Reginald, by Saki

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‘Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum.’ A series of professionally produced readings of the Reginald stories by Saki (H H Munro). View the world of Edwardian society through the sartorially adapted eye of Saki's solipsistic anti-hero.

Richard Crowest


    • Jun 30, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 7m AVG DURATION
    • 31 EPISODES


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    Now available - The Toys of Peace and Other Papers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2014 0:24


    My next Saki audiobook podcast, The Toys of Peace, is available now. Visit http://corvidae.co.uk/saki/ or subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/toys-peace-other-papers-by/id894688644

    The Mouse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2014 10:00


    ‘… he proceeded with violent haste to extricate himself partially and the mouse entirely from the surrounding casings of tweed and half-wool.’

    The Baker’s Dozen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2014 10:19


    ‘“We can’t wait indefinitely for one of the children to take after a doubtfully depraved great aunt.”’

    Cross Currents

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2014 15:29


    ‘To be beyond reproach was one thing, but it would have been nicer to have been nearer to the Park.’

    The Strategist

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2014 10:05


    ‘Rollo faced the company with a smile that he imagined the better sort of aristocrat would have worn when mounting to the guillotine.’

    The Bag

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2014 11:51


    ‘Major Pallaby was a victim of circumstances, over which he had no control, and of his temper, over which he had very little.’

    The Soul of Laploshka

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2014 11:49


    ‘Laploshka was one of the meanest men I have ever met, and quite one of the most entertaining.’

    The Saint and the Goblin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2014 7:01


    ‘The goblin was too well bred to wink; besides, being a stone goblin, it was out of the question.’

    Gabriel-Ernest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2014 16:50


    ‘“Flesh,” said the boy, and he pronounced the word with slow relish…’

    Judkin of the Parcels

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2014 6:16


    “And Judkin was even as these others; the wine had been suddenly spilt from his cup of life...”

    A Young Turkish Catastrophe - in Two Scenes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2013 4:40


    “Ali had wasted little effort on election literature, but had been heard to remark that every vote given to his opponent meant another sack thrown in the Bosporus.”

    The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2013 8:59


    “Thus all communication between the households was sundered. Except the cats.”

    The Sex That Doesn’t Shop

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2013 6:38


    “Agatha apparently has an idea that blotting-paper is only sold in small quantities to persons of known reputation, who may be trusted not to put it to dangerous or improper uses.”

    The Lost Sanjak

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2013 13:44


    “Any one who has valeted a dead Salvation Army captain in an uncertain light will appreciate the difficulty.”

    The Reticence of Lady Anne

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2013 7:41


    “As a rule Lady Anne’s displeasure became articulate and markedly voluble after four minutes of introductory muteness.”

    Reginald in Russia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2013 7:16


    “I always refused to learn Russian geography at school,”; observed Reginald; “I was certain some of the names must be wrong.”

    The Innocence of Reginald

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2013 6:33


    “Youth,” said the Other, “should suggest innocence.” “But never act on the suggestion.”

    Reginald's Rubaiyat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2013 7:07


    “She said it wasn’t Persian enough, as though I were trying to sell her a kitten whose mother had married for love rather than pedigree.”

    Reginald's Christmas Revel

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2013 7:00


    “I privately wished that the bears would win sometimes on these occasions; at least they wouldn’t go vapouring about it afterwards.”

    Reginald on Tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2013 6:10


    “Mrs. Nicorax says I have no delicacy; she hasn’t forgiven me about the mice.”

    Reginald’s Drama

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2013 6:31


    “Wolves in the first act, by Jamrach.”

    Reginald on Besetting Sins: The Woman Who Told the Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2013 5:19


    “The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go she went.”

    Reginald at the Carlton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2013 8:10


    “The Duchess ate an anchovy in a shocked manner...”

    Reginald on House Parties

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2013 5:34


    “There's such a deadly sameness about partridges; when you’ve missed one you’ve missed the lot...”

    Reginald on Worries

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2013 5:06


    “I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she’s so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.”

    Reginald’s Choir Treat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2013 5:30


    “The most virtuous women are not proof against damp grass.”

    Reginald's Peace Poem

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2013 4:07


    “I'm afraid I shall have to drop the aasvogel.”

    Reginald at the Theatre

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2013 5:42


    “That is the worst of a tragedy,” he observed, “one can’t always hear oneself talk.”

    Reginald on the Academy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2013 5:10


    “To die before being painted by Sargent is to go to heaven prematurely.”

    Reginald on Christmas Presents

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2013 4:33


    “Unlike the alleged Good Woman of the Bible, I'm not above rubies.”

    Reginald

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2013 7:31


    “I did it - I who should have known better...”

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