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As You Like It - Abridged
By: E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, William Shakes...
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This pastoral is one of Shakespeareโs best-loved comedies, due to its delightful heroine, the wise, witty, and virtuous Rosalind, who complicates her love life by disguising herself as a young man.ACT IScene 1. Orlando, the youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys, has been kept โrustically at homeโ by his older brother, Oliver; he has been denied... Read more
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The Tempest - Abridged
By: Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Copen, William Shakespear...
Narrated by: Jennifer Ehle, Adrian Lester & a full cast
Length: 2 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This haunting drama of vengeance and forgiveness crowns the group of tragicomic romances that Shakespeare composed at the end of his career. Sometimes read as his farewell to the stage, the play contains some of Shakespeare's most lyrical verse.Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother, and exiled with his... Read more
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Local Man Moves to the City
By: Garrison Keillor
Length: 1 hour 16 minutes
Abridged: No
"New York is a hard place to visit, but a pretty good place to live," says Garrison Keillor, and on this humorous and insightful audio collection he explains why. This Grammy Award-nominated collection comprises 10 monologues in which Keillor reflects on New York City life through the eyes of a transplanted Minnesotan. These stories are among... Read more
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Paul Temple Intervenes
By: Francis Durbridge
Narrated by: Bernadette Hodgson, Carl Bernard & Full Cast
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham... Read more
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Der Bau
By: Franz Kafka
Narrated by: Thorsten Zaiak
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Dieser Text ist ein echter Kafka-Klassiker: ein Menschtier, das sich aus Furcht immer tiefer in ein unterirdisches Labyrinth aus Gรคngen und Kreuzungen zurรผckzieht. Der "Bau" wendet sich bald gegen seinen Erbauer, aus dem Albtraum wie aus dem Labyrinth ist kein Entkommen mehr. Ob die schrecklichen Angreifer, vor denen das intelligente Tier sich... Read more
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I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again 3
By: BBC
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 1 hour 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Described by Barry Took as "a kaleidoscope of funny voices, catch phrases, and innuendo, revolving at breakneck speed and with a complete disregard for logic", I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again pre-dated I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue. It showcased the comic talents of Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall, and Bill... Read more
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The Wheels On The Bus
By: BBC & Various
Narrated by: Michelle Durler & Robin Fritz
Length: 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Sing and rhyme along with these 26 much-loved nursery rhyme songs! Includes: 'The Wheels on the Bus' / 'Down at the Station, Early in the Morning' / 'Row Row Row Your Boat' / 'The Big Ship Sails on the Alley Alley Oh' / 'London Bridge is Falling Down' / 'Jack and Jill' / 'Hickory Dickory Dock' / 'I'm a Little Teapot' / 'Polly Put the Kettle On'... Read more
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Alan Bennett
By: Alan Bennett
Narrated by: Alan Bennett
Length: 1 hour 42 minutes
Abridged: No
The humorous and moving tale of Miss Shepherd, an eccentric old lady who, by a bizarre series of twists and turns, lived in the authorโs garden for many years. Alan Bennett reads his own acclaimed work, recently adapted as a West End smash hit starring Maggie Smith as the eccentric old lady. Read more
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Only Fools And Horses 4
By: John Sullivan
Narrated by: Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Full Cast & Nic...
Length: 1 hour 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The episodes included are: 'Itโs Only Rock and Roll' - 14 March 1985, 'Sleeping Dogs Lie' - 21 March 1985, 'Watching the Girls Go By' - 28 March 1985 and 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' - 5 October 1986. Lovely jubbly! Del, Rodney and the boys are back in another pukka selection of shows. 'Itโs Only Rock and Roll' sees Rodneyโs aspirations to... Read more
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Kurzweilige Geschichten. Der Sohn, Die Dreifache Warnung und Frรผhlingsnacht im Seziersaal
By: Arthur Schnitzler
Narrated by: Eva Meckbach
Length: 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Drei Kurzgeschichten von Schnitzler: Der Sohn Eigentlich scheint alles klar: der Sohn ist ein Tunichtgut, dessen Mutter viel zu leiden hat. Doch auf ihrem Sterbebett enthรผllt sie dem Arzt eine andere Version der Geschichte, deren Wurzel bis in die ersten Lebenswochen des miรratenen Sohnes zurรผckreicht..Die Dreifache Warnung Mut oder รbermut? Was... Read more
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Grumpy Old Men The Secret Diary
By: BBC
Narrated by: Arthur Smith
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die, and a time to get a few things off your chest.The sequel to Grumpy Old Men: The Official Handbook covers a year in the sad and sordid life of a Grumpy Old Man, sorting into dates and seasons the many and manifold bloody irritations which multiply in this perpetual torment that we... Read more
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Das Mรคrchen
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Narrated by: Eva Meckbach
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Tauchen Sie ein in die erstaunliche Mรคrchenwelt Goethes! Das Mรคrchen ist ein faszinierender, vielschichtiger Text, der mit wunderbaren Symbolen und Bildern arbeitet; durch die bildreiche Sprache entsteht vor Ihrem inneren Auge der Kosmos, in dem die Schlange, die Irrlichter, der Kรถnig, der Fรคhrmann sich bewegen! Lassen sie sich entfรผhren und... Read more
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Ein Hungerkรผnstler
By: Franz Kafka
Narrated by: Klaus Schreiber
Length: 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Der Hungerkรผnstler hungert auf Jahrmรคrkten fรผr Schaulustige: er nimmt รผber Wochen hinweg nur etwas Wasser zu sich. Dieser unmenschliche Kampf gegen den Hunger, gegen sich selbst wird vom Protagonisten meisterlich beherrscht und vom Zirkusdirektor schaurig in Szene gesetzt. Irgendwann interessiert sich kaum jemand mehr fรผr diese Kunst, doch der... Read more
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Why Bother?
