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The World’s Story Volume IX: England

Eva March Tappan (1854 - 1930)

This is the ninth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part IX deals with the first part of the history of England, from the early times till the reign of the Tudor kings and queens. Chapters include stories about King Arthur, William the Conqueror, Robin Hood, Queen Elizabeth and many others. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for A messenger from Rome:
Cymbeline: alanmapstone / Lucius: Jim Locke / Queen: Devorah Allen / Cloten: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert:
Hubert: Jim Locke / First Executioner: Devorah Allen / Arthur: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Two scenes in the life of Henry V:
Falstaff: alanmapstone / Prince Hal/King Henry V: Tomas Peter / Host: Monika M.C.r / Warwick: Jim Locke / Chief Justice: Adrian Stephens / Lancaster: Todd HW / Gloucester: SaraHale / Clarence: Sandra Schmit / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for The fall of Cardinal Wolsey:
Wolsey: Jim Locke / Cromwell: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

Genre(s): War & Military, Religion, Middle Ages/Middle History

Language: English

Group: World's Story

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Chaucer at the court of Edward III, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting frontispiece	Sonia	00:03:01
Play 02	England Part I: Stories of the ancient Britons: Historical note	Sonia	00:01:55
Play 03	The building of Stonehenge, by G. F. Scott Elliot	Availle	00:11:31
Play 04	King Leir and his daughters, a tradition of early Britain, by John Milton	Sonia	00:07:20
Play 05	The city in the lake, by G. F. Scott Elliot	April6090	00:28:47
Play 06	The sacred grove, by Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter 1827-1901, painting p. 28	Tomas Peter	00:02:13
Play 07	Julius Caesar's two visits to Britain (55 and 54 B.C.), by Anthony Trollope	Jane Bennett	00:25:41
Play 08	A messenger from Rome (43 A.D.), by William Shakespeare	Group	00:05:50
Play 09	Boadicea (62 A.D.), by William Cowper	cathar maiden	00:02:45
Play 10	How the Romans lived in Britain (about the third century A.D.), by G. F. Scott Elliot	Jane Bennett	00:26:49
Play 11	The converted Britons, by William Holman Hunt, English painter 1827-1910, painting p. 58	Alan Mapstone	00:02:15
Play 12	England Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion: Historical note	Sonia	00:02:29
Play 13	Stories of King Arthur and his Court (sixth century)	Devorah Allen	00:26:39
Play 14	The stolen boys (about 590), by Sir Clements R. Markham	marcelacollado	00:19:26
Play 15	How King Edwin of Northumbria became a Christian (627), by Mrs. Elizabeth Rundle Charles	marcelacollado	00:15:09
Play 16	The baptism of Edwin, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting p. 94	Jim Locke	00:02:54
Play 17	England Part III: The coming of the Sea-Rovers: Historical note	cathar maiden	00:02:35
Play 18	The fall of the monastery at Croyland (870), by Eva March Tappan	Jim Locke	00:18:33
Play 19	King Edmund and the wolf (870), by the Abbot Aelfric, translated by Eva March Tappan	Jim Locke	00:07:57
Play 20	What the boy Alfred saw in London, by Eva March Tappan	April6090	00:09:00
Play 21	King Alfred on Athelney (878), by Thomas Hughes	Adrian Stephens	00:20:50
Play 22	''One rule for Angle and for Dane'' (about 1016), by Ottilie A. Liljencrantz	Adrian Stephens	00:14:26
Play 23	The last Danish invasion (1066), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton	Adrian Stephens	00:22:44
Play 24	England Part IV: The Norman conquest: Historical note	SaraHale	00:02:47
Play 25	The battle of Hastings (1066), by Robert Wace	Jim Locke	00:23:23
Play 26	How the Doomsday Book was made (about 1086), by Edwin Lester Arnold	April6090	00:09:48
Play 27	What the English thought of William the Conqueror (1066-1087), from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	SaraHale	00:06:39
Play 28	The rescue of the Princess of Cornwall, by Charles Kingsley	Jim Locke	00:17:44
Play 29	England Part V: From William the Red to John Lackland: Historical note	Alan Mapstone	00:03:17
Play 30	The reign of the Red King (1087-1100), by Charles Dickens	ToddHW	00:16:03
Play 31	The white ship (1120), by Dante Gabriel Rossetti	Jim Locke	00:17:48
Play 32	The escape of Maude from the Castle at Oxford (about 1140), by A. D. Crake	Adrian Stephens	00:16:35
Play 33	The castle-builders of the reign of Stephen (1135-1154), from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	Adrian Stephens	00:04:23
Play 34	The struggle between the king and the archbishop (1162-1170), by John Lord	Adrian Stephens	00:19:17
