Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love, credited to Ben Jonson, 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 Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love by Ben Jonson. Read in English by a full cast. "Cynthia's Revels," the second "comical satire," was acted in 1600, and, as a play, is even more lengthy, elaborate, and impossible than "Every Man Out of His Humour." Here personal satire seems to have absorbed everything, and while much of the caricature is admirable, especially in the detail of witty and trenchantly satirical dialogue, the central idea of a fountain of self-love is not very well carried out, and the persons revert at times to abstractions, the action to allegory. [Let's see if you agree!] - Summary by Prof. Felix E. Schelling Cast List Cynthia: Devorah Allen Echo: Sonia Mercury: ToddHW Arete: Linda Olsen Fitak Hesperus: alanmapstone Phantaste: Lynette Caulkins Crites: Larry Wilson Argurion: Sonia Amorphus: Elijah Fisher Philautia: Foon Asotus: Hamlet Moria: Leanne Yau Hedon: Tomas Peter Cos: Jim Locke Anaides: Campbell Schelp Gelaia: Sandra Schmit Morphides: Jim Locke Prosaites: alanmapstone Morus: Nemo Cupid: Eva Davis Child 1: alanmapstone Child 2: Tomas Peter Child 3: TJ Burns Citizen: Adrian Stephens Citizen's Wife: Availle Tailor: April 6090 Perfumer: Steven Fellows Feather-Maker: Sandra Schmit Jeweler: Nemo Milliner: Shashank Jakhmola Barber: Sonia Prologue: alanmapstone Epilogue: alanmapstone Stage Directions: KevinS Edited By: ToddHW

Recording facts

• Recording title: Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love
• Author credits: Ben Jonson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 4:14:28

Catalogue topics

• play
• self-love
• classical figures

Track guide

1. 01 - Act 1 — 52:38
2. 02 - Act 2 — 31:11
3. 03 - Act 3 — 27:12
4. 04 - Act 4 — 50:37
5. 05 - Act 5, Part 1 — 55:45
6. 06 - Act 5, Part 2 — 37:05

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