The Busie Body: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Busie Body by Susanna Centlivre: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 5 original MP3 tracks, 2:56:35 running time and a link to listen.
The Busie Body, credited to Susanna Centlivre, 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 The Busie Body by Susanna Centlivre. Read in English by ToddHW; Greg Giordano; Larry Wilson; Sonia; Jim Locke; Mike Manolakes; Jenn Broda; Adrian Stephens; Alan Mapstone; Grace Buchanan; Andrew Gaunce; Michele Eaton; David Purdy; WendyKatzHiller A rich heiress pretending to be in love with her guardian, but with several other suitors. A jealous merchant from Spain with a beautiful but cloistered daughter. A Busy Body who tries to know everybody else's business. Conniving servants. Plot elements stolen - and improved - from Moliere, Johnson, and Dryden. Definitely comedy, and written by a very successful woman playwright. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Sir George Airy. A Gentleman of Four Thousand a Year in Love with Miranda: Greg Giordano Sir Francis Gripe. Guardian to Miranda and Marplot, Father to Charles, in Love with Miranda: Mike Manolakes Charles. Friend to Sir George, in Love with Isabinda: Jim Locke Sir Jealous Traffick. A Merchant that had liv'd sometime in Spain, a great Admirer of the Spanish Customs, Father to Isabinda: Alan Mapstone Marplot. A sort of a silly Fellow, Cowardly, but very Inquisitive to know every Body's Business, generally spoils all he undertakes, yet without Design: ToddHW Whisper. Servant to Charles: Larry Wilson Miranda. An Heiress, worth Thirty Thousand Pound, really in Love with Sir George, but pretends to be so with her Guardian Sir Francis: Jenn Broda Isabinda. Daughter to Sir Jealous, in Love with Charles, but design'd for a Spanish Merchant by her Father, and kept up from the sight of all Men: Grace Buchanan Patch. Her Woman: Sonia Scentwell. Woman to Miranda: WendyKatzHiller Butler: David Purdy Drawer: Michele Eaton Servant: Andrew Gaunce Stage Directions: Adrian Stephens Editing: ToddHW
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Busie Body
- Author credits: Susanna Centlivre
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 5
- Listed recording duration: 2:56:35
Catalogue topics
- rich heiress
- jealous father
- busy body
Track guide
- 01 - Act 1 — 36:00
- 02 - Act 2 — 36:28
- 03 - Act 3 — 30:20
- 04 - Act 4 — 36:12
- 05 - Act 5 — 37:35
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