Marplot in Lisbon; Or The Second Part of The Busy Body
By Susanna Centlivre · Running time 02:27:45 · Comedy
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About this book
We first met the scheming Marplot in Susanna Centlivre's 1709 play "The Busie Body" (already recorded at Librivox). The play was so successful that Centlivre wrote a sequel, again putting Marplot in the middle of schemes, mistaken identities, confusion, and finally .... well, that would be telling. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Marplot. A sort of a silly Fellow, Cowardly, but very Inquisitive to know every Body's Business, generally spoils all he undertakes, yet without Design: ToddHW Colonel Ravelin, an English Officer: Greg Giordano Charles: HelloCentral Don Lopez, a Grandee of Portugal: AR
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