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This is not a single story but a series of unique explorations that highlight the rich tapestry of human connection and the diverse experiences that shape our understanding of love. Join us on this journey through the heart, and discover a new book with every episode that will resonate with your own experiences of devotion and desire.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7139688/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Books</category><copyright>Copyright Romance Genre</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg</url><title>Lovers' Vows</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lovers-vows--7139688</link></image><lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:22:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Romance Genre</itunes:name><itunes:email>spreaker79@podcastlibrary.org</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Explore the intricate dynamics of love, commitment, and societal expectations in "Lovers' Vows," where the complexities of relationships take center stage. This podcast delves into themes of passion, sacrifice, and the often tumultuous nature of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Explore the intricate dynamics of love, commitment, and societal expectations in "Lovers' Vows," where the complexities of relationships take center stage. This podcast delves into themes of passion, sacrifice, and the often tumultuous nature of romantic entanglements, inviting listeners to reflect on the vows we make and the consequences that arise from them. Each episode features a new complete audiobook that captures the essence of love in its many forms, from historical tales of forbidden romance to contemporary narratives that challenge traditional notions of partnership. This is not a single story but a series of unique explorations that highlight the rich tapestry of human connection and the diverse experiences that shape our understanding of love. Join us on this journey through the heart, and discover a new book with every episode that will resonate with your own experiences of devotion and desire.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Books"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Science"/><itunes:category text="Science"><itunes:category text="Nature"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>c60c646d-c830-5a6a-a559-e20c82b77c3d</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Miss Sara Sampson-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/miss-sara-sampson-gotthold-ephraim-lessing--74631322</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. 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Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>10115</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1616 version)-Christopher Marlowe</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tragical-history-of-doctor-faustus-1616-version-christopher-marlowe--74598446</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74598446</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:03:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74598446/tragical_history_of_doctor_faustus_1616_version_christopher_marlowe.mp3" length="66507335" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>8305</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1-Christopher Marlowe</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tamburlaine-the-great-part-1-christopher-marlowe--74565808</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74565808</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:02:52 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74565808/tamburlaine_the_great_part_1_christopher_marlowe.mp3" length="68208706" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>8517</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Wild Duck-Henrik Ibsen</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/wild-duck-henrik-ibsen--74534228</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74534228</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:09:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74534228/wild_duck_henrik_ibsen.mp3" length="97712773" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>12202</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>All That Glitters Is Not Gold-John Maddison Morton</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-john-maddison-morton--74502976</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74502976</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:08:46 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74502976/all_that_glitters_is_not_gold_john_maddison_morton.mp3" length="59455999" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>7425</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Nature And Art-Elizabeth Inchbald</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/nature-and-art-elizabeth-inchbald--74464119</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74464119</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:07:57 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74464119/nature_and_art_elizabeth_inchbald.mp3" length="168476617" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>21039</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Manfred (Version 2)-George Gordon, Lord Byron</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/manfred-version-2-george-gordon-lord-byron--74431481</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74431481</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:08:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74431481/manfred_version_2_george_gordon_lord_byron.mp3" length="46585255" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>5817</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz-Anonymous</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/chymical-wedding-of-christian-rosenkreutz-anonymous--74388930</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74388930</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:05:01 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74388930/chymical_wedding_of_christian_rosenkreutz_anonymous.mp3" length="97839191" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>12218</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Frailty and Hypocrisy (Figaro Trilogy #3)-Pierre Beaumarchais</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/frailty-and-hypocrisy-figaro-trilogy-3-pierre-beaumarchais--74347473</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74347473</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:46:35 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74347473/frailty_and_hypocrisy_figaro_trilogy_3_pierre_beaumarchais.mp3" length="61335590" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>7659</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Merry Wives of Windsor-William Shakespeare</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/merry-wives-of-windsor-william-shakespeare--74206056</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74206056</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:08:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74206056/merry_wives_of_windsor_william_shakespeare.mp3" length="71307301" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>8904</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Pauline's Passion and Punishment-Louisa May Alcott</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/pauline-s-passion-and-punishment-louisa-may-alcott--74159775</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. 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Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>6501</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (version 3)-Robert Louis Stevenson</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-version-3-robert-louis-stevenson--74116798</link><description><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74116798</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:46:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74116798/strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_version_3_robert_louis_stevenson.mp3" length="92237478" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>11518</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8929ddfb5507f794304beea918fd82e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Astrophel and Stella-Sir Philip Sidney</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/astrophel-and-stella-sir-philip-sidney--73396657</link><description><![CDATA["Astrophel and Stella" by Sir Philip Sidney is a timeless exploration of love, longing, and the complexities of romantic devotion. This collection of sonnets captures the essence of unrequited love and the emotional turmoil that accompanies it, showcasing Sidney's masterful use of language and poetic form. The themes of passion, desire, and the struggles between heart and mind resonate deeply, making it a relevant work for contemporary listeners who seek to understand the intricacies of love. Its enduring appeal lies in the universal truths about human emotion and connection, reminding us that the experience of love, in all its forms, transcends time and remains a central part of the human experience.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73396657</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:23:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73396657/astrophel_and_stella_sir_philip_sidney.mp3" length="48482480" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elizabeth Inchbald, August von Kotzebue</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"Astrophel and Stella" by Sir Philip Sidney is a timeless exploration of love, longing, and the complexities of romantic devotion. 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Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. 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Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for "an English audience." Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, "making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season," and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden." Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. 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