The Emperor of the Moon: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Emperor of the Moon by Aphra Behn: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 2:29:44 running time and a link to listen.
The Emperor of the Moon, credited to Aphra Behn, 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 Emperor of the Moon by Aphra Behn. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers A Restoration farce by a successful woman playwright. "Doctor Baliardo, a Neapolitan philosopher, has so applied himself to the study of the Moon, and is enraptured to such an extent with the mysteries of that orb, that he has come steadfastly to believe in a lunar world, peopled, ruled and regulated like the earth. This wholly fills and absorbs his every waking thought, and, in consequence, he denies his daughter Elaria and his niece Bellemante to their respective lovers, the Viceroy’s two nephews, Don Cinthio and Don Charmante, as being men of mere terrestial mould." - Summary by Montague Summers, 1915 Cast list: Doctor Baliardo: Adrian Stephens Scaramouch, his Man: Anna Maria Pedro, his Boy: Mira Williams Don Cinthio, Nephew to the Vice-Roy, and Lover of Elaria: Greg Giordano Don Charmante, Nephew to the Vice-Roy, and Lover of Bellemante: Tchaikovsky Harlequin, Cinthio’s Man: Alan Mapstone Officer: Sonia Clerk: Susan Essary Stentor: James R. Hedrick Elaria, Daughter to the Doctor: Annie Mars Bellemante, Niece to the Doctor: Marya James Florinda, Cousin to Elaria and Bellemante: Jenn Broda Mopsophil, Governante to the young Ladies: WendyKatzHiller Keplair, Philosopher: DeborahJoye Galileus, Philosopher: David Purdy Zodiack Chorus: Rapunzelina Stage Directions: ToddHW Editing: ToddHW
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Emperor of the Moon
- Author credits: Aphra Behn
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 3
- Listed recording duration: 2:29:44
Catalogue topics
- farce
- philosopher
- moon crazy
Track guide
- 01 - Act 1 — 54:43
- 02 - Act 2 — 38:49
- 03 - Act 3 — 56:12
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