Dialogues of the Dead
George Lyttelton
Play
Length 6 h 55 min
Chapters 32
First published 1889
Can the dead of different ages and spaces meet in the afterlife? This is a thought that has occupied a number of writers throughout literature, George Lyttleton being one of them. He allows Plato to discourse with Fenelon, allows a native American warrior to explain the barbarity of the custom of duels among gentlemen to a victim of such a duel, and he has William Penn clash with Fernando Cortez over Cortez's cruelty in Mexico. The characters of the conversations are as different as the subjects, drawing not only on Lyttleton's rich historical knowledge, but also on his experience as a statesman. - Summary by Carolin
Chapters
1
Introduction Read by DrPGould 4:27
2
Dialogue II Read by Delmar H Dolbier and 1 other 7:22
3
Dialogue III Read by ToddHW and 1 other 9:55
4
Dialogue IV Read by Sonia and 2 others 9:29
5
Dialogue V Read by Availle and 1 other 9:49
6
Dialogue VI Read by Larry Wilson and 2 others 9:32
7
Dialogue VII Read by ToddHW and 1 other 8:32
8
Dialogue VIII Read by Delmar H Dolbier and 1 other 11:26
9
Dialogue IX Read by Larry Wilson and 1 other 9:05
10
Dialogue X Read by Leanne Yau and 1 other 7:01
11
Dialogue XI Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 8:39
12
Dialogue XII Read by Larry Wilson and 1 other 11:00
13
Dialogue XIII Read by Crln Yldz Ksr and 3 others 10:46
14
Dialogue XIV Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 32:39
15
Dialogue XV Read by Sonia and 2 others 10:16
16
Dialogue XVI Read by Sonia and 1 other 7:27
17
Dialogue XVII Read by Jason in Panama and 1 other 18:24
18
Dialogue XVIII Read by Roger Melin and 1 other 28:13
19
Dialogue XIX Read by Sonia and 2 others 13:47
20
Dialogue XX Read by Jason in Panama and 1 other 15:05
21
Dialogue XXI Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 10:43
22
Dialogue XXII Read by DrPGould and 1 other 11:47
23
Dialogue XXIII Read by DrPGould and 1 other 20:53
24
Dialogue XXIV Read by Larry Wilson and 1 other 13:37
25
Dialogue XXV Read by Tomas Peter and 1 other 20:31
26
Dialogue XXVI Read by Crln Yldz Ksr and 1 other 11:34
27
Dialogue XXVII Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) and 1 other 6:36
28
Dialogue XXVIII Read by Sonia and 2 others 17:03
29
Dialogue XXIX Read by Delmar H Dolbier and 1 other 17:45
30
Dialogue XXX Read by ToddHW and 1 other 12:32
31
Dialogue XXXI Read by Crln Yldz Ksr and 2 others 14:03
32
Dialogue XXXII Read by Larry Wilson and 1 other 7:15
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