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  Oh! Where do the Fairies Hide...

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

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  Librivox volunteers bring you 12 readings of Oh! Where Do the Fairies Hide Their heads by Thomas Haynes Bayly. Oh! Where do the fairies hide their heads,When snow lies on the hills,When frost has spoiled their mossy beds,And crystallized their Rills?Beneath the moon they cannot tripIn circles o’er the plain;And draughts of dew they cannot sip,Till green leaves come again.This was the weekly poetry project for February 15, 2015.

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  Boy Parts

  Eliza Clark

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  'I wonder what I have to do for people to recognise me as a threat. Do I have to smash a glass over the head of every single man I come into contact with, just so I leave a mark?'
  Irina takes erotic photos of average-looking men. Always behind the lens, she watches, she moulds, and she stalks. These boys are putty in her hands, just the way she likes it.
  When the opportunity to show her photographs in a fashionable London gallery coincides with a new boy to obsess over, cracks begin to appear. How far can she push her new prey for the perfect shot, or has she already gone too far?
  Based on the critically acclaimed debut novel by Eliza Clark, which was a finalist for the Women's Prize Futures Award, Boy Parts is a pitch-black psychological thriller that subverts the erotic gaze and asks what happens when our need for connection gets twisted.
  This stage adaptation for one actor by Gillian Greer was premiered in 2023 at Soho Theatre, London, in a co-production between Metal Rabbit Productions and Soho Theatre, and directed by Sara Joyce.
  Praise for Eliza Clark's novel:
  'Hilariously sardonic… Will make most readers howl with laughter and/or shut their eyes in horror'Guardian
  'A carnival funhouse ride: terrifying, feverish, hilarious' Julia Armfield
  'Boundaries are for breaking and if anyone can crash through and reinterpret the fear of our time, Eliza Clark can'Mslexia
  'Hallucinogenic, electric and sharp' Jessica Andrews
  'Delightfully and deviously rooted in the now with its delectable internet and culture references and evocative and real-feeling portrait of women'Dazed
  'Smart, stylish, and very funny' Lara Williams
  'Explores the darkest corners of artistic practice, sexuality and violence with bold wit and fearlessness. A dazzling, horrifying debut'Irish Times

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  No Thoroughfare

  Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens

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  Walter Wilding has lived his life secure in the knowledge that he was the son of his mother. But a chance encounter shocks him to his deathbed, leaving his friend and Executor George Vendale charged with the finding of the real Walter Wilding. Meanwhile, George pitches woo to Margerite Obenreizer, but has to deal with her dastardly guardian and uncle. The story twists and turns from the wine cellars of England, to Soho and then to the Alps of Switzerland, where George discovers that Mr Obenreizer is right about one thing to the last... "So little is the world, that one cannot keep away from persons." Originally written as a stage play by Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens, it was later turned into a collaborative novel by the two.  
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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  The Eclogues

  Virgil

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  This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today. Held to be divinely inspired not only by the Romans themselves, but by the Medieval Catholic church, The Eclogues is one of the most beloved collections of Latin short poetry. (Summary by Caeristhiona) The translator of this version is unknown. This recording is done in the form of a dramatic reading: in each eclogue, every character is read by a different Librivox volunteer.Readers of the eclogues that were done by multiple readers:Eclogue 1Meliboeus: Denny SayersTityrus: Kara ShallenbergEclogue 3Menalcas: Leni RibeiroDamoetas: Rosalind WillsPalaemon: Kara ShallenbergEclogue 5Menalcas: Leni RibeiroMopsus: Anna SimonEclogue 7Meliboeus: Denny SayersCorydon: Leni RibeiroTityrus: Anna SimonEclogue 8Pollio: Anna SimonDamon: Ruthie GoldingAlphesiboeus: Squid VarilekovaEclogue 9Lycidas: Greg ElmensdorpMoeris: Leni RibeiroAlso available: a Librivox recording of The Eclogues in their original Latin.

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  The Insect Play - or Ad...

  Karel Capek, Josef Čapek

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  Come and listen to one of the most famous collaborations of early twentieth century Czech literature, "The Insect Play, or Ad Infinitum." 
  Come and see how many similarities The Brothers Čapek draw between our problems, our beliefs, and our struggles with the lives of the very critters that walk beneath our feet. Join our inebriated narrator as he witnesses the world of the insects become larger than life--how the butterflies attempt to woo the other sex, how dung beetles work and work to get their nest egg ready for... someday, and how the ants make it their mission to conquer all of the land between one blade of grass and another--all in the name of democracy. A truly surreal and remarkable experience that you won't want to miss, this three act play will stick with you long after its initial runtime.

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  Exodus: The Shanghai Jews

  Kate McAll

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  As Jews tried to escape Nazi Germany in the 1930s, they faced unthinkable roadblocks in obtaining exit visas. And while they were denied entry in one country after another, a bureaucratic oddity enabled some of them to flee to an unlikely destination: Shanghai, China.  
   
  In this LATW original commission, playwright Kate McAll used the survivors’ own words to create a narrative of people starting their lives over in a completely new land. 
   
  Funding for this presentation is provided in part by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, and The I. Michael Kasser Trust: Michael and Beth Kasser. 
   
  Special thanks to Prof. Steve Hochstadt for his generosity in sharing his research and recordings to help create this work. 
   
  Recorded at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in June 2023. 
   
  Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson 
  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg 
   
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring: 
   
  Edyta Brychta as Lisbeth Loewenberg 
  Michael Canavan as Herbert Greening  
  Shannon Cochran as Ilse Greening 
  Arye Gross as Gerard Kohbieter  
  Anna Mathias as Trude Reisman  
  Alan Shearman as Paul Reisman 
  André Sogliuzzo as Ernest Culman 
  Joanne Whalley as Melitta Colland. 
   
  Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson 
  Recording Engineers, Mark Holden and Charles Carroll 
  Sound Design by Mark Holden 
  Editing and Mixing Engineer, Charles Carroll  
  Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

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