The Schoolmistress: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Schoolmistress, credited to Arthur Wing Pinero, 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 Schoolmistress by Arthur Wing Pinero. Read in English by a full cast. The second of Pinero's farces, following the wildly successful The Magistrate, and likewise a hit. The Schoolmistress has a secret: "Think of the deception I am practising upon dear Vere! Think of the people who believe in the rigid austerity of Caroline Dyott, Principal of Volumnia College. Think of the precious confidence reposed in me by the parents and relations of twenty-seven innocent pupils. Give an average of eight and a half relations to each pupil; multiply eight and a half by twenty-seven and you approximate the number whose trust I betray this night!" The three acts are subtitled 1 - The Mystery, 2 - The Party, and 3 - The Nightmare. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: The Honorable Vere Queckett: Peter Tucker Miss Dyott, Principal of Volumnia College for Daughters of Gentlemen: Sonia Rear-Admiral Archibald Rankling, C.B., of H.M. Flagship Pandora: Son of the Exiles Mrs Rankling: Availle Dinah: Leanne Yau Mr Reginald Paulover: Tomas Peter Peggy Hesslerigge, an Articled Pupil: Eva Davis Lieutenant John (Jack) Mallory, of H.M. Flagship Pandora: Nemo Mr Saunders, Mr Mallory's Nephew, of the Training Ship Dexterous: Chuck Williamson Gwendoline Hawkins: Kieren Metts Ermyntrude Johnson: Kalynda Mr Otto Bernstein, a Popular Composer: alanmapstone Tyler, a Servant: Rob Marland Jane Chipman: EikyTavie Goff: RecordingPerson Jaffray: Sandra Schmit Stage Directions and Editing by: ToddHW

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Schoolmistress
• Author credits: Arthur Wing Pinero
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 3
• Listed recording duration: 2:52:18

Catalogue topics

• play
• navy ashore
• school teachers
• young ladies

Track guide

1. 01 - Act 1 - The Mystery — 56:08
2. 02 - Act 2 - The Party — 1:02:58
3. 03 - Act 3 - The Nightmare — 53:12

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