Act 1

The Admirable Bashville is a product of the British law of copyright. As that law stands at present, the first person who patches up a stage version of a novel, however worthless and absurd that version may be, and has it read by himself and a few confederates to another confederate who has paid for admission in a hall licensed for theatrical performances, secures the stage rights of that novel, even as against the author himself; and the author must buy him out before he can touch his own work for the purposes of the stage...As a good Socialist I do not at all object to the limitation of my right of property in my own works to a comparatively brief period, followed by complete Communism: in fact, I cannot see why the same salutary limitation should not be applied to all property rights whatsoever; but a system which enables any alert sharper to acquire property rights in my stories as against myself and the rest of the community would, it seems to me, justify a rebellion if authors were numerous and warlike enough to make one." (Summary by G.B. Shaw, from the Preface) Cast: Lydia/Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Arielle Lipshaw</a> Cashel Byron: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a> Bob Mellish: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5637" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anthony</a> Lucian: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1492" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">mb</a> Bashville: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5635" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Matthew Reece</a> A Newsboy/Master of the Revels: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3157" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TriciaG</a> Cetewayo: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6037" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Peter Bishop</a> Lord Worthington: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6005" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alan</a> Paradise/Adelaide Gisborne: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Klett</a> Audio edited by Arielle Lipshaw

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The Admirable Bashville is a product of the British law of copyright. As that law stands at present, the first person who patches up a stage version of a novel, however worthless and absurd that version may be, and has it read by himself and a few confederates to another confederate who has paid for admission in a hall licensed for theatrical performances, secures the stage rights of that novel, even as against the author himself; and the author must buy him out before he can touch his own work for the purposes of the stage...As a good Socialist I do not at all object to the limitation of my right of property in my own works to a comparatively brief period, followed by complete Communism: in fact, I cannot see why the same salutary limitation should not be applied to all property rights whatsoever; but a system which enables any alert sharper to acquire property rights in my stories as against myself and the rest of the community would, it seems to me, justify a rebellion if authors were numerous and warlike enough to make one." (Summary by G.B. Shaw, from the Preface)Cast:Lydia/Narrator: Arielle LipshawCashel Byron: Algy PugBob Mellish: AnthonyLucian: mbBashville: Matthew ReeceA Newsboy/Master of the Revels: TriciaGCetewayo: Peter BishopLord Worthington: AlanParadise/Adelaide Gisborne: Elizabeth KlettAudio edited by Arielle Lipshaw

The Admirable Bashville is a product of the British law of copyright. As that law stands at present, the first person who patches up a stage version of a novel, however worthless and absurd that version may be, and has it read by himself and a few confederates to another confederate who has paid for admission in a hall licensed for theatrical performances, secures the stage rights of that novel, even as against the author himself; and the author must buy him out before he can touch his own work for the purposes of the stage...As a good Socialist I do not at all object to the limitation of my right of property in my own works to a comparatively brief period, followed by complete Communism: in fact, I cannot see why the same salutary limitation should not be applied to all property rights whatsoever; but a system which enables any alert sharper to acquire property rights in my stories as against myself and the rest of the community would, it seems to me, justify a rebellion if authors were numerous and warlike enough to make one." (Summary by G.B. Shaw, from the Preface) Cast: Lydia/Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536" rel="noopener noreferrer">Arielle Lipshaw</a> Cashel Byron: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" rel="noopener noreferrer">Algy Pug</a> Bob Mellish: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5637" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anthony</a> Lucian: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1492" rel="noopener noreferrer">mb</a> Bashville: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5635" rel="noopener noreferrer">Matthew Reece</a> A Newsboy/Master of the Revels: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3157" rel="noopener noreferrer">TriciaG</a> Cetewayo: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6037" rel="noopener noreferrer">Peter Bishop</a> Lord Worthington: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6005" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alan</a> Paradise/Adelaide Gisborne: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elizabeth Klett</a> Audio edited by Arielle Lipshaw

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