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  The White Devil

  John Webster

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  John Webster's The White Devil (1612) is a Jacobean revenge tragedy, replete with adultery, murder, ghosts, and violence. The Duke of Brachiano and Vittoria Corombona decide to kill their spouses, Isabella and Camillo, in order to be together, aided by the crafty and ambitious Flamineo, Vittoria's brother. Their actions prompt vows of revenge from Isabella's brother Francisco, the Duke of Florence, and Count Lodovico, who was secretly in love with her. The title refers to the early modern proverb that "the white devil is worse than the black," indicating the hypocrisy practiced by many of the characters in the play. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) 
   
  CastLodovico: Martin GeesonAntonelli/Conjurer: Timothy FergusonGasparo: Max KorlingeBrachiano: mbVittoria Corombona: Elizabeth KlettFlamineo: David NicolCamillo: Lars RolanderCornelia: Carol BoxZanche: Lucy PerryFrancisco De Medici: Bruce PirieIsabella: AvailleGiovanni: Arielle LipshawMarcello: Marty KrisMonticelso: Ron AltmanDoctor/English Ambassador: Algy PugLawyer: Leonard WilsonFrench Ambassador/Hortensio: ToddServant/Page: KristingjMatron/Woman: Bev J. StevensNarrator: David LawrenceAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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  The Wisdom of Omar Khayyam

  Philosophical Library

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   A Persian poet’s masterpiece While better known in his time for his mathematical and astronomical works, eleventh-century Persian philosopher and poet Omar Khayyam is best known today for his romantic poetry collected in the Rubaiyat. This selection presents 365 of the approximately 1,000 quatrains, translated from the original Persian. Khayyam’s poetry draws readers in with its lush imagery and timeless observations on the human experience and the metaphysical mysteries of our world. As wise and intriguing as they are beautifully crafted, Khayyam’s verse has inspired much Western art and literature. 
   

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  This Wide Night (NHB Modern Plays)

  Chloë Moss

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  A tender portrayal of two women trying to start again after their release from prison.
  Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2009
  On her release from prison, Lorraine heads straight to Marie's. On the inside they used to share everything, but the friendship that once protected them now threatens to smother the fragile freedom they have found.
  This Wide Night was premiered by Clean Break, a theatre, education and new writing company, working with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system.
  'heartrending... beautifully written: comic, colourful, full of pain and tenderness and truth' - The Times

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  Morning Noon and Night

  James Weldon Johnson

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  Librivox volunteers bring you 14 readings of Morning, Noon and Night by James Weldon Johnson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 14th, 2014.James Weldon Johnson served as U. S. Consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua, was an early leader in the NAACP and contributed to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. He had a broad appreciation for black artists, musicians and writers, and worked to heighten awareness of their creativity. (from Wikipedia)

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  Comment is Free & Start Swimming...

  James Fritz

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  Two plays by award-winning writer James Fritz, each asking urgent, pointed and complex questions of the times we live in.
  Ideal for schools, youth theatres and amateur companies to perform, these versatile and incisive plays demonstrate an innovative playwright at the top of his craft.
  In Comment Is Free, a journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm. After being staged by Old Vic New Voices in 2015, the version published here was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016, winning both the Tinniswood and Imison Awards for Audio Drama.
  Start Swimming is a play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today's youth. One step away from disaster, there's only one thing left to do: start swimming. First staged by the Young Vic Taking Part department, Start Swimming was also performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017.
  'both a caustic critique of contemporary society's treatment of young people and an exploration of the role of language in the perpetuation and justification of the practices under critique' - Exeunt Magazine on Start Swimming
  'theatrical and fun... radiates a puckishness and sense of mischief that mocks control systems even as it articulates their bleakness' - Time Out on Start Swimming
  'raw and vivid... a powerful indictment of the situation in which many people find themselves' - Scotsman on Start Swimming
  'a brilliant piece... It took my breath away' - Telegraph on Comment is Free

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  Solitude (Wilcox)

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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  Laugh, and the world laughs with you;. . Weep, and you weep alone;For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,. . But has trouble enough of its own.Librivox volunteers bring you sixteen readings of Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the weekly poetry project for November 2, 2014.

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