Author: Arthur Anthony Macdonell

A one-act play which describes the setting and writing of the Magna Carta, including the famous line "now is justice bought and sold" in the Prologue. - Summary by Beth Thomas<br><br> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/26">Denny Sayers</a><br> King John: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Board</a><br> Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br> William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Robert Fitz-Walter, Castellan of London: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9446">Adele de Pignerolles</a><br> Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8886">Esther ben Simonides</a><br> Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8677">KHand</a><br> Saer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9123">Shakira Searle</a><br> Eustace de Vescy, Northern Baron: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br> Robert de Ros, Northern Baron: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9921">April Walters</a><br> William de Braose, Baron of Welsh Marches: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/251">Mark Nelson</a><br> Maud de St. Valerie, wife of William de Braose: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8883">Lydia</a><br> William de Braose, eldest son of the above: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9929">Zames Curran</a><br> Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford, second son of William de Braose: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6548">Kristin Gjerløw</a><br> Falkes de Breaute, mercenary of King John: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9905">Hamlet</a><br> Gerald de Athies, mercenary of King John: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6255">wish2bflying</a><br> Londoners: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10077">Dean Spilias</a> and <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/3645">MaryAnn</a><br> Monks: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7356">Rachel</a> and <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9929">Zames Curran</a><br> A Canon of St. Paul's: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9872">Newgatenovelist</a><br> Messenger: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br> Audio edited by Rob Board

One May Day, Robin Hood and his Merry Men sit in Sherwood Forest, waiting for a traveller to share their dinner. Enter a distraught Knight with his fair daughter Marian, who owe money to the Sheriff of Nottingham, and have not the means by which to pay it. Meanwhile the greedy Sheriff is visited by the Baron of the Black Castle, who plots to silence the famous outlaw once and for all! This version of the Robin Hood legend was written, and now recorded, as a play, entertaining for children and adults alike. (Summary by Rachel) <br><br> <b>Voice Cast:</b><br> Robin Hood: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6548">Kristin Gjerløw</a><br> Scarlet: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br> Little John: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9905">Brad Filippone</a><br> Much: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9905">Esther ben Simonides</a><br> Allan-a-Dale: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9929">Zames Curran</a><br> Friar Tuck: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/543">Ted Delorme</a><br> King Edward I: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9976">Fred Abboud</a><br> Queen Eleanor: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9446">Adele de Pignerolles</a><br> Sir Richard at the Lee: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9593">Soumen Barua</a><br> Maid Marian, Daughter of Sir Richard at the Lee: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8883">Lydia</a><br> The Sheriff of Nottingham: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9929">Zames Curran</a><br> Sheriff's Wife: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9872">Newgatenovelist</a><br> The Baron of the Black Castle: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">Todd</a><br> Guy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Anthony: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6924">Rapunzelina</a><br> Jock: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9835">Elijah Fisher</a><br> Joan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10245">Abby</a><br> Avisa, Mother of Jock and Joan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/3776">Bethany Baldwin</a><br> Ladies-in-Waiting: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8296">Bria Snow</a>, <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a>, and .<a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9442">Vanessa Cooley</a><br> Messenger: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10143">TenorBoy</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7356">Rachel</a><br><br> Audio edited by <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7356">Rachel</a>.

Edward the Confessor is very weak and will die soon. But with no son to succeed him, who will gain the throne? The common folk and loyal Saxon barons in England want Harold, while the Norman barons and the people in Normandy, France want Duke William. They claim Edward gave William the throne. Who is right? Will Britain be Normanized? - Summary by Esther ben Simonides<br /> <br>Cast List<br> King Edward the Confessor: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br>Harold, Earl of Wessex: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9446">Adele de Pignerolles</a><br>Gyrth, brother to Harold; Cecilia, daughter of William and Matilda: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7356">Rachel</a><br>Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10357">Mike Harris</a><br>William, Duke of Normandy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8886">Esther ben Simonides</a><br>Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, half-brother to William: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/3645">MaryAnnS</a><br>Robert "Courthose", son to William and Matilda; Gytha, mother to Harold: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br>William "Rufus", son to William and Matilda; William Malet, a Norman Baron: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br>Lanfranc, Prior of Bec: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10433">Apneia</a><br>William Fitzosbern, a Norman Baron: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br>Roger of Montgomery, a Norman Baron: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9872">Newgatenovelist</a><br>Hugh Margot, a Norman Monk: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>A Saxon Messenger: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6065">David Olson</a><br>Taillefer, a Norman Minstrel: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10396">John Burlinson</a><br>A Hermit: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9647">Joseph Tabler</a><br>Queen Edith, wife to Edward the Confessor, sister to Harold: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6548">Kristin Gjerløw</a><br>Edith, called 'of the Swansneck': <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8883">Lydia</a><br>Matilda, Duchess of Normandy, wife to William: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8550">GeorgiaM</a><br>Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8677">KHand</a><br>Audio Edited by: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8886">Esther ben Simonides</a>

It's the summer of 1588, and all is not well in England. Citizens are plotting to betray their queen for Spanish gold, and the dreaded Armada is coming closer and closer. It's up to Lord Burleigh and brave Sir Francis Drake to stop them, but will they succeed in convincing Queen Elizabeth that such action is necessary? And when the Spanish ships finally arrive, what will happen to the queen and the citizens of London? (Summary by SweetPea) <br><br><b>Cast List:</b><br>William Cecil, Lord Burleigh: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> Sir Walter Raleigh: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">Todd</a><br> Sir Francis Drake: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10528">K. Adrian Stroet</a><br> Master Jock Burwood: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9105">James Koss</a><br> Will of Babbicombe/Third Conspirator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9647">Joseph Tabler</a><br> Don Pedro de Valdez/Dickon: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> First Conspirator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10614">Leanne Yau</a><br> Second Conspirator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10791">Gaby</a><br> Ap Thomas: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7315">Charlotte Duckett</a><br> Queen Elizabeth: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br> Lady Mary Howard: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8883">Lydia</a><br> Mistress Nan Hanway: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7356">Rachel</a><br> Mistress Alice Bridgewater: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9446">Adele de Pignerolles</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8886">Esther ben Simonides</a><br><br> Audio edited by <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7356">Rachel</a>

"Welcome to all! We show the story of how, nearly three hundred years ago, when this country was not so happy as it is now, some people driven by persecution out of England went on a long and dangerous voyage in a ship called the <i>Mayflower,</i> and made for themselves a home across the Atlantic Ocean." (From the Prologue)<br><br><b>Cast List:</b><br> Stage Directions read by <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/3645">MaryAnn</a><br>Master William Brewster: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11725">SpiderScientist</a><br>Master William Bradford: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>Master John Carver: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11279">aravagarwal</a><br>Master John Alden: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8023">JamesMcAndrew</a><br>Master John Robinson: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11730">Alex Kohn</a><br>Master Robert Cushman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/2156">Roger Melin</a><br>Master John Billington: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11998">Scott Kelley</a><br>Captain Miles Standish: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br>Officer: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8886">Esther ben Simonides</a><br>Samoset: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9446">Adele de Pignerolles</a><br>Mistress Mary Brewster: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10614">Leanne Yau</a><br>Mistress Priscilla Mullins: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11772">Linda Olsen Fitak</a><br>Mistress Ellen Billington: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10615">Twinkle</a><br>Additional Singing by <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10526">George Allen</a><br> <br> Audio edited by <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7356">Rachel</a>