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Samson Agonistes

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Samson Agonistes

By John Milton (1608-1674)

Milton composes his last extended work as a tragedy according to the classical
Unities of Time, Place, and Action. Nevertheless it "never was intended for the
stage" and is here declaimed by a single reader.

Samson the blinded captive, in company with the Chorus of friends and
countrymen, receives his visitors on their varying missions and through them
his violent story is vividly recalled. Then he is summoned to give a final
demonstration of God-given strength to entertain the Philistines, his captors.
Famously - and of course, offstage - his performance brings the house down.
(Summary by Martin Geeson)

Read by Martin Geeson; total running time: 02:3:52. Dedicated Proof-
Listener: Create. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Philippa

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Cover image by Jan Steen (1670). Copyright expired in US, Canada, EU, and all countries
with author's life +70 yrs laws. Cover design by Janette Brown. This design is in the public
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