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Notes from the Field
By: Anna Deavere Smith & Marcus Shelby
Narrated by: Anna Deavere Smith
Length: 3 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Anna Deavere Smith’s extraordinary form of documentary theater shines a light on injustices by portraying the real-life people who have experienced them. In Notes from the Field, she renders a host of figures who have lived and fought the system that pushes students of color out of the classroom and into prisons. (As Smith has put it: “Rich kids... Read More »
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
By: Fred Rogers
Narrated by: John Lithgow & Kate Mulgrew
Length: 1 hour 22 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times Best Seller
For the first time ever, 75 beloved songs from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and The Children's Corner are collected in this charming treasury, sure to be cherished by generations of children as well as the millions of adults who grew up with Mister Rogers. The audiobook includes the iconic song Won't You Be My... Read More »
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Collection 1
By: Black Eye Entertainment
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, came to NBC radio in 1930 starring Richard Gordon. By 1939, Basil Rathbone was heard as Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. The duo was simultaneously starring in a popular series of Sherlock Holmes features for Fox, and later for Universal. By the end of the feature run in the... Read More »
The Winter's Tale
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
King Leontes of Sicilia is seized by sudden and terrible jealousy of his wife Hermione, whom he accuses of adultery. He believes the child Hermione is bearing was fathered by his friend Polixenes, and when the baby girl is born he orders her to be taken to some wild place and left to die. Though Hermione's child escapes death, Leontes' cruelty... Read More »
The Brothers Karamazov
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrated by: John de Lancie, Sharon Gless, Arye Gross, Harry Hamlin, Kaitlin Hopkins, Joseph Mascolo, Richard Hoyt Miller, John Randolph, John Rubinstein, Tom Virtue, Edward Asner, Kate Asner, Angela Bettis, Arye Gross, John Kapelos, Robert Machray, Jon Matthews, Johanna McKay, Paul Mercier, Laurel Moglen, Michael Rivkin, Peggy Roeder & Douglas Weston
Length: 2 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Dostoyevsky’s titanic masterpiece The Brothers Karamazov is here adapted into a spellbinding full-cast drama by playwright David Fishelson.
The passionate Karamazov brothers spring to life, led by their rogue of a father, who entertains himself by drinking, womanizing, and pitting his three sons against each other. The men have plenty to fight... Read More »
The War of the Worlds
By: H.G. Wells
Narrated by: John de Lancie, Meagan Fay, Jerry Hardin, Gates McFadden, Leonard Nimoy, Daryl Schultz, Armin Shimerman, Brent Spiner, Tom Virtue & Wil Wheaton
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Join actors from Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation as they recreate this classic radio thriller. The breathless pace and convincing details make it clear why the 1938 broadcast of an "eyewitness report" of an invasion from Mars caused a nationwide panic. Originally directed by Orson Welles and performed by his Mercury Theatre of the... Read More »
Classic Radio Spotlights: Jack Webb
By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Jack Webb & a full cast
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Jack Webb (1920–1982) was a popular American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter. He started out in the entertainment industry in comedy but achieved his first success playing the title character in the radio show Pat Novak, for Hire. His greater success came from his role as Los Angeles Police Department sergeant Joe Friday... Read More »
The Damon Runyon Theatre, Vol. 1
By: Hollywood 360
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Damon Runyon was a newspaperman and writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of New York City’s Broadway that grew out of the Prohibition era. He created a little world of characters that live on even today in such classic movies as Little Miss Marker and Guys and Dolls, both based on Runyon’s stories.Actor Alan... Read More »
The Picture of Dorian Gray
By: Oscar Wilde
Narrated by: Pauline Brailsford, Thomas Carroll, Colleen Crimmins, Martin Duffy, Steve Juergens, Roger Mueller, Jim Ortlieb & Rush Pearson
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A full cast dramatization of one of the great classics of contemporary Western literature. Dorian Gray, an effete young gentleman, is the subject of a striking portrait by the artist Basil Hallward. Gray’s narcissism is awakened, and he embraces a lifestyle of hedonism and casual cruelties. Increasingly consumed by his own vanity, he is forced... Read More »
The Code of the Woosters
By: P.G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Patrice Egleston, Martin Jarvis, Kelly Nespor, Kenneth J. Northcott, Henry M. Odum, Mark Richard, Nicolas Sandys & Thomas M Shea
Length: 1 hour 58 minutes
Abridged: No
In the best known of the Bertie and Jeeves series, Bertie's aunt pressures him to steal a silver creamer, and he nearly gets lynched, arrested and engaged by mistake. As always, Jeeves is on hand with a last-minute brainstorm to set everything straight.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Rosalind Ayres, Patrice Egleston, Martin... Read More »
Much Ado about Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Young Claudio has fallen for the lovely heiress Hero, who also loves him. Their path to the altar looks smooth, until the evil Don John intervenes. All ends happily, thanks to his incompetent assassins and the lucky discoveries of the bungling constable Dogberry. Central to the play, one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies, are Beatrice and... Read More »
My Favorite Husband, Vol. 1
By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio
Narrated by: Lucille Ball & Richard Denning
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
My Favorite Husband hit the CBS Radio airwaves in 1948, starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning as Liz and George Cugat-who later became Liz and George Cooper when confusion with bandleader Xavier Cugat prompted a name change. Set in the fictitious town of Sheridan Falls, the show follows the happily married couple, residents of 321 Bundy... Read More »
Angels in America
By: Tony Kushner, Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Beth Malone, James McArdle, Lee Pace, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Bobby Cannavale & Edie Falco
Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Beth Malone, James McArdle, Lee Pace, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Bobby Cannavale & Edie Falco
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Presenting an original audiobook performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring the cast of the National Theatre's 2018 Broadway revival.