By: Chris Morris & Peter Cook
Narrated by: Chris Morris & Peter Cook
Length: 49 minutes
Abridged: No
1994 saw one of Peter Cook's most acclaimed performances since his 1960s' heyday. Chris Morris' surreal and inventive questions brought out the very best of eccentric aristocrat Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling - a character whom Cook had carried with him through 'Beyond the Fringe' and 'Not Only... But Also...' to his latter years. These five... Read more
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Victoria Wood
By: Victoria Wood
Narrated by: Victoria Wood
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
A selection of classic moments from Victoria Woodโs award-winning BBC TV programme. Here it is - the first collection of assembled highlights from Victoria Woodโs award-winning BBC television show 'Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV'. This release spills forth the likes of Julie Walters, Patricia Routledge, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston and Susie... Read more
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Henry VI, Part 2 - Abridged
By: E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, William Shakes...
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 3 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
Rife with intrigue and treachery, this history play depicts the onset of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York.Young King Henry VI has married the beautiful Margaret of Anjou, but the new queen is ruthless and ambitious. Supported by the powerful Duke of Suffolk, Margaret plots the overthrow of her... Read more
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The Merry Wives of Windsor - Abridged
By: Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright, William S...
Narrated by: Dinsdale Landen, Sylvestra Le Touzel, a full ca...
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes
It is said that Queen Elizabeth gave Shakespeare two weeks to write this play that showcases her favorite comedic character, Sir John Falstaff. The dissolute Falstaff plans to seduce Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, two "Merry Wives of Windsor," thereby gaining access to their husbands' wealth. The two women have the old rogue's measure,... Read more
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Othello - Abridged
By: Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Cope...
Narrated by: Don Warrington, David Threlfall, a full cast, A...
Length: 3 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
This great tragedy confronts the mystery at the heart of evil and contains some of Shakespeare's most magnificent dramatic verse.Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian senator. But Iago, Othello's malignant ensign, is determined to destroy their happiness. Cunningly bending... Read more
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New and Not Bad Pretty Good Jokes
By: Garrison Keillor
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
What better way to spend an hour than with some audience-tested and certified Not Bad jokes? Join guest Paula Poundstone, Garrison Keillor, and the cast of A Prairie Home Companion as they share more puns, one-liners, and light bulb jokes than you can shake a rubber chicken at. You get bar jokes, political jokes, Ole and Lena jokes, grade school... Read more
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Fabulation
By: Lynn Nottage
Narrated by: Daniel Breaker, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Jon Matt...
Length: 1 hour 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Knocked-up and seriously broke, a successful publicist is plunged into a topsy-turvy world of welfare mothers and drug addicts, and forced to confront the family she left behind. Fabulation is a darkly comic rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of falling down and reaching up to find the goodness within.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance... Read more
Henry VI, Part 1 - Abridged
By: Pierre Arthur Laure, William Shakespeare, Tom W...
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 2 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The all-conquering King Henry V is dead and the throne is occupied by his infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed protector, but a struggle for power soon develops between the young kingโs Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile the French, led by Joan of... Read more
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Troilus and Cressida - Abridged
By: E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, William Shakes...
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Lust poses as love and ambition as patriotism in this dark and brilliant play depicting the heroic action of the Trojan War.Troy is besieged by the invading Greeks, but the young Trojan prince Troilus can think only of his love for Cressida. Her uncle Pandarus brings the two together, but after only one night news comes that Cressida must be... Read more
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The Taming of the Shrew - Abridged
By: E.A. Copen, William Shakespeare, Pierre Arthur ...
Narrated by: Frances Barber, Roger Allam & a full cast
Length: 2 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Love and wit conquer all in Shakespeare's sparkling comedy of self-delusion and disguise.Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate? The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming... Read more
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Becket, or The Honor of God
By: Jean Anouilh
Narrated by: Asher Book, Kevin Daniels, Ken Danziger, Jean G...
Length: 1 hour 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Waiting to be punished for his part in Becket's murder, King Henry II re-lives his deeply felt relationship with the saint, once his dearest friend and partner in unbridled decadence. His catastrophic mistake? To appoint Becket Archbishop - for Becket finds his allegiance shifting from king and country to God and Church.
An L.A. Theatre Works... Read more