Widowers' Houses

About this film

LibriVox recording of Widowers' Houses, by George Bernard Shaw. Read by a full cast. This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898; they were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audiences—as traditional Victorian theatre was expected to—but to raise awareness of social problems and to censure exploitation of the laboring class by the unproductive rich. In this play, Dr. Harry Trench becomes disillusioned when he discovers how his fiancee's father, Mr. Sartorius, makes his money. However, it is soon revealed that Trench's own income is far from untainted. (Summary by wildemoose and Wikipedia) Cast : Dr. Harry Trench: engineerdst Mr. William de Burgh Cokane: David Goldfarb Mr. Sartorius: Drakaunus Blanche Sartorius: Arielle Lipshaw Mr. Lickcheese: Algy Pug Waiter: bala Porter: David Olson Parlour Maid/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Audio edited by Arielle Lipshaw For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B…

Directors & creators

George Bernard Shaw

Subjects

librivox; audiobook; literature; widowers houses; george bernard shaw; comedy

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