“It was before the Idiot’s marriage, and in the days when he was nothing more than a plain boarder in Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog’s High-class Home for Single Gentlemen, that he put what the School-master termed his “alleged mind” on plans for the amelioration of the condition of the civilized.” This humorous story by the editor of Puck magazine describes how the Idiot sets out to improve the lot of civilized man through his inventions – the lot of barbarian man already being well tended to by missionaries and other do-gooders. (Introduction by peac)
Cast:
Narrator: peac
The Idiot: Algy Pug
Mrs. Smithers Pedagog: TriciaG
Mr. Pedagog (aka The Schoolmaster): Adam Bratcher
The Doctor: Raken
Bibliomaniac: Availle
Mr. Poet:Matthew Reece
Mr. Whitechoker: Aidan Brack
The Genial Old Gentleman who sometimes imbibed: om123
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