Category Archives: Plays
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 05
Author(s): William Shakespeare LibriVox readers present the fifth collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing...
Sweethearts
Time has a curious way of rewriting romance, turning passionate vows into distant fog and...
Saxon and Norman
Author(s): Amice MacDonell Edward the Confessor is very weak and will die soon. But with...
Stichus; or, The Parasite Rebuffed
Author(s): Titus Maccius Plautus “Antipho, a wealthy and jovial old gentleman of Athens, has two...
Rudens; or The Fisherman’s Rope
Author(s): Titus Maccius Plautus A comedy – although with human trafficking. Also a tempest, a...
School for Greybeards; or, The Mourning Bride
Author(s): Hannah Cowley Cowley: “I offer the following Comedy to the public, under a circumstance...
Second Part of King Henry IV (version 2)
Author(s): William Shakespeare This sequel and third entry of the Henriad immediately follows the events...
Salome
Author(s): Oscar Wilde The original 1891 version of the play was in French. Three years...
Sir Harry Wildair
Author(s): George Farquhar This sequel to the Jubilee [The Constant Couple, or A Trip to...
Seven Keys to Baldpate (Play)
Author(s): George M. Cohan Betting that he can write 10,000 words in 24 hours, a...
She Stoops to Conquer
Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith In She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night, a...
The Admirable Bashville
Author(s): George Bernard Shaw The Admirable Bashville is a product of the British law of...
Summer Boarders; or The Great Jewel Mystery
Author(s): Josephine Van Tassel Bruorton A rich widow or two. An owner of 1000 acres...
Swan Song
Author(s): Anton Chekhov In ‘The Swan Song’ an aging actor reminisces about his life and...
Sweethearts (Version 2)
Author(s): W. S. Gilbert Subtitled “An Original Dramatic Contrast”, the play presents two neighbors, Harry...
The Amazons: A Farcical Romance
Author(s): Arthur Wing Pinero This 1895 farce inspired by the outlandish idea of women wearing...
Shakespearean Dialogues Collection 001
Author(s): William Shakespeare This is a collection of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, mainly comprising dialogues...
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 13
Author(s): William Shakespeare This is the thirteenth collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Our readers...
Shall We Join The Ladies?
Author(s): J. M. Barrie For the past week, the hospitable Sam Smith has been entertaining...
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Author(s): Luigi Pirandello Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore)...
Miles Gloriosus; The Braggart Captain
Author(s): Titus Maccius Plautus Pleusicles loves Philocomasium, but she is kidnapped by Pyrgopolinices. Palaestrio, faithful...
Rada; A Belgian Christmas Eve
Author(s): Alfred Noyes This is not heart warming holiday fare. It is a short (one-act)...
Mrs. Warren’s Profession
Author(s): George Bernard Shaw The story centers on the relationship between Mrs Kitty Warren, a...
One-Act Play Collection 007
Author(s): Various LibriVox’s One-Act Play Collection 007 includes one-act plays in the public domain read...
Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite
Author(s): Terence “Chremes and Demipho are two aged Athenians, brothers. Nausistrata, the wife of Chremes,...
One Fool Makes Many
Author(s): Antonio de Solis “I will discuss this matter in an allegory: … There was...
Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks by Lording Barry
Author(s): Lording Barry Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks, is a bawdy comedy by Lording Barry,...
Mr. H
Author(s): Charles Lamb Mr H is a farce that was first performed at Drury Lane...
Miss Buzby’s Boarders
Author(s): Arthur Lewis Tubbs Who knows what might be going on in Miss Buzby’s boarding...
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Author(s): William Shakespeare Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in...