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This is not a single story but a series of unique explorations that illuminate the struggles of individuals facing dire choices in the name of love and honor. With every episode, listeners are encouraged to discover a new book that not only entertains but also provokes thought about the darker aspects of human experience and the enduring impact of tragedy throughout history.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7168093/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Books</category><copyright>Copyright Tragedy Genre</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f0c10f6cb9e988e9bb204421a2b2e587.jpg</url><title>Maid's Tragedy</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/maid-s-tragedy--7168093</link></image><lastBuildDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:30:47 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Tragedy Genre</itunes:name><itunes:email>spreaker87@podcastlibrary.org</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f0c10f6cb9e988e9bb204421a2b2e587.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Delve into the intricate world of love, betrayal, and the heavy price of loyalty, as reflected in the poignant title of "Maid's Tragedy." This podcast invites listeners to explore the depths of human emotion and the consequences of societal...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Delve into the intricate world of love, betrayal, and the heavy price of loyalty, as reflected in the poignant title of "Maid's Tragedy." This podcast invites listeners to explore the depths of human emotion and the consequences of societal expectations through a rotating collection of audiobooks that echo the themes of sacrifice and tragedy. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, revealing stories that navigate the complexities of relationships, power dynamics, and the often tragic fates that befall those caught in the throes of passion and duty. This is not a single story but a series of unique explorations that illuminate the struggles of individuals facing dire choices in the name of love and honor. With every episode, listeners are encouraged to discover a new book that not only entertains but also provokes thought about the darker aspects of human experience and the enduring impact of tragedy throughout history.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Books"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Arts"/><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Performing Arts"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>c5def5b6-a140-5e18-bcf3-32d7e95ec5b1</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Rosmersholm-Henrik Ibsen</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/rosmersholm-henrik-ibsen--74432180</link><description><![CDATA[Beaumont and Fletcher's The Maid's Tragedy (first published 1619) is a sensational Jacobean sex tragedy. When gentleman soldier Melantius returns to Rhodes, he finds his dear friend Amintor is recently married - but not to his troth-plight love Aspatia (the maid of the title). Instead, the King has arranged a match between Amintor and Melantius' sister, the beautiful Evadne. On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. 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Instead, the King has arranged a match between Amintor and Melantius' sister, the beautiful Evadne. On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. 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On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. 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Instead, the King has arranged a match between Amintor and Melantius' sister, the beautiful Evadne. On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. 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On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. 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On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. 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On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. 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Instead, the King has arranged a match between Amintor and Melantius' sister, the beautiful Evadne. On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. 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On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. 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Shakespeare's masterful language and rich characterizations invite audiences to experience the depth of emotion and the tragic consequences of ambition, making this classic work a must-hear.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>11031</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f0c10f6cb9e988e9bb204421a2b2e587.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Maid's Tragedy - Francis Beaumont John Fletcher</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/maid-s-tragedy-francis-beaumont-john-fletcher--72922825</link><description><![CDATA[Beaumont and Fletcher's The Maid's Tragedy (first published 1619) is a sensational Jacobean sex tragedy. When gentleman soldier Melantius returns to Rhodes, he finds his dear friend Amintor is recently married - but not to his troth-plight love Aspatia (the maid of the title). Instead, the King has arranged a match between Amintor and Melantius' sister, the beautiful Evadne. On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. StevensAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72922825</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:12:22 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72922825/maid_s_tragedy_francis_beaumont_john_fletcher.mp3" length="72980312" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b86dad7a-484f-42ce-b9fc-b2264ac47723/b86dad7a-484f-42ce-b9fc-b2264ac47723.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b86dad7a-484f-42ce-b9fc-b2264ac47723/b86dad7a-484f-42ce-b9fc-b2264ac47723.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b86dad7a-484f-42ce-b9fc-b2264ac47723/b86dad7a-484f-42ce-b9fc-b2264ac47723.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Beaumont and Fletcher's The Maid's Tragedy (first published 1619) is a sensational Jacobean sex tragedy. When gentleman soldier Melantius returns to Rhodes, he finds his dear friend Amintor is recently married - but not to his troth-plight love...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Beaumont and Fletcher's The Maid's Tragedy (first published 1619) is a sensational Jacobean sex tragedy. When gentleman soldier Melantius returns to Rhodes, he finds his dear friend Amintor is recently married - but not to his troth-plight love Aspatia (the maid of the title). Instead, the King has arranged a match between Amintor and Melantius' sister, the beautiful Evadne. On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Cleon: David NicolStrato: Algy PugLysippus: mbDiphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: Marty KrisMelantius: David GoldfarbAspatia: Arielle LipshawAmintor: Peter BishopCalianax: Andy MinterKing: Bruce PirieEvadne/Diagoras/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettNight/Antiphila: AvailleCynthia/Olympias: SkylarkNeptune: Bob GonzalezEolus/Servant: Barry EadsDula: Beth ThomasLady: Bev J. StevensAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>9123</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>amintor,beaumont,elizabeth,fletcher,maid,melantius,skylarkneptune,stevensaudio,torrent,tragedy</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f0c10f6cb9e988e9bb204421a2b2e587.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
