It Pays To Advertise
Walter Hackett and Roi Cooper Megrue
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
An early screwball comedy, the plot revolves around a Soap Manufacturing Mogul's attempt to get his idle-rich son to make something of himself. This involves a Countess who speaks only French (or does she?); the son's sweetheart (or is she?); a hard-sell theatrical press-agent (well, he definitely is!), and a new soap company set up by the son in competition with his father.
“No. 13 Soap ... It's Unlucky for Dirt.” - Summary by Son of the Exiles
Cast list:
MARY GRAYSON : Annie Mars
JOHNSON (Butler at the Martins’): Alan Mapstone
COMTESSE DE BEAURIEN : Sonia
RODNEY MARTIN: Greg Giordano
CYRUS MARTIN : ToddHW
AMBROSE PEALE : Son of the Exiles
MARIE (Maid at the Martins’): Sandra Schmit
WILLIAM SMITH: Rob Marland
MISS BURKE (Clerk): TallyTiger
GEORGE McCHESNEY: Alan Mapstone
CHARLES BRONSON : HelloCentral
ELLERY CLARK : Anthony Joseph
SANDWICH MEN: Wayne Cooke
Stage Directions and Editing: Michele Eaton
(3 hr 34 min)
Chapters
| Act 1 Part 1 | 39:52 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 1 Part 2 | 49:56 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 2 | 1:12:49 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
| Act 3 | 51:55 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Reviews
what a great advert for LibriVox
Lord de Ville
this dramatic reading of a play was thoroughly enjoyable and a great example of what LibriVox can do. the play is pure fast with a cast of of characters each displaying individual quirky traits. it is difficult to believe that the actors playing these roles are not professional. maybe they are and are just doing this volunteer work out of sheer altruism. what is most remarkable is that the cast members seemed to empathize with each other which is a clever trick to pull off given that they were recorded independently and then cut together. the only criticism is that the stage directions were read out verbatim which was sometimes a distraction. perhaps these could have been edited so as to keep the meaning but lose the unnecessary specifics.