' French play nine times in Paris during its origina…
Prejudices
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H. L. Mencken
Mencken is famous for his sometimes-savage attacks on almost everything humans can in their stupidity and priggishness and prejudice conjure…
The Conscious Lovers
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Richard Steele
As early as 1720 Steele spoke in the Theatre of "a friend of mine" who was lately preparing a comedy according to the just laws of…
Cupid's Cyclopedia
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Oliver Herford
This 1910 short work is by the English-born American humorist, satirist, and illustrator Oliver Herford, aided by another caricaturist and i…
The Cabinet Minister
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Mr. Pinero holds that farce should treat of probable people placed in possible circumstances, but regarded from a point of view which exagge…
Nicholas Nickleby
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Edward Stirling
This stage adaptation of Dickens’ novel debuted in November of 1838 at the Adelphi Theater in London. Only eight installments of the story …
Ballad of the Canal
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Phoebe Cary
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Ballad of the Canal by Phoebe Cary. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 4, …
Bob and Ray
On March 16, 1976, Bob and Ray welcome listeners to their cozy studio for another entertaining episode. They begin with an apology to Otto L…
George Dandin
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Henri Van Laun and Molière
"The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle having been ratified ... and peace being assured ... Louis XIV resolved to give a festival in his favori…
Bob & Ray
Unknown
Chester Hasbrook Frisby admits he is out of story ideas. Pat Buttram makes jokes Firemen putting out studio fire. Thursday, …