The Rover (Part One): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Rover (Part One) by Aphra Behn: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 5 original MP3 tracks, 3:10:49 running time and a link to listen.
The Rover (Part One), 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 Rover (Part One) by Aphra Behn. The Rover, or The Banish'd Cavaliers, is a play in two parts written by the English author Aphra Behn. The first part features multiple plot lines, dealing with the amorous adventures of a group of Englishmen in Naples at Carnival time. The "rover" of the play's title is Willmore, a rakish naval captain, who falls in love with a young woman named Hellena, who has set out to experience love before her brother sends her to a convent. Complications arise when Angellica Bianca, a famous courtesan, falls in love with Willmore and swears revenge on him for his betrayal. Meanwhile, Hellena's sister Florinda attempts to marry her true love, Colonel Belvile, rather than the man her brother has selected. The third major plot of the play deals with the provincial Blunt, who becomes convinced that a girl has fallen in love with him but is humiliated when she turns out to be a prostitute and a thief. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Florinda: Amanda Friday Hellena: Elizabeth Klett Don Pedro: Alan Mapstone Callis/Boy: Patti Cunningham Stephano: Ric F Frederick: bala Belvile: mb Blunt: Algy Pug Willmore: Robin King Valeria/Woman: Availle Lucetta/Masquerader/Hellena's Page: ElleyKat Sancho/Officer/Blunt's Man: engineerdst Angellica Bianca: Arielle Lipshaw Moretta: Charlotte Duckett Sebastian/Bravo/Philippo/Soldier: Elizabeth Klett Don Antonio: Ernst Pattynama Diego/Servant: Anna Simon Narrator/Prologue/Epilogue: Libby Gohn Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Rover (Part One)
- Author credits: Aphra Behn
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 5
- Listed recording duration: 3:10:49
Catalogue topics
- audio
- drama
- play
- comedy
- restoration
- behn
Track guide
- 1 - Prologue and Act 1 — 38:18
- 2 - Act 2 — 28:43
- 3 - Act 3 — 40:29
- 4 - Act 4 — 44:26
- 5 - Act 5/Epilogue — 38:53
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