Rollo's Wild Oat

About this film

LibriVox recording of Rollo's Wild Oat by Clare Kummer. Read in English by TriciaG; ToddHW; Chuck Williamson; Son of the Exiles; Zames Curran; Devorah Allen; Beth Thomas; alanmapstone; Tomas Peter; DrPGould; TJ Burns; Larry Wilson; Leanne Yau Rollo Webster, slightly eccentric, has a consuming ambition to play Hamlet. Escaping the restraining influences of his family, he spends his own money in engaging a company, hiring a theater and staging a production of the tragedy. His Ophelia is Goldie MacDuff, who would have been a success in a midnight frolic if she could only keep awake after twelve o’clock. It seems he has everything to finally bring his lifelong ambitions to fruition: a troupe of actors, a gamesome leading lady, a somewhat unscrupulous stage manager, and buckets upon buckets of cash. Now if only he had any talent… - Summary by The Best Plays of 1920-21, with additional material from ChuckW Cast List Hewston: Zames Curran Lydia: TriciaG Rollo Webster: Chuck Williamson Mr. Stein: Son of the Exiles Goldie MacDuff: Devorah Allen George Lucas: Tomas Peter Mrs. Park-Gales: Beth Thomas Whortley Camperdown: DrPGould Thomas Skitterling: alanmapstone Aunt Lane: TJ Burns Horatio We…

Directors & creators

Clare Kummer

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Shakespeare; broadway; stage farce

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