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1Lovers' Vows

By Elizabeth Inchbald and August von Kotzebue

Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany.<br /><br /> The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia)<br /><br /> <strong>Cast:</strong><br>Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br>Count Cassel: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5719">John Fricker</a><br>Anhalt and Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6005">Alan</a><br>Frederick: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6037">Peter Bishop</a><br>Verdun the Butler and Epilogue: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2825">Ernst Pattynama</a><br>Landlord: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3595">Martin Geeson</a><br>Cottager: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2911">David Lawrence</a><br>Farmer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5659">Dale Burgess</a><br>Gentleman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4267">Ric F</a><br>Servant and Cottager's Wife: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4744">Amy Gramour</a><br>Agatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5077">Sandra G</a><br>Amelia Wildenhaim: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5269">Elizabeth Barr</a><br>Country Girl and Preface: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5624">rigbyjm</a><br>Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5874">Paul Andrews</a><br><br><strong>Audio edited by:</strong> Algy Pug

Ein Stück über die Neugierde um die geheimen Riten der Freimaurer und den Versuch diese, durch unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten, zu befriedigen. (Zusammenfassung von lorda) <br><br> <b>Mitwirkende:</b><br> Graf: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18867">Jessika-Katharina Möller-Langmaack</a><br> Caroline: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18246">Leanne Cvetan</a><br> Baron: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13726">seito</a><br> Hans: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11927">lorda</a><br> Erzähler: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13726">seito</a><br> Schnitt: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11927">lorda</a><br> <br>

3Stranger

By August von Kotzebue

This sentimental drama, written by the prolific German dramatist, August von Kotzebue (a friend of Ludwig von Beethoven,) was originally published under the title “Menshenhass und Reue.” When the play was translated into English in the late 1790s, it quickly became a runaway success in both Great Britain and the United States and remained a staple of dramatic companies for most on the 19th century. The fairytale-like plot, with its story of lost love, concealed identity, crushing guilt, and healing redemption, charmed generations of tearful Victorian theatre-goers. - Summary by Kelly Taylor <br><br> <b>Cast List</b><br> The Stranger <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16240"> HelloCentral </a><br> Count Wintersen <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4705"> Algy Pug </a><br> Baron Steinfort <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789"> Tomas Peter</a><br> Solomon <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17576"> Beeswaxcandle </a><br> Peter <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170"> Alan Mapstone </a><br> Francis <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011"> Greg Giordano </a><br> Tobias <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425"> Larry Wilson </a><br> George <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17662"> Inkell </a><br> William <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17662"> Inkell </a><br> Mrs. Haller <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15373"> Wendy Katz Hiller </a><br> Countess <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13852"> Kelly S. Taylor </a><br> Charlotte <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18731"> Tami Johnson </a><br> Susan <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4392"> Michelle R. Wood </a><br> Annette <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140"> Jenn Broda</a><br> Stage Directions <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13049"> oogiesragdoll </a><br>