Performance audiobooks

Short Story Press Presents Barren

By: Short Story Press & Jesse Matthew Jacondin

Narrated by: Alexa Crema

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Four years ago, Nick Laverdi left his hometown of Barren in northern New Jersey and moved directly east to the city of New York. After the well-publicized collapse of the only famous person to ever come from Barren, the town picked up a crippling reputation that it was never able to shake. Each native bears its burden like a cross, and Nick is... Read more

Short Story Press Presents Better Than Syntax

By: Short Story Press & Blaise Marcoux

Narrated by: Eric Boozer

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

He is a famous author, a man who has penned best sellers. A man with a wife and a safe, sedate life. What drives his inner sorrow, then? What fuels his hidden frustration? Perhaps the answers start with the strange one-worded statements other people keep making at him. Maybe the truth lies in the reason why he is so extraordinarily afraid of... Read more

Julius Caesar - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

TOO MUCH POWER IN ONE MAN’S HANDSJulius Caesar is a marked man. Adoring commoners celebrate his battlefield victories, but those higher up the Roman political ladder worry that his ambition has grown too large. On a stormy night full of alarming sights and ominous portents, Cassius persuades Caesar’s friend Brutus to help him with a momentous... Read more

The Yiddish King Lear (Jacob Gordin) - Abridged

By: Jacob Gordin & David Serero

Narrated by: David Serero

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Yiddish King Lear by Jacob Gordin is one of the most important Yiddish plays of all time. Adapted in English and directed by David Serero. Studio Cast Album Recording (2018) from Off-Broadway 2018 production. Starring David Serero as Reb Dovidl Moysheles. World premiere recording of this unique play also known as The Jewish King Lear by... Read more

Hancock's Half Hour Collectibles: Volume 2

By: Ray Galton & Alan Simpson

Narrated by: Sid James, Tony Hancock & Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating collection of rare and remastered radio & TV material starring Tony Hancock

This second treasury of rare archive material is spearheaded by four newly-restored radio episodes of Hancock’s Half Hour, all from 1956: ‘The New Secretary’, ‘Anna and the King of Siam’, ‘The Stolen Petrol’ and ‘The Expresso Bar’. Starring alongside... Read more

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 16

By: BBC

Narrated by: Barry Cryer, David Mitchell, Graeme Garden, Jac...

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Four more extended episodes from the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, specially compiled by producer Jon Naismith

'ISIHAC is still unmissable. It remains the most thrillingly anarchic panel show in any media you care to name' Simon Mayo, Mail on Sunday

‘The funniest comedy quiz show of them all’ Sue Arnold, The Observer

The antidote to panel games... Read more

Mayday

By: Lucy Caldwell

Narrated by: Anthony Boyle, Eileen O'Higgins, Full Cast, Imo...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Nineteen and pregnant in Northern Ireland. What would you do?

Coralie is a nineteen year old student. It's the morning of the 30th April and she has just taken a Mifepristone pill, the first stage of a medical abortion. She has ordered the drugs online - illegally. She, and anyone she might confide in, could face prosecution and jail if her... Read more

The Lux Radio Theatre, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The Lux Radio Theatre was one of the most prestigious and longest running shows from Radio’s Golden Age. It featured the greatest stars in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures. Cecil B. DeMille was the host (from 1936-1945) for a lavish production of what was to become a veritable checklist of many... Read more

The Great Gildersleeve, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was a popular character appearing regularly on The Fibber McGee & Molly Show. On August 31, 1941, the character landed his own situation comedy show, The Great Gildersleeve, becoming radio’s first spin-off. Gildy moved from the town of Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where he raised his orphaned niece and nephew,... Read more

Native American Imagery Is Everywhere But Understanding Lags Behind

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Native imagery is embedded in the national subconscious, whether we're paying attention or not. A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian is titled simply Americans and shows how all aspects of life have been touched by the history and symbols of native culture. Jeffrey Brown reports. Read more

The Infinite Monkey Cage: The Complete Series 14-17

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Brian Cox & Robin Ince

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Brian Cox and Robin Ince present a witty, irreverent look at the world according to science.

The Infinite Monkey Cage has become one of BBC Radio 4’s most popular science-based programmes. In each episode physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince delve into a particular field of science, with the help of guests from the worlds of science,... Read more

Purple Pennies

By: Tatiana Whigham

Narrated by: Vanessa Padla

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Sometimes, things are not what they seem, and the things that we carve the most are not always what we need. This story is centered around the life of a young lady named Trish who from the looks of things has it all: a great job, an ideal marriage, nice house, and other luxuries of life. But it's not until she fights her way to the top that she... Read more

The Magus

By: John Fowles

Narrated by: Charles Dance, Full Cast, Hayley Atwell & Tom B...

