How Salvator Won and Other Recitations
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Play
Length 3 h
Chapters 63
First published 1891
Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an American poet known for her popular lyrics that capture positive and uplifting themes. This volume is quite diverse, including the concluding piece that is read as a little play. Her preface to expresses the unique character of this collection. “I am constantly urged by readers and impersonators to furnish them with verses for recitation. In response to this ever-increasing demand I have selected, for this volume, the poems which seem suitable for such a purpose. In making my collection I have been obliged to use, not those which are among my best efforts in a literary or artistic sense, but those which contain the best dramatic possibilities for professionals. Several of the poems are among my earliest efforts, others were written expressly for this book. In “Meg’s Curse,” which has never before been in print, and in several others, I ignored all rules of art for the purpose of giving the public reader a better chance to exercise his elocutionary powers.- Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters
1
Preface Read by Larry Wilson 1:21
2
How Salvator Won Read by Jstark523 3:50
3
The Gossips Read by Ken Masters 4:16
4
Platonic Read by Julian Pratley 1:40
5
Solitude Read by Jenn Broda 1:36
6
Grandpa’s Christmas Read by Ken Masters 5:27
7
After the Engagement Read by Julian Pratley 2:11
8
The Watcher Read by Tommy Hersant 2:11
9
False Read by Ken Masters 3:47
10
The Phantom Ball Read by Jenn Broda 2:10
11
The Kingdom of Love Read by Larry Wilson 2:40
12
Under the Sheet Read by Stefan Von Blon 2:49
13
His Youth Read by Stefan Von Blon 4:06
14
Wanted—a Little Girl Read by Julian Pratley 1:20
15
Two Sinners Read by Larry Wilson 1:52
16
Meg’s Curse Read by Tommy Hersant 6:10
17
A Fable Read by Julian Pratley 2:04
18
The Way of It Read by Tommy Hersant 2:09
19
The Suicide Read by Michele Fry 4:35
20
''Now I Lay Me'' Read by Larry Wilson 1:12
21
The Messenger Read by bdanzige 2:51
22
Illogical Read by Stefan Von Blon 2:07
23
A Servian Legend Read by Alan Mapstone 4:19
24
Peek-a-boo Read by Jenn Broda 1:51
25
The Falling of Thrones Read by Alan Mapstone 1:48
26
Her Last Letter Read by Julian Pratley 3:30
27
Babyland Read by Jenn Broda 2:32
28
Fishing Read by ThoughtfulWilderness 1:28
29
The Old Stage Queen Read by Alan Mapstone 2:42
30
The Princess’s Finger Nail Read by Sarah Brown 3:11
31
A Baby in the House Read by Julian Pratley 1:20
32
The Foolish Elm Read by Julian Pratley 1:43
33
Robin’s Mistake Read by ThoughtfulWilderness 1:19
34
New Year Resolve Read by Michele Fry 1:55
35
What We Want Read by Julian Pratley 1:45
36
Two Glasses Read by ThoughtfulWilderness 2:36
37
A Pin Read by Sarah Brown 2:21
38
Breaking the Day in Two Read by Jenn Broda 1:31
39
The Rape of the Mist Read by Alan Mapstone 1:43
40
The Maniac Read by Stefan Von Blon 4:50
41
What Is Flirtation Read by Tommy Hersant 1:36
42
How Does Love Speak Read by Larry Wilson 2:33
43
As You Go Through Life Read by Larry Wilson 1:26
44
Memory's River Read by tinazhang 2:46
45
The Lady and the Dame Read by Michele Fry 2:46
46
A Married Coquette Read by Julian Pratley 3:56
47
A Plea Read by Alan Mapstone 2:50
48
Summer Girl Read by tinazhang 2:13
49
The Beautiful Blue Danube Read by Alan Mapstone 3:21
50
The Birth of the Opal Read by Jenn Broda 1:37
51
Sounds From the Base-ball Field Read by Alan Mapstone 2:07
52
A Waltz-Quadrille Read by Jenn Broda 2:34
53
Answered Read by Stefan Von Blon 2:29
54
The Sign-board Read by Alan Mapstone 2:28
55
About May Read by Larry Wilson 1:29
56
The Giddy Girl Read by Jenn Broda 2:24
57
Dell and I Read by Julian Pratley 1:50
58
Vanity Fair Read by Alan Mapstone 2:26
59
A Girl’s Autumn Reverie Read by Sarah Brown 1:31
60
Gethsemane Read by Larry Wilson 1:54
61
The Coming Man Read by Alan Mapstone 2:07
62
A Man’s Repentance Read by Alan Mapstone 2:48
63
Dick’s Family Read by Tommy Hersant and 3 others 23:45
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