Performance audiobooks

NPR Driveway Moments: More about Animals

By: Christopher Joyce

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

If you listen to NPR, you've had at least one "driveway moment." You're still sitting in your parked car, hooked by a story, needing to hear it all the way through. More About Animals features stories of fascinating encounters with our friends from the animal kingdom. Some whose behavior seems eerily familiar, some we would like to know better,... Read more

Broadcast Hysteria

By: A. Brad Schwartz

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

On October 30, 1938, families across the country were gathered around their radios when their regular programming was interrupted by an announcer delivering news of a meteor strike in New Jersey. With increasing intensity, the announcer read bulletins describing terrifying war  machines moving toward New York City. As the invading force... Read more

Gunsmoke, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: William Conrad & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a US marshal and the smell of … Gunsmoke!"Radio Westerns were strictly for kids until 1952, when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. The stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio... Read more

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC's Blue Network in January 1941. It featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned, and the famous "creaking door" slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum... Read more

Vivat Rex: Volume 2

By: William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben J...

Narrated by: Full Cast & Richard Burton

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Burton narrates the second volume of this famous dramatic chronicle of the English Crown, a treasure of the BBC radio archive published on audio for the very first time.

Vivat Rex is the landmark drama series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. Over the course of 26 instalments, each one narrated by Richard Burton with a full cast,... Read more

Send for Paul Temple

By: Francis Durbridge

Narrated by: Bernard Braden, Full Cast & Peggy Hassard

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Bernard Braden stars in an original 1940 full-cast production of the very first Paul Temple adventure

Between 1938 and 1968 the exploits of amateur detective Paul Temple and his wife, Steve, enthralled generations of BBC radio listeners. Theirs was an exciting world of violence and glamour - car bombs and cocktail parties.

In Paul and Steve’s... Read more

Prairie Home Companion 40th Anniversary Collection

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Since A Prairie Home Companion first went on air, July 6, 1974, a steady stream of great musicians has crossed its stage—The Steele Sisters, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Peter Ostroushko, The Wailin Jennys, Robin and Linda Williams Iris DeMent, Howard Levy—plus the radio detective Guy Noir, the Cowboys Dusty and Lefty, the librarian Ruth... Read more

Die Nacht der verschwundenen Dinge