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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Wish by Abraham Cowley. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 24, 2013.<br><br> Abraham Cowley (/ˈkuːli/) was a leading English poet in the 16th century. (Summary by David Lawrence)

2Belle's Stratagem

By Hannah Cowley

The Beaux Stratagem, already in the LibriVox catalog (<a href="https://librivox.org/beaux-stratagem-by-george-farquhar/">https://librivox.org/beaux-stratagem-by-george-farquhar/</a>), was written by George Farquhar in 1707. The Belle's Stratagem, "a Ladies' response" to the Beaux Stratagem play with strong female characters, was written by Hannah Cowley in 1780. - Summary by ToddHW <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Doricourt: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15178">A D Latheron</a><br> Hardy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Sir George Touchwood: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Flutter: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Saville: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11484">Mike Manolakes</a><br> Villers: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15228">Marya James</a><br> Courtall: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br> Silvertongue: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8879">Son of the Exiles</a><br> Crowquill: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15638">qthemusic123</a><br> First Gentleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens</a><br> Second Gentleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> Mountebank: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10087">Sandra Schmit</a><br> French Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12501">Rémi</a><br> Porter: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> Dick (Courtall's servant): <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br> Letitia Hardy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Mrs. Racket: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13852">Kelly S. Taylor</a><br> Lady Frances Touchwood: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13717">Matea Bracic</a><br> Miss Ogle: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14499">mleigh</a><br> Kitty Willis: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> Lady: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14626">Rebecca Brown</a><br> Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7026">Michele Eaton</a><br> Tradesman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14626">David Purdy</a><br> Mrs Fagg: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14453">Hanna Ponomarenko</a><br> Gibson: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6924">Rapunzelina</a><br> Folly: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br> Mask: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10801">Jim Locke</a><br> 2nd Mask: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10956">SaraHale</a><br> 3rd Mask: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br> Editing: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>

3Bold Stroke for a Husband

By Hannah Cowley

&quot;Plays, where the scene is placed in a foreign country, particularly when that country is Spain, have a license to present certain improbabilities to the audience, without incurring the danger of having them called such; and the authoress, by the skill with which she has used this dramatic permittance, ... has formed a most interesting plot, and embellished it with lively, humorous, and affecting incident.... Here is contained no oblique insinuation, detrimental to the cause of morality—but entertainment and instruction unite, to make a pleasant exhibition at a theatre, or give an hour&#039;s amusement in the closet.&quot; (Mrs. Inchbald, 1831) <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Don Cæsar: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens</a><br> Don Julio: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br> Don Carlos: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Don Vincentio: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Don Garcia: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10801">Jim Locke</a><br> Don Vasquez: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16205">James R. Hedrick</a><br> Gasper: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16463">Jake Malizia</a><br> Pedro: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br> Servants: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br> Donna Olivia: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Donna Victoria: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> Donna Laura: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15373">WendyKatzHiller</a><br> Minette: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13717">Matea Bracic</a><br> Marcella: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16152">Anna Maria</a><br> Sancha: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Inis: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13661">Lynette Caulkins</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15580">Joanna Michal Hoyt</a><br> Editing: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>

"Oh! Lord Sparkle! - Who can resist the gay, the elegant, the all-conquering Lord Sparkle? The most distinguished feather in the plume of fashion - without that barbarous strength of mind which gives importance to virtues or to vices. Fashionable, because he's well drest: - Brilliant, because he's of the first Clubs, and uses his borrowed wit like his borrowed gold, as tho' it was his own." A delightful comedy by a quite successful woman playwright. - Summary by ToddHW <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Lord Sparkle: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Fitzherbert: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17524">JoeBer</a><br> Beauchamp: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br> Belville: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13893">Miller4815</a><br> Pendragon: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Lady Bell Bloomer: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> Julia: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13717">Matea Bracic</a><br> Sophy Pendragon: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16152">Anna Maria</a><br> Clarinda: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Kitty: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16999">Krista Zaleski</a><br> Tiffany: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17755">Butterflier38</a><br> Mrs. Johnson: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16239">Nissy</a><br> 1st Gentleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17752">redrun</a><br> 2nd Gentleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br> Lady: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10087">Sandra Schmit</a><br> 2nd Lady: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16615">Marie Christian</a><br> Maid: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16615">Marie Christian</a><br> Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17576">Beeswaxcandle</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens</a><br>