In this production, adapted especially for the listening experience, Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, and the entire cast recreate their acclaimed performances from the 2018 Tony Award-winning National... Read More »
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles
By: Ray Bradbury
Narrated by: The Colonial Radio Players
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
The people of Earth are preparing for war—a war that could potentially destroy the planet. Explorers are sent to Mars to find a new place for humans to colonize. Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams, and metaphor—of crystal pillars and fossil seas—where a fine dust settles on the great empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization. It... Read More »
The Master and Margarita
By: Mikhail Bulgakov
Narrated by: David Catlin, Thomas Cox, Lawrence DiStasi, Christine Dunford, Laura Eason, Joy Gregory, Doug Hara, David Kersnar, Mariann Mayberry, Joey Slotnick, Phillip Smith & Andrew White
Length: 1 hour 48 minutes
Abridged: No
A full-cast audio dramatization of Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic novel. Satan and his retinue, including a seven foot tall skinny fellow with a pince-nez , an obnoxious cigar smoking black cat and a beautiful naked vampire visit Moscow in the 1920s, taking with them chaos and insanity where ever they go.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance... Read More »
Macbeth
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY
The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies
The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Macbeth to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.
Macbeth, one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, is among the most... Read More »
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Reach for the Skai
By: Skai Jackson
Narrated by: Skai Jackson
Length: 3 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Actress and activist Skai Jackson shares her lessons on life and her rise to stardom in this vibrant memoir about self-acceptance, girl empowerment, and the classy clapback.
Actress and activist Skai Jackson is a star! Her rise to fame started on the popular Disney Channel shows Bunk'd and Jessie. Her cool sense of style led her to create her own... Read More »
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Who Was Mister Rogers?
By: Diane Bailey & Who HQ
Narrated by: Leon Nixon
Length: 1 hour 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Learn how Fred Rogers, a minister and musician from Pennsylvania, became one of America's most beloved television personalities and everyone's favorite neighbor.
Even though he's best known for his successful PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Fred Rogers never dreamed of working in television. In fact, he hated the very first program that... Read More »
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Where Do I Begin?
By: Elvis Duran
Narrated by: Elvis Duran
Length: 6 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Elvis Duran, host of one of the nation’s top morning shows and the voice millions of Americans wake up to, shares his wildest stories and hardest-learned lessons all with his trademark heart, honesty, and plenty of humor.
Elvis Duran’s nationally syndicated radio program, Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, is America’s most-listened-to Top 40... Read More »
Oslo
By: J.T. Rogers
Narrated by: Anthony Azizi, Josh Bitton, Edita Brychta, JD Cullum, Matthew Floyd Miller, Darren Richardson, Andre Sogliuzzo, Devon Sorvari, Michel Wakim & Kevin Weisman
Length: 2 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
1993. In this rollicking take on modern diplomacy, a Norwegian social scientist and his diplomat wife are determined to try a new tactic to break the long-standing deadlock of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. A secret back channel in Norway leads to unexpected breakthroughs as negotiators find common ground. When the political becomes... Read More »
You Are My Friend
By: Aimee Reid
Narrated by: Lesa Lockford
Length: 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Mister Rogers is one of the most beloved television personalities, but before he was the man who brought us Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was just little Freddie Rogers. Although he was often sick and had trouble making friends as a child, his mom and grandfather encouraged him to ask for help and explore the world. With their support, he... Read More »
Boston Blackie, Vol. 3
By: Black Eye Entertainment
Narrated by: a full cast
Length:
Abridged: No
Boston Blackie—the amateur detective who was the enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend!
Created by author Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a reformed jewel thief and safecracker, constantly suspected of crimes he did not commit and forced to play the role of detective to clear his name. His girlfriend, Mary... Read More »
The Story of Dr. Kildare, Vol. 1
By: Black Eye Entertainment
Narrated by: a full cast
Length:
Abridged: No
Convinced they could build on the success of the already released motion-picture series, MGM Studios hired Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore to reprise their screen roles as Dr. James Kildare and Dr. Leonard Gillespie in a syndicated radio series. Kildare was the compassionate, caring physician at Blair General Hospital, New York City; Gillespie a... Read More »
The Whistler, Vol. 4
By: Black Eye Entertainment
Narrated by: a full cast
Length:
Abridged: No
I am the Whistler and I know many things, for I walk by night … many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak!
The Whistler was one of radio’s top mystery programs, airing from May 16, 1942, until September 22, 1955. Airing on CBS radio and... Read More »
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