Civil Service: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Civil Service by Walter Ben Hare: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 2:22:21 running time and a link to listen.
Civil Service, credited to Walter Ben Hare, 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 Civil Service by Walter Ben Hare. Read in English by a full cast. Subtitled "An American Drama in Three Acts. A Play with a Punch." "A comedy drama of American life depicting the joys and sorrows, the heartaches and struggles and temptations of a small group of government employees working in a post office in a small city in the middle west. There is the stern inspector, the officious postmaster, the busybody mail clerk, the ambitious young clerk..., the kind hearted old man who carries the rural route, the raw recruit and the noble hearted, plucky little stamp clerk, who bravely stifles her own feelings and lives for the advancement of her friends." - Summary by The Author Cast list: Old R. F. D., A Mystery: ToddHW The Inspector, B. J. Cochran: Greg Giordano The Postmaster, J. L. Reynolds: Shawn Clayton The Young Money Order Clerk, Steve Audaine: Adrian Stephens The Mailing Clerk, Simpson Peavy: ksb013 The Country Boy, Goldie Wex: Alan Mapstone The Postmaster's Daughter, Octavia: Annie Mars A Lady of Importance, Mrs. T. R. Jeffs: TJ Burns A Hired Girl, Birdie Bivins: Jenn Broda A Collector, Miss Goldstein: Michele Eaton The Plucky Little Stamp Clerk, Kate Kenyon: Availle Stage Directions: TR Love Editing: ToddHW
Recording facts
- Recording title: Civil Service
- Author credits: Walter Ben Hare
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 3
- Listed recording duration: 2:22:21
Catalogue topics
- postal service
- robbery
- play
Track guide
- 01 - Act 1 - The Thief — 1:06:06
- 02 - Act 2 - The Trial — 45:27
- 03 - Act 3 - The New Life — 30:48
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