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Nicholas Urfe, a young British graduate, runs away from his monotonous life to take up a teaching post on the small Greek island of Phraxos. There he meets the enigmatic figure of Maurice Conchis, and slowly gets drawn into a world full of strange encounters and psychological tricks on Conchis's estate at Bourani.

When Conchis introduces... Read more

The Jew of Malta - Abridged

By: Christopher Marlowe & David Serero

Narrated by: David Serero

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

JEW OF MALTA by Christopher Marlowe. Adapted by and Starring David Serero as Barabas. Studio Cast Album recording of 2017 from Off Broadway production. This play was the influence to Shakespeare to later create the Merchant of Venice. Read more

Short Story Press Presents Kidnapped Writer

By: Short Story Press & Eve Gaal

Narrated by: Emily Ember

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Short Story Press Presents Kidnapped Writer by Eve GaalKidnapped Writer is about our melting pot here in America. The main character is Viola and she’s having a horrible day. In fact, it is absolutely the worst day of her life. After years at her newspaper job as a writer, they’ve cut back on everything and put her into the advertising... Read more

Friedrich Schiller: Kabale und Liebe. Ein Drama

By: Friedrich Schiller

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Kabale und Liebe: Das Drama um die Bürgerliche Luise Miller und ihren adeligen Geliebten ist noch heute ein Klassiker auf den Bühnen – und vor allem im Klassenzimmer. In diesem Hörbuch wird das GESAMTE Stück UNGEKÜRZT vorgetragen, inklusive der Sprecherangaben und Bühneninformationen, um das Werk so verständlich wie möglich zu präsentieren. Mit... Read more

Se fossi per me

By: Rosanna Capursi

Narrated by: Virginia Billi

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Mónica Valentini è una ragazza di 24 anni che dopo aver subito un terribile incidente si trasforma in un fantasma. Trovandosi in un limbo tra la vita e l`aldilà, un arcangelo le consegna un ciondolo perché possa apparire mortale, ad una sola condizione: dovrà compiere una missione, che però Mónica non rispetterà fino in fondo, finendo per... Read more

Hut 33: The Complete Series 1-3

By: James Cary

Narrated by: Alex Macqueen, Fergus Craig, Lill Roughley, Oli...

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Set during World War Two, Hut 33 follows the adventures of a team of codebreakers at Bletchley Park as they work tirelessly to break German codes, matching wits with the fabled Enigma Machine. Unfortunately, they hate each other.

Archie is a stroppy Geordie socialist revolutionary, while Professor Charles Gardner is a toffee-nosed snob. In... Read more

X Minus One, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio series broadcast from April 24, 1955 until January 9, 1958 over NBC. Initially a revival of NBC's Dimension X (1950-51), X Minus One is widely considered among the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio. The first 15 episodes were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the... Read more

The Burns & Allen Show, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

When real life husband and wife George Burns and Gracie Allen worked together in vaudeville, George was the comic and his wife Gracie had the straight lines. They switched their roles upon discovering that Gracie’s delivery got a bigger laugh than George’s punch lines. The duo became a big hit on Vaudeville and in films so when radio beckoned,... Read more

Tales of the Texas Rangers, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Like its predecessor Dragnet, Tales of the Texas Rangers adapted actual police case files for its broadcasts. Leading each week’s investigation of an actual Texas Ranger case was the same Texas Ranger, Jayce Pearson, portrayed by movie star Joel McCrea. Because the stories were set in present day, Pearson used the latest scientific techniques to... Read more

Wild Bill Hickok, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

James Butler Hickok, better known as “Wild Bill” Hickok was a folk hero of the American Old West known for being a lawman, gunfighter, gambler, and showman. He earned a great deal of notoriety in life and in death. His life has been depicted numerous times in literature, radio, television and film. His death is also quite notable – he was shot... Read more

Classic Radio's Greatest Science Fiction Shows, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection contains 12 of the greatest science fiction shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio – including episodes of X Minus One, Suspense, The CBS Radio Workshop, Escape, Murder At Midnight and many others. Radio’s finest actors perform before the microphones, including: Frank Lovejoy, Mason Adams, Eddie Bracken, Ann Blyth,... Read more

Classic Radio's Greatest Christmas Shows, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection contains 12 of the greatest Christmas shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio! You’ll hear Jack Benny on The Jack Benny Program, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll as Amos ’N’ Andy, Lucille Ball in My Favorite Husband, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in The Adventures of Sherlock... Read more