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Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner

Welcome to Brendan Moir's Playwright Corner, where I read plays, poems, or whatever's currently striking my fancy in the classic audio book format. Prepare to be filled with joy, hope, rage, envy, despair, and even morbid curiosity as we embark on this unique adventure of charting out humanity's various frivolities.

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All Episodes

29:04

Saki: The Watched Pot, Act III (Pt. 2)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/08/01

"The Watched Pot" is a three-act comedic play written by Saki in collaboration with Charles Maude. It centers around the inhabitants of Briony manor either scheming or enacting the scheme of marrying the only inheritor of the estate, Trevor Bavvel, before his tyrant of a mother, Hortensia Bavvel, becomes aware of the covert usurpment of her power. The play humorously explores the pressure placed on everyone in the manor as various potential brides are paraded before him, while Trevor remains

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28:32

Saki: The Watched Pot, Act III (Pt. 1)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/07/25

"The Watched Pot" is a three-act comedic play written by Saki in collaboration with Charles Maude. It centers around the inhabitants of Briony manor either scheming or enacting the scheme of marrying the only inheritor of the estate, Trevor Bavvel, before his tyrant of a mother, Hortensia Bavvel, becomes aware of the covert usurpment of her power. The play humorously explores the pressure placed on everyone in the manor as various potential brides are paraded before him, while Trevor remains

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25:27

Saki: The Watched Pot, Act II (Pt. 2)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/07/18

"The Watched Pot" is a three-act comedic play written by Saki in collaboration with Charles Maude. It centers around the inhabitants of Briony manor either scheming or enacting the scheme of marrying the only inheritor of the estate, Trevor Bavvel, before his tyrant of a mother, Hortensia Bavvel, becomes aware of the covert usurpment of her power. The play humorously explores the pressure placed on everyone in the manor as various potential brides are paraded before him, while Trevor remains

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28:38

Saki: The Watched Pot, Act II (Pt. 1)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/07/11

"The Watched Pot" is a three-act comedic play written by Saki in collaboration with Charles Maude. It centers around the inhabitants of Briony manor either scheming or enacting the scheme of marrying the only inheritor of the estate, Trevor Bavvel, before his tyrant of a mother, Hortensia Bavvel, becomes aware of the covert usurpment of her power. The play humorously explores the pressure placed on everyone in the manor as various potential brides are paraded before him, while Trevor remains

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29:52

Saki: The Watched Pot, Act I (Pt. 2)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/07/04

"The Watched Pot" is a three-act comedic play written by Saki in collaboration with Charles Maude. It centers around the inhabitants of Briony manor either scheming or enacting the scheme of marrying the only inheritor of the estate, Trevor Bavvel, before his tyrant of a mother, Hortensia Bavvel, becomes aware of the covert usurpment of her power. The play humorously explores the pressure placed on everyone in the manor as various potential brides are paraded before him, while Trevor remains

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28:22

Saki: The Watched Pot, Act I (Pt. 1)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/06/27

"The Watched Pot" is a three-act comedic play written by Saki in collaboration with Charles Maude. It centers around the inhabitants of Briony manor either scheming or enacting the scheme of marrying the only inheritor of the estate, Trevor Bavvel, before his tyrant of a mother, Hortensia Bavvel, becomes aware of the covert usurpment of her power. The play humorously explores the pressure placed on everyone in the manor as various potential brides are paraded before him, while Trevor remains

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18:33

Saki: Karl Ludwig's Window

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/06/20

In "Karl Ludwig’s Window," Saki skewers the romantic ideals of honor and despair with dry, unsparing wit. Kurt von Jagdstein, fearing disgrace after a duel gone wrong, returns to his home and contemplates ending his life by leaping from the same window once used by a tragic ancestor. Yet, amidst this tension, Kurt is in a constant state of witty retort to his family's questions and accusations. While his mother is questioning how they'll ever socially recover from this, he drinks to

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24:08

Saki: Introduction & The Death Trap

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/06/13

Saki’s one‑act political satire, "The Death Trap" unfolds in a small Balkan castle on the eve of an insurrection. Prince Dimitri, the gentle young ruler of the state of Muravia, has been warned that rebels plan to murder him that night; only a handful of advisers and servants stand between him and the assassins outside the walls. His only remaining friend, Stronetz, coolly weighs two grim alternatives: let the rebels breach the castle and plunge the country into civil war, or sacrifice the

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27:55

W.B. Yeats: The Countess Cathleen (Scene 4+5)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/05/30

In "The Countess Cathleen," famine devastates Ireland, and a pair of mysterious merchants begin buying souls from starving peasants in exchange for food and gold. When Countess Cathleen discovers the growing spiritual crisis among her people, she tries to offer aid—but quickly realizes her wealth alone isn’t enough to stop their grief. In a final, deliberate act, she sells her own soul to the merchants, hoping to ransom the villagers’ salvation with her sacrifice. Drawing from Irish legend

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25:18

W.B. Yeats: The Countess Cathleen (Scene 2+3)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/05/23

In "The Countess Cathleen," famine devastates Ireland, and a pair of mysterious merchants begin buying souls from starving peasants in exchange for food and gold. When Countess Cathleen discovers the growing spiritual crisis among her people, she tries to offer aid—but quickly realizes her wealth alone isn’t enough to stop their grief. In a final, deliberate act, she sells her own soul to the merchants, hoping to ransom the villagers’ salvation with her sacrifice. Drawing from Irish legend

