Arthur : $b A tragedy

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Arthur : $b A tragedy

by Laurence Binyon

EN·~1 hours·13 chapters

Chapters

13 total
1

ARTHUR A TRAGEDY

0:19
2

TO SIR JOHN AND LADY MARTIN HARVEY

0:56
3

CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY

0:36
4

FIRST SCENE

15:12
5

SECOND SCENE

14:12
6

THIRD SCENE

5:07
7

FOURTH SCENE

23:11
8

FIFTH SCENE

8:40
9

SIXTH SCENE

14:32
10

SEVENTH SCENE

21:56

Description

In this lyrical tragedy set against the backdrop of King Arthur’s court, the curtain rises in Sir Bernard’s modest castle at Astolat. News of the king’s recent victory spreads, but a darker whisper lingers: Sir Lancelot, the famed knight, has vanished without a trace. The castle’s inhabitants—Bernard’s son Lavaine, the impulsive Torre, and a mysterious wounded guest—begin to piece together rumors, suspicion, and yearning for the lost hero.

The play weaves together the urgency of a kingdom at war, the fragile bonds of loyalty, and the personal quests of those who dream of glory. As loyalties are tested and hidden identities surface, the audience is drawn into a tense investigation that balances chivalric idealism with the looming shadows of betrayal. The atmosphere is both intimate and grand, inviting listeners to feel the weight of honor and the poignant cost of secrets in a world where legend and reality collide.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (113K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Small Maynard and Company, 1923.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2023-03-26

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Laurence Binyon

Laurence Binyon

1869–1943

Best remembered for the moving First World War poem “For the Fallen,” this English writer also spent decades bringing Asian art to wider British audiences. His life joined poetry, scholarship, and public service in a way that still feels distinctive.

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