audiobooks
Cover of Wappin' Wharf: A Frightful Comedy of Pirates

Wappin' Wharf: A Frightful Comedy of Pirates

Charles S. Brooks

Length
2 h 56 min
Chapters
3
Language
English
First published
1922

We had hoped that our drama's scene might lie on a pirate ship at sea. We had wished for a swaying mast, full-set with canvas—a typhoon to smother our stage in wind. We had hoped to walk a victim off the plank, with the sea roaring in the wings. But our plot deals stubbornly with us. Alas, our pirates grow old and stiff. They have retired, as we say, from active practice and live in easy luxury on shore. Yet we shall see that their villainy still thrives. - Summary from Prologue By the way, Section 0 has a buncha interesting explanations by the author on why and how the play came about and is called what it is - with no spoilers. But if you need to get right into the action, just start with Act 1. (ToddHW)

Cast list:

The Duke: Son of the Exiles

Patch-Eye: Larry Wilson

The Captain: Leanne Yau

Red Joe: Tomas Peter

Darlin': TJ Burns

Betsy: Devorah Allen

Old Meg: Linda Olsen Fitak

Sailor Captain: alanmapstone

Stage Directions: Sonia

Introduction and Editing: ToddHW

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).