Merry Devil of Edmonton

About this recording

Tucker Brooke, author of The Shakespeare Apocrypha (available separately here at Librivox), notes that "The external evidence which has been collected to prove Shakespeare's authorship of The Merry Devil of Edmonton is of the most dubious kind" though it includes "the play's presence in the 'Shakespeare volume' of Charles the Second's library"

Regardless of whether it is really Shakespeare, though, "Certainly the vitality of the scenes, the heartiness of the humour, and the unsurpassed delicacy in the portrayal of true love and true friendship, make The Merry Devil of Edmonton one of the most delightful of all the pseudo-Shakespearian plays to read and to re-read."

- Summary by ToddHW

Cast list:

Sir Arthur Clare: Beeswaxcandle

Sir Richard Mounchensey: Jim Locke

Sir Ralph Jerningham: HelloCentral

Henry (Harry) Clare: VocalPenguin

Raymond Mounchensey: GaleHall

Frank Jerningham: Chris Pyle

Sir John, a Priest: Greg Giordano

Banks, the Miller of Waltham: redrun

Smug, the Smith of Edmonton: Alan Mapstone

Bilbo: Adrian Stephens

Blague, the Host of the George: Tomas Peter

Brian: Kerry Adams

Raph, Brian's man: James R. Hedrick

Friar Hildersham: James R. Hedrick

Benedic: Kerry Adams…

• Comedy