The first play by Cowley, this was premiered at Drury Lane by actor-manager David Garrick, to whom it is dedicated, in 1776. It was successful and so she wrote two more plays by the year's end. George Hargrave wants to marry Emily, a runaway who is now the ward of his godfather. However, his father wants George to marry the rich but much older Lady Dinah. Will true love win out? - Summary by ToddHW <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Mr. Hargrave: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> George Hargrave, his son: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br> Mr. Drummond: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Sir Charles Seymour: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Mr. Morley: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17752">redrun</a><br> Justice: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12501">Rémi</a><br> Jarvis: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16240">HelloCentral</a><br> Lady Dinah: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15373">WendyKatzHiller</a><br> Bella: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> Emily: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13717">Matea Bracic</a><br> Harriet Hargrave: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17164">Jacqueline Tyler.</a><br> Susan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13075">Rita Boutros</a><br> First Hunter/First Gentleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17752">redrun</a><br> Second Hunter/Second Gentleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18054">John Kennard</a><br> Third Gentleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17576">Beeswaxcandle</a><br> Clerk: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br> Editing: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>

A short farce. Scholar meets woman. "Plato! Aristotle! Zeno! I abjure ye. A girl bred in a nursery, in whose soul the sacred lamp of knowledge hath scarcely shed its faintest rays, hath vanquished, and struck dumb, the most faithful of your disciples." - Summary by ToddHW <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Doiley: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br> Sandford: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18315">Kendra</a><br> Gradus: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> Granger: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Elizabeth, Miss Doiley: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Charlotte: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17662">Inkell</a><br> Editing: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>

Cowley: "I offer the following Comedy to the public, under a circumstance which has given my mind the most exquisite uneasiness. On the morning after the first representation, it was observed by the papers that there had been persons present at the Theatre the previous evening, who went there determined to disapprove at all events." This play of 1786 is based on Aphra Behn's "Lucky Chance" of 100 years earlier. By moving the scenes from London to far away romantic Portugal, Cowley thought to avoid criticism for the way she treated aspects of marriage in the play. She was unsuccessful in this, and had to alter the scripts for continued performances. In the published version on which this recording is based, she had restored the changes she had to make. Cowley explains some of this in an opening address in the publication, herein included at the end of Act 5 to avoid spoilers to the action of the play. - Summary by ToddHW and Author <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Don Alexis: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Don Gasper: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13851">Ethan Hurst</a><br> Don Octavio: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> Don Henry: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17576">Beeswaxcandle</a><br> Don Sebastian: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br> Don Philip: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17662">Inkell</a><br> Donna Seraphina: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Donna Antonia: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18140">valroth</a><br> Donna Viola: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13717">Matea Bracic</a><br> Donna Clara: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18801">Stunning</a><br> Rachel: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> Carlota: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4392">Michelle R. Wood</a><br> Lady: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18543">Agnes Robert Behr</a><br> Pedrillo: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Peter: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br> Jaquez: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17752">redrun</a><br> Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17662">Inkell</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Editing: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>

Impoverished Lords. Rich Lords and Ladies with no sense; other folk with Big Plans. Charlatans. Fools. Buffoons. Disguises. Clever Wives and cleverer Servants. A good time will be had by all in this 1795 comedy. - Summary by ToddHW <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Tippy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br> Fancourt: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Conway: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15175">AllenO</a><br> Asgill: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16240">HelloCentral</a><br> Sir Robert Floyer: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11305">Craig Franklin</a><br> Sir Simon Asgill: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Humphrey: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17576">Beeswaxcandle</a><br> Perkins: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12627">Dave Lantz</a><br> Slopseller: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens</a><br> Buckram: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Holdfast: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Sir Robert's Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17752">redrun</a><br> Lady Horatia Horton: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18745">Owler</a><br> Georgina: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Mrs. Fancourt: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> Lady Charlotte: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18543">Agnes Robert Behr</a><br> Jenny: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16573">llamaart</a><br> Mrs. Bullrush: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18140">valroth</a><br> Lady Horatia's Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17752">redrun</a><br> A Gentleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11927">lorda</a><br> First Man: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens</a><br> Second Man: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br> Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17662">Inkell</a><br> Maid: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10087">cathar maiden</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15829">TR Love</a><br> Editing: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>