Brett Downey has narrated 6 audiobooks on Listento.it by 5 authors. The most-rated is Danny MacIntyre Meets the Molecule.
Macbeth
Summary
At the center of each of the four great Shakespearean tragedies - Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, and Othello - is a powerful figure who is led to destruction by a fatal character flaw. In the case of Macbeth it is ambition. Initially a valiant warrior and staunch servant of his regal overlord Duncan, Macbeth succumbs to the lure of absolute political domination, which leads to murder, revolt, and comprehensive defeat. Many scholars agree that Macbeth, which was first published in the First Folio of 1623, was probably written about 1606. It was intended to be highly laudatory to the recently crowned King James I, whose accession united the crowns of England and Scotland and who was considered to be a distant descendent of Banquo. The play also relates a number of contemporary issues, including witch trials and demonology, a subject in which King James had a great interest, and the Gunpowder plot of 1605. Cast Duncan, The Porter, Second Murderer, and Doctor - Phil Benson Malcolm - Jeff Moon Donalbain and Servant - Maureen Boutilier Macbeth - Bob Neufeld Third Witch and Lady Macbeth - Linda Barrans Banquo and the Apparitions - Denis Daly Sergeant and MacDuff - Brett Downey First Witch and Lady MacDuff - Cate Barratt Second Witch, MacDuff's Son and Gentlewoman - Libby Stephenson Lennox - Alan Weyman Ross and Menteith - Marty Krzy Angus, Third Murderer, a Lord, and Seyton - Andrew Coleman First Murderer, Caithness, and Soldier - Victor Bazarov Old Man and Siward - John Burlinson Fleance and Young Siward - Becca Maggie Messenger - Michele Eaton Stage directions read by Denis Daly
Public Domain (P)2016 The Online Stage
The League of Youth
Summary
Often considered to be Ibsen's most popular play in his lifetime, The League of Youth caused fighting in the streets, with conservatives claiming it was an attack on their party and liberals claiming it was an attack on theirs! A thought-provoking comedy that's sure to feel shockingly familiar. Unusually for Ibsen, this play has a lot of humour and a more-or-less happy ending. Cast Stensgaard, a lawyer - Ben Lindsey-Clark Chamberlain Brattsberg, an ironmaster - John Burlinson Anders Lundestad, a farmer - Brett Downey Daniel Heire - Phil Benson Dr. Fjeldbo, the works' doctor - Peter Tucker Mons Monsen, of Storli, a landowner - Marty Kryz Aslaksen, a printer - Tovarisch Thora, Brattberg's daughter - K. G.Cross Mrs. Rundholmen, a tradesman's widow - Jennifer Fournier Bastian Monsen, Monsen's son - Chris Marcellus Erik Brattsberg, Brattsberg's son, a lawyer and business man - Ed Humpal Selma, Erik's wife - Maureen Boutiler Ragna, Monsen's daughter - Rebecca Thomas Helle, tutor at Storli - Jeff Moon Ringdal, works' manager - David Prickett A maidservant in the Chamberlain's household - Leanne Yau A waiter - Andrew Coleman A servant girl - Charlotte Duckett Stage directions read by Denis Daly Afterword read by K. G. Cross Audio edited by K. G. Cross Presented by The Online Stage
Public Domain (P)2016 The Online Stage
A Radio Play Collection
Summary
A Collection of Radio Plays by Mike Murphy Presented by The Online Stage Six quirky radio dramas brought to you by members of The Online Stage. Featuring the voices of Amanda Friday, Brett Downey, Susan Iannucci, Alan Weyman, Leanne Yau, Beth Thomas, Lucy Perry, Ed Humpal, Charlotte Duckett, John Burlinson, Eileen Tipping, Denis Daly, Nancy German, Jeff Moon, Peter Tucker, Ben Stevens, Ron Altman, K.G Cross, P.J. Morgan, Marty Kryz, Maureen Boutilier, Noel Badrian, Bob Neufeld, Lee Ann Howlett, Joseph Tabler, David Prickett, and Tovarisch. Program Danny MacIntyre Meets the Molecule Family Tree Happy Birthday, Dear Emily The Forever Pill The Gift The Return of Cosmo Draper Text copyrights held by Mike Murphy. Audio edited by Amanda Friday, K.G.Cross, Ed Humpal, and Eileen Tipping.
