Phaedra and other Poems and Ballads
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Leído por LibriVox Volunteers
Phædra was the wife of Theseus, the King of Athens, but she developed a passion for her step-son Hippolytus. His rejection of her declaration of love leads to tragedy and death.
The Poems read here are from Swinburne's Poems and Ballads (First series) published in 1866. The poems were popular on publication but also controversial as Swinburne wrote about topics which were considered taboo at the time such as Lesbianism (or Sapphism), Sado-masochism and Anti-theism. Many of the poems have the common themes of love and death and there are several references to the Greek poet Sappho whose work Swinburne admired. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
Cast List for the Phædra play:
Phædra: laurakgibbs
Hippolytus: Alan Mapstone
Chorus of Trœzenian Women: ShrimpPhish
(2 hr 4 min)
Capítulos
| PHÆDRA | 14:13 | Leído por LibriVox Volunteers |
| A Ballad of Life | 6:07 | Leído por Alan Mapstone |
| A Ballad of Death | 8:45 | Leído por Alan Mapstone |
| A Leave-Taking | 3:21 | Leído por Bruce Kachuk |
| Rondel | 1:26 | Leído por Barty Begley |
| Satia te Sanguine | 4:26 | Leído por Alan Mapstone |
| Anima Anceps | 1:48 | Leído por Algy Pug |
| In the Orchard | 4:07 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
| A Match | 2:07 | Leído por Arnav Darnal |
| A Cameo | 1:15 | Leído por David Lawrence |
| Song before Death | 1:13 | Leído por Douglas Wood |
| Stage Love | 1:46 | Leído por Bruce Kachuk |
| Rondel | 1:05 | Leído por David Lawrence |
| Before the Mirror | 3:01 | Leído por dc |
| Erotion | 3:12 | Leído por dc |
| In Memory of Walter Savage Landor | 2:18 | Leído por dc |
| A Song in Time of Order, 1852 | 3:30 | Leído por Bruce Kachuk |
| A Song in Time of Revolution, 1860 | 5:26 | Leído por Alan Mapstone |
| Before Dawn | 3:24 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
| The Garden of Proserpine | 5:36 | Leído por Alan Mapstone |
| Love at Sea | 1:36 | Leído por ShrimpPhish |
| April | 3:03 | Leído por Adrian Stephens |
| Before Parting | 2:27 | Leído por Adrian Stephens |
| The Sundew | 2:37 | Leído por Adrian Stephens |
| An Interlude | 2:52 | Leído por Adrian Stephens |
| Hendecasyllabics | 2:28 | Leído por Adrian Stephens |
| Sapphics | 5:58 | Leído por Alan Mapstone |
| August | 2:58 | Leído por ShrimpPhish |
| A Christmas Carol | 3:03 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
| Love and Sleep | 1:05 | Leído por Arnav Darnal |
| Madonna Mia | 3:03 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
| The King's Daughter | 3:01 | Leído por ShrimpPhish |
| After Death | 2:26 | Leído por Douglas Wood |
| May Janet | 2:45 | Leído por Alan Mapstone |
| The Sea-Swallows | 3:36 | Leído por Dave Silva |
| The Year of Love | 3:07 | Leído por Alan Mapstone |