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Ballad: A Manager's Perplexities

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Ballad: A Manager's Perplexities by W. S. Gilbert. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 15, 2016. Read in English by David Lawrence; Esther ben Simonides; Newgatenovelist; Ian King; Lee Ann Howlett; Leonard Wilson; MaryAnnS; Matthew Datcher and Tomas Peter. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as the Savoy operas) produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. Gilbert also wrote the Bab Ballads, an extensive collection of light verse accompanied by his own comical drawings. His creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, numerous stories, poems, lyrics and various other comic and serious pieces. His plays and realistic style of stage direction inspired other dramatists, including Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. ( Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook

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