©2017 Mike Murphy (P)2017 The Online Stage
Earth Spirit
Summary
Earth Spirit: A Tragedy in Four Acts by Frank Wedekind Translated by Samuel A. Eliot Presented by the Online Stage Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) was the most controversial dramatist of his age. Most of his work focuses on the ubiquity and inevitably corrupting influence of sexual attraction. His most famous plays are the two that depict the rise, fall, and eventual gruesome death of the vampish Lulu, who, in Wedekind’s presentation, became a ghastly parody of Goethe’s “Eternal Feminine”. The first of the plays is Earth Spirit, in which Lulu marries and survives three husbands, only to face prosecution for the shooting of the third. Lulu’s later adventures are described in the following play, Pandora’s Box. The two plays were later bundled with Death and the Devil and Castle Wetterstein to form a tetralogy that was published as Tragedies of Sex. Cast Ringmaster/Rodrigo - Ron Altman Lulu - Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz - Leanne Yau Schigolch - Marty Krz Alva Schön - Brett Downey Dr. Schön - John Burlinson Schwartz - Garrison Moore Prince Escerny and Ferdinand - Joseph Tabler Dr. Goll and Escherich - Alan Weyman Alfred Hugenberg and Henriette - Chyanne Donnell Stage directions read by Denis Daly Audio edited by Denis Daly
Public Domain (P)2018 The Online Stage
Pandora's Box
Summary
"Pandora’s Box: A Tragedy in Three Acts" by Frank Wedekind. Play translated by Samuel A. Eliot Jnr. Prologue translated by Leanne Yau and Alan Weyman and rendered into verse by Charlotte Duckett. Presented by The Online Stage. This play is the sequel to "Earth Spirit", in which the adventurous and manipulative Lulu marries and rids herself of three husbands, only to be arrested for the murder of the third. In "Pandora’s Box", Lulu escapes from prison only to be forced in the life of a courtesan. Reduced to desperate poverty, she meets her end at the hands of murderous customer in London. In Wedekind’s sordid morality tale, all Lulu’s main associates suffer premature and unnatural deaths, except for the degenerate Schigolch, who is one of the most unpleasant characters in the European drama. In Wedekind's dark world, virtue is a practical improbability and vice, although often punished, continues to thrive. In the prologue, which has been specially translated for this production, Wedekind pillories the forces of censorship and critical approval, against which he contended almost continuously throughout his writing career. Full cast of narrators includes: The Enterprising Publisher - John Burlinson The Ordinary Reader - K.G.Cross The Bashful Author - Joseph Tabler The Attorney General - Alan Weyman Play Rodrigo Quast - Ron Altman Lulu - Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz - Leanne Yau Schigolch Marty Kryz Alva Schön - Brett Downey Count Casti Piani - John Burlinson Detective and Jack - Garrison Moore Heilmann and Dr. Hilti – Joseph Tabler Puntschu and Kungu Poti- Alan Weyman Alfred Hugenberg and Kadidia - Chyanne Donnell Bianetta and Magelone - K.G.Cross Ludmilla Steinherz and Bob - P.J. Morgan Stage directions read by Denis Daly. Audio edited by Denis Daly. Copyright for the verse version of the Prologue is held by Charlotte Duckett.
Public Domain (P)2018 The Online Stage
Danny MacIntyre Meets the Molecule
Summary
Danny MacIntyre Meets the Molecule, a radio play by Mike Murphy. Presented by the Online Stage Danny's mother assures him that snowmen can't talk. In this whimsical adventure, Danny discovers that her assertion is not entirely correct. Cast: Weatherman - Brett Downey; Danny - Amanda Friday; Mom - Susan Iannucci; Snowman - Alan Weyman. Additional voices supplied by Leanne Yau, Beth Thomas, and K.G. Cross. Audio edited by Amanda Friday.
©2016 Mike Murphy (P)2016 Voices of Today