Coo-ee Reciter
Various
Play
Length 3 h 9 min
Chapters 42
First published 1904
Recitation was a vital part of the curriculum in education in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It not only enabled students to gain practice in addressing groups in public, but also provided models for the study of accent and elocution – vital skills in the days before public address systems were universally available. Accordingly, a number of “reciters,” or collections of texts suitable for recitation, were published in this period. The Coo-ee Reciter, published in 1904, was one of the most popular of these collections in Australia. In the words of the anthologist it contains a variety of "humorous, pathetic, dramatic and dialect recitations and readings" by Australian, British and American authors.
Inevitably, these collections featured many items that featured the events and attitudes of the period. While many of the pieces can make no claim to be great literature, they do have great value as windows into the experiences, expectations and aspirations of the people at the time. - Summary by Algy Pug
Chapters
1
I Killed a Man at Graspan by Montague Grover Read by Algy Pug 3:15
2
Kitty O'Toole by W.L.Lumley Read by Algy Pug 1:31
3
The Ballad of the Drover by Henry Lawson Read by Algy Pug 3:31
4
The Rescue by Edward Dyson Read by Algy Pug 5:52
5
Saltbush Bill by A.B. Paterson Read by Algy Pug 5:05
6
Drought and Doctrine by J. Brunton Stephens Read by Algy Pug 6:19
7
The Martyr by Victor J. Daley Read by Algy Pug 3:44
8
The Carrying of the Baby by Ethel Turner Read by Algy Pug 10:21
9
The Old Gum by Florence Bullivant Read by Algy Pug 3:20
10
Murphy shall not Sing To-night by Montague Grover Read by Algy Pug 3:22
11
Christmas Bells by John B. O'Hara Read by Algy Pug 3:17
12
Wool is Up by Garnet Walch Read by Algy Pug 2:47
13
Wool is Down by Garnet Walch Read by Algy Pug 3:49
14
The Highland Brigade Buries its Dead by Lieut -Col W T Reay Read by Algy Pug 8:08
15
Australia's Call to Arms by John B. O'Hara Read by Algy Pug 2:14
16
Good News by Garnet Walch Read by Algy Pug 3:25
17
Free Trade v Protection by Garnet Walch Read by Algy Pug 8:35
18
The Lion's Cubs by Garnet Walch Read by Algy Pug 3:25
19
The Little Duchess by Ethel Turner Read by Algy Pug 15:59
20
Australia's Springtime by W.L.Lumley Read by Algy Pug 3:55
21
The Man that saved the Match by David McKee Wright Read by Algy Pug 6:26
22
Ode for Commonwealth Day, 1st January, 1901 by George Essex Evans Read by Algy Pug 3:37
23
A Desperate Assault by Donald MacDonald Read by Algy Pug 6:38
24
The Game of Life by John Godfrey Saxe Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 3:28
25
Prejudice by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 2:32
26
The Poor and the Rich by James Russell Lowell Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 3:40
27
The Engineer's Story from the Denver Post Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 3:42
28
Seeing's not Believing by Thomas Haynes Bayley Read by Newgatenovelist 5:30
29
Caudle has been made a Mason by Douglas Jerrold Read by Newgatenovelist 2:45
30
Mrs Caudle's Lecture by Douglas Jerrold Read by Newgatenovelist 3:03
31
Jim Bludso by Colonel John Hay Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 3:32
32
How Uncle Mose Counted the Eggs by anonymous Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 7:07
33
The Negro Baby's Funeral by Will Carleton Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 5:38
34
Der Shpider und der Fly by Charles Follen Adams Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 3:14
35
Lariat Bill by G W H Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 3:39
36
The Elf Child; or, Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 3:11
37
Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene by Matthew Gregory Lewis Read by Newgatenovelist 6:12
38
An All-around Intellectual Man by Thomas Masson Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 1:38
39
Her Ideal by Kate Masterson Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 2:14
40
The Happy Farmer by Mortimer Crane Brown Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) 2:41
41
The Son of a Soldier by Owen Oliver Read by Algy Pug 2:13
42
The Mile by David McKee Wright Read by Algy Pug 3:57
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