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19:13

W.B. Yeats: The Countess Cathleen (Scene 1)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/05/16

In "The Countess Cathleen," famine devastates Ireland, and a pair of mysterious merchants begin buying souls from starving peasants in exchange for food and gold. When Countess Cathleen discovers the growing spiritual crisis among her people, she tries to offer aid—but quickly realizes her wealth alone isn’t enough to stop their grief. In a final, deliberate act, she sells her own soul to the merchants, hoping to ransom the villagers’ salvation with her sacrifice. Drawing from Irish legend

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30:05

W.B. Yeats: Purgatory & The Cat and the Moon

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/05/02

W.B Yeats' "Purgatory" is a grim representation of generational guilt and spiritual entrapment, as a father confronts the ghosts of his family’s past in the ruins of a once-noble home, where memory and violence echo years afterwards.Meanwhile, in "The Cat and the Moon," two beggars—one blind, one lame—make their way to a holy well where Saint Colman resides in the hopes of curing their respective ailments. But when given the opportunity of being healed or being blessed, both

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19:34

W.B. Yeats: The Pot of Broth

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/04/25

Brimming with charm and mischief, "The Pot of Broth" is a delightful one-act comedy co-written with Lady Gregory in which a clever wanderer, armed with nothing but an empty pot and a silver tongue, convinces a wary country couple that he can brew a magical broth from a simple stone. As tall tales bubble up alongside the imaginary soup, the ordinary kitchen becomes a stage for trickery, laughter, and the quiet magic of believing in just a little more than what’s in front of you. Come into the

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23:29

W.B. Yeats: Cathleen Ní Houlihan

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/04/18

Set against the backdrop of Ireland’s struggle for freedom, "Cathleen Ní Houlihan" unfolds with quiet intensity as a young man’s ordinary life is gradually overtaken by a strange and irresistible call to something greater. In the presence of a beguiling visitor whose words seem to shimmer with myth and longing, dreams of marriage and home give way to visions of sacrifice and national pride. W.B. Yeats weaves a lyrical, otherworldly tale that blurs the line between reality and enchantment,

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37:25

August Strindberg: The Great Highway (Pt. 3)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/04/04

Life, a fleeting shadow, a whisper in the wind,We wander lost, adrift in the void,Seeking solace in the darkness,Yet finding only echoes of our own despair.What is truth? What is meaning?These questions haunt me, torment me,As I tread the great highway of existence,Alone, and yet surrounded by the clamor of life.Oh, to find redemption in this wilderness,To glimpse the light amidst the shadows,But alas, it eludes me still,A distant dream, a fading hope.And so I wander on, a pilgrim of the

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42:31

August Strindberg: The Great Highway (Pt. 2)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/03/28

"Life, a fleeting shadow, a whisper in the wind,We wander lost, adrift in the void,Seeking solace in the darkness,Yet finding only echoes of our own despair.What is truth? What is meaning?These questions haunt me, torment me,As I tread the great highway of existence,Alone, and yet surrounded by the clamor of life.Oh, to find redemption in this wilderness,To glimpse the light amidst the shadows,But alas, it eludes me still,A distant dream, a fading hope.And so I wander on, a pilgrim of the

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32:23

August Strindberg: The Great Highway (Pt. 1)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/03/21

"Life, a fleeting shadow, a whisper in the wind,We wander lost, adrift in the void,Seeking solace in the darkness,Yet finding only echoes of our own despair.What is truth? What is meaning?These questions haunt me, torment me,As I tread the great highway of existence,Alone, and yet surrounded by the clamor of life.Oh, to find redemption in this wilderness,To glimpse the light amidst the shadows,But alas, it eludes me still,A distant dream, a fading hope.And so I wander on, a pilgrim of the

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23:36

August Strindberg: The Ghost Sonata (Scene 3)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/03/08

Enter the surreal world of August Strindberg's "The Ghost Sonata," where a young student becomes entangled in the mysterious affairs of a haunted mansion. As he navigates its labyrinthine corridors, he encounters a cast of eccentric characters, including a mysterious old man who seems to have blackmail over everyone in the house, a woman who has begun to resemble a mummy after being locked away in a closet for years, a young girl who can't leave her hyacinth room, and an ethereal

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27:19

August Strindberg: The Ghost Sonata (Scene 2)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/03/01

Enter the surreal world of August Strindberg's "The Ghost Sonata," where a young student becomes entangled in the mysterious affairs of a haunted mansion. As he navigates its labyrinthine corridors, he encounters a cast of eccentric characters, including a mysterious old man who seems to have blackmail over everyone in the house, a woman who has begun to resemble a mummy after being locked away in a closet for years, a young girl who can't leave her hyacinth room, and an ethereal

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33:11

August Strindberg: The Ghost Sonata (Scene 1)

Brendan Moir"s Playwright Corner ·

2025/02/22

Enter the surreal world of August Strindberg's "The Ghost Sonata," where a young student becomes entangled in the mysterious affairs of a haunted mansion. As he navigates its labyrinthine corridors, he encounters a cast of eccentric characters, including a mysterious old man who seems to have blackmail over everyone in the house, a woman who has begun to resemble a mummy after being locked away in a closet for years, a young girl who can't leave her hyacinth room, and an ethereal

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