A Yorkshire Tragedy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Yorkshire Tragedy by Thomas Middleton: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 1 original MP3 tracks, 38:21 running time and a link to listen.
A Yorkshire Tragedy, credited to Thomas Middleton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of A Yorkshire Tragedy by Thomas Middleton. A Yorkshire Tragedy: Not So New as Lamentable and True (1619) tells the gruesome tale of Walter Calverly who stabbed his wife and killed his two young sons in April 1605. This recording is based on the text of the second quarto, which was attributed to William Shakespeare on its title page. This transcription is based on the 1619 quarto at the Boston Public Library. Students completed the transcription in the fall of 2013 for English 422 (Seminar on Renaissance Drama: Gender and Print) taught by Professor Tara Lyons at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Cast list: Narrator: Michaela Cook Raphe: Jen Dempsey Oliver: Kaitlyn Kirk Sam: Samantha Brescia Wife: Stephanie Cunha Husband: King Indeed Gentleman 1: Melanie Lavoie Gentleman 2: Erik Isaacson Gentleman 3: Megan Gregoire Servant: Emily Heroux Master: Kelsey Wilbur Son: Emma Cornila Lusty Servant: Nichole T. Colleton Maid: Sherrie Sousa Knight: Melissa Jordan
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Yorkshire Tragedy
- Author credits: Thomas Middleton
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 1
- Listed recording duration: 38:21
Catalogue topics
- tragedy
- middleton
- yorkshire
- renaissance drama
- shakespeare apocrypha
- early modern drama
- calverly
- domestic tragedy
Track guide
- 01 - A Yorkshire Tragedy — 38:21
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