An 18th-Century Comedy Album

Dame Edith Evans

17 CANCIONES • 52 MINUTOS • SEP 18 2006

2

The Way of the World - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act III (A room in Lady Wishfort's house): Merciful, no news of Foible yet? (Lady Wishfort, Peg)

02:05

3

The Way of the World - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act III (A room in Lady Wishfort's house): Come in, good Marwood (Lady Wishfort, Mrs Marwood)

01:16

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The Way of the World - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act III (A room in Lady Wishfort's house): Oh Foible, where hast thou been? (Lady Wishfort, Foible)

06:00

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The Way of the World - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act IV (The same): Madam, I stayed here to tell your ladyship (Foible, Millamant, Mrs Fainall)

01:15

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The Way of the World - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act IV (The same): Ah Sir Wilfull, you are come at the critical instant (Mrs Fainall, Sir Wilfull, Millamant)

03:42

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The Way of the World - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act IV (The same): Like Daphne she, as lovely and as coy (Mirabell, Millamant)

07:50

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The Way of the World - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act IV (The same): Fainall, what shall I do? (Millamant, Mrs Fainall, Mirabell)

01:14

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The Way of the World - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act IV (The same): Yonder Sir Wilfull's drunk (Mrs Fainall, Millamant)

00:32

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The Way of the World - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Epilogue: After our Epilogue this crowd dismisses (spoken by Edith Evans) (spoken by Edith Evans)

02:22

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The Beaux' Stratagem - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act II Scene 1 (A gallery in Lady Bountiful's house): Morrow, my dear sister (Dorinda, Mrs Sullen)

04:16

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The Beaux' Stratagem - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act II Scene 1 (A gallery in Lady Bountiful's house): My head aches consumedly (Sullen, Mrs Sullen, Dorinda, Scrub)

01:19

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The Beaux' Stratagem - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act II Scene 1 (A gallery in Lady Bountiful's house): Inveterate stupidity! (Mrs Sullen, Dorinda)

03:10

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The Beaux' Stratagem - A comedy in five acts (excerpts), Act IV Scene 1 (conclusion) (The same): Well, sister (Mrs Sullen, Dorinda)

04:21

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The Rivals - A comedy in five acts (excerpt), Act III Scene 3 (opening) (Mrs Malaprop's lodgings): Your being Sir Anthony's son, Captain (Mrs Malaprop, Absolute)

Dame Edith Evans/Anthony Quayle

04:56

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The Rivals - A comedy in five acts (excerpt), Act III Scene 3 (opening) (Mrs Malaprop's lodgings): So we will, ma'am; so we will (Absolute, Mrs Malaprop)

Dame Edith Evans/Anthony Quayle

02:06

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The School for Scandal - Epilogue: I, who was late so volatile and gay (Lady Teazle)

03:15

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