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Rover (Part One)

Aphra Behn

Length
3 h 11 min
Chapters
5
Language
English
Genre
Plays
First published
1677

The Rover, or The Banish'd Cavaliers, is a play in two parts written by the English author Aphra Behn. The first part features multiple plot lines, dealing with the amorous adventures of a group of Englishmen in Naples at Carnival time. The "rover" of the play's title is Willmore, a rakish naval captain, who falls in love with a young woman named Hellena, who has set out to experience love before her brother sends her to a convent. Complications arise when Angellica Bianca, a famous courtesan, falls in love with Willmore and swears revenge on him for his betrayal. Meanwhile, Hellena's sister Florinda attempts to marry her true love, Colonel Belvile, rather than the man her brother has selected. The third major plot of the play deals with the provincial Blunt, who becomes convinced that a girl has fallen in love with him but is humiliated when she turns out to be a prostitute and a thief. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Cast

Florinda: Amanda Friday

Hellena: Elizabeth Klett

Don Pedro: Alan Mapstone

Callis/Boy: Patti Cunningham

Stephano: Ric F

Frederick: bala

Belvile: mb

Blunt: Algy Pug

Willmore: Robin King

Valeria/Woman: Availle

Lucetta/Masquerader/Hellena's Page: ElleyKat

Sancho/Officer/Blunt's Man: engineerdst

Angellica Bianca: Arielle Lipshaw

Moretta: Charlotte Duckett

Sebastian/Bravo/Philippo/Soldier: Elizabeth Klett

Don Antonio: Ernst Pattynama

Diego/Servant: Anna Simon

Narrator/Prologue/Epilogue: Libby Gohn

Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett

Chapters

From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org), the text (opens gutenberg.org), all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org).