The Story of the Mikado: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Story of the Mikado by W. S. Gilbert: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 7 original MP3 tracks, 2:19:26 running time and a link to listen.
The Story of the Mikado, credited to W. S. Gilbert, 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 Story of the Mikado, by W. S. Gilbert. Read by Noel Badrian. The Mikado is the ninth of the 14 Gilbert and Sullivan musical collaborations. It opened in 1885, had the second longest run for any work of musical theatre of the time, and remains the most frequently performed Gilbert and Sullivan. It was adapted as a children's book by W. S. Gilbert entitled The Story of The Mikado, which was Gilbert's last literary work (and published posthumously). It is a retelling of The Mikado, with various changes to simplify language or make it more suitable for children. This is that children's book. No singing or any of Sullivan's music, just Gilbert's witty words laid out - by him - in prose and poetry with amusing asides. The Forward mentions some illustrations by Alice B. Woodward in the hardcopy, and they are lovely. They can be seen by following the archive.org link to the actual scanned book if you wish. (Summary by Wikipedia and ToddHW)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Story of the Mikado
- Author credits: W. S. Gilbert
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 7
- Listed recording duration: 2:19:26
Catalogue topics
- Gilbert and Sullivan
- children
- Japan
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 1. Part 1 — 22:01
- 02 - Chapter 1. Part 2 — 22:06
- 03 - Chapter 2 — 14:31
- 04 - Chapter 3 — 16:19
- 05 - Chapter 4 — 14:40
- 06 - Chapter 5 — 21:47
- 07 - Chapter 6 — 28:04
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