Play 35	The story of John Lackland (1199-1216), by Eva March Tappan	Adrian Stephens	00:10:31
Play 36	England Part VI: Stories of the age of Richard the Lion-Hearted: Historical note	Tomas Peter	00:02:08
Play 37	The tournament of Ashby-de-la-Zouche (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott	Jim Locke	00:26:32
Play 38	The archery contest (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott	April6090	00:13:53
Play 39	A trial by single combat (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott	Jane Bennett	00:26:21
Play 40	Robin Hood and Little John (latter part of twelfth century)	Jane Bennett	00:09:42
Play 41	Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert (about 1200), by William Shakespeare	Group	00:09:06
Play 42	Friar Bacon's brazen head (thirteenth century), by Abby Sage Richardson	Jim Locke	00:19:45
Play 43	England Part VII: The later Plantagenet kings: Historical note	Jane Bennett	00:03:02
Play 44	The battle of Evesham (1265), by G. P. R. James	Jane Bennett	00:45:44
Play 45	In the days of Edward III (1272-1307), by Eva March Tappan	Jane Bennett	00:11:17
Play 46	The first expedition of Edward III against the Scots (1328), by Sir John Froissart	Jane Bennett	00:25:47
Play 47	Wiclif on trial, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting p. 350	cathar maiden	00:02:07
Play 48	The revolt of the peasants (1381), by Augustin Thierry	Jim Locke	00:21:38
Play 49	The hunting of the Cheviot (1388)	PatrS	00:14:20
Play 50	The Mystery Plays, by Eva March Tappan	Alan Mapstone	00:10:02
Play 51	Country life in the days of the Plantagenets, by Eva March Tappan	Ruth P.	00:24:59
Play 52	England Part VIII: Lancaster and York: Historical note	Jim Locke	00:02:11
Play 53	The coronation of Henry IV (1399), by Sir John Froissart	KevinS	00:08:56
Play 54	Two scenes in the life of Henry V, by William Shakespeare	Group	00:18:39
Play 55	The ballad of Agincourt (1415), by Michael Drayton	Alan Mapstone	00:05:58
Play 56	Morning of the Battle of Agincourt, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-1897, painting p. 410	Alan Mapstone	00:02:23
Play 57	Queen Margaret and the robber (1463), by Agnes Strickland	April6090	00:15:55
Play 58	When the king returned from Holland (1470), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton	DanielHurt	00:14:30
Play 59	The children of Edward IV, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, painting p. 430	Monika M. C.	00:02:04
Play 60	England Part IX: The Tudor kings: Historical note	Kristine Bekere	00:02:53
Play 61	The impostor who claimed the crown of Henry VII (1488-1499), by Charles Dickens	April6090	00:14:15
Play 62	The funeral of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII (1503), by Agnes Strickland	Kristine Bekere	00:08:21
Play 63	The field of the Cloth of Gold (1520), by Gustave Masson	April6090	00:11:20
Play 64	Cardinal Wolsey going in procession, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-1897, painting p. 450	Alan Mapstone	00:02:38
Play 65	The fall of Cardinal Wolsey (1529), by William Shakespeare	Group	00:08:57
Play 66	The trial of Sir Thomas More (1535), by Anne Manning Rathbone	Colleen McMahon	00:13:23
Play 67	The appeal of Anne Askew (1546), by ''Louisa Mühlbach'' (Klara M. Mundt)	Colleen McMahon	00:16:42
Play 68	England Part X: From Edward VI to the death of Mary: Historical note	Kristine Bekere	00:02:21
Play 69	The execution of the ''Twelve-Days' Queen'' (1554), by William Harrison Ainsworth	April6090	00:17:52
Play 70	The coming of Philip II (1554), by William H. Prescott	Kristine Bekere	00:16:30
Play 71	England's reconciliation with Rome (1554), by James Anthony Froude	Kristine Bekere	00:07:20
Play 72	Cranmer at the Traitors' Gate, by Frederick Goodall, English artist 1822-1904, painting p. 500	Alan Mapstone	00:01:59
Play 73	England Part XI: In the days of Queen Elizabeth: Historical note	Alan Mapstone	00:02:49
Play 74	The great queen as a little child (1533-1539), by Agnes Strickland	Colleen McMahon	00:24:01
Play 75	Sir Walter Raleigh and his cloak (1575), by Sir Walter Scott	Jim Locke	00:26:21
Play 76	The boyhood of Raleigh, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, painting p. 518	Sarah Brown	00:01:53
Play 77	When Elizabeth came to Kenilworth (1575), by Sir Walter Scott	Colleen McMahon	00:17:27
Play 78	The Armada (1588), by Thomas Babington Macaulay	Alan Mapstone	00:07:22
Play 79	The fight with the invincible Armada (1588), by David Hume	Jim Locke	00:23:51
Play 80	The last moments of Queen Elizabeth, by Paul Delaroche, French artist 1797-1856, painting p. 562	Sonia	00:01:49
Play 81	The Revenge: a ballad of the fleet, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson	Sonia	00:08:50

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