Timon of Athens
Written by William Shakespeare
Narrated by LibriVox Community
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About this audiobook
The play has caused considerable debate among scholars. It is oddly constructed, with several lacunae (gaps) and for this reason is often described as unfinished, multi-authored, and/or experimental. No precise date of composition can be given and, while most place it as close but prior to the late romances, theories posited have ranged broadly from Shakespeare's first work to his last. It is usually grouped with the tragedies (as in the First Folio), though some scholars have placed it with the problem comedies despite the death of its title character. Source material includes Plutarch's "Life of Alcibiades" and Lucian's dialogue, Timon the Misanthrope. The play had not been published prior to its inclusion in the First Folio (1623). (Summary by Wikipedia)
Cast:
Apemantus: Martin Geeson
Alcibiades: Marty Kris
Caphis; Soldier: David Nicol
Cupid; Timandra; Third Senator; Varro's Servant: Elizabeth Klett
First Bandit; First Varro's Servant; Lucullus: Delmar H. Dolbier
First Lady; Phrynia: Sandra G
First Lord; Others: Lars Rolander
First Senator: Bruce Pirie
First Servant: Elaine Webb
Flaminius: thebicyclethief
Flavius: Peter Bishop
Fool; Titus; Ventidius: Amy Gramour
Fourth Lord; Lucius Servant; Others: Max Körlinge
Hortensius; Jeweller: Timothy Ferguson
Lucilius: TriciaG
Merchant; Servilius: Sebastian Stephenson
Messenger; Page: ChyAnne Donnell
Painter; Second Stranger; Others: Nigel Boydell
Poet; Third Stranger; Others: Bob Gonzalez
Second Bandit; Sempronius: Ric F
Second Lord; Others: David Goldfarb
Second Senator; Old Athenian; Third Servant; Isadore's Servant; Others: Algy Pug
Second Servant; Second Varro's Servant: John Fricker
Third Bandit; Philotus: Ron Altman
Third Lord; Others: DublinGothic
Timon: Barty Begley
Narrator: Kristingj
Audio edited by: Algy Pug
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.
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Reviews for Timon of Athens
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5For the most part, the reading of this play was satisfactory. There were a few exceptions, the voice of Apemantus was so bad and distracting, it made the reading difficult to follow.