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  • Emperor of the Moon, The by Aphra Behn (1640 - 1689) | LibriVox's New Releases

    A Restoration farce by a successful woman playwright. "Doctor Baliardo, a Neapolitan philosopher, has so applied himself to the study of the Moon, and is enraptured to such an extent with the mysteries of that orb, that he has come steadfastly to believe in a lunar world, peopled, ruled and regulated like the earth. This wholly fills and absorbs his every waking thought, and, in consequence, he denies his daughter Elaria and his niece Bellemante to their respective lovers, the Viceroy’s two nephews, Don Cinthio and Don Charmante, as being men of mere terrestial mould." - Summary by Montague Summers, 1915

    Cast list:
    Doctor Baliardo: Adrian Stephens
    Scaramouch, his Man: Anna Maria
    Pedro, his Boy: Mira Williams
    Don Cinthio, Nephew to the Vice-Roy, and Lover of Elaria: Greg Giordano
    Don Charmante, Nephew to the Vice-Roy, and Lover of Bellemante: Tchaikovsky
    Harlequin, Cinthio’s Man: Alan Mapstone
    Officer: Sonia
    Clerk: Susan Essary
    Stentor: James R. Hedrick
    Elaria, Daughter to the Doctor: Annie Mars
    Bellemante, Niece to the Doctor: Marya James
    Florinda, Cousin to Elaria and Bellemante: Jenn Broda
    Mopsophil, Governante to the young Ladies: WendyKatzHiller
    Keplair, Philosopher: DeborahJoye
    Galileus, Philosopher: David Purdy
    Zodiack Chorus: Rapunzelina
    Stage Directions: ToddHW
    Editing: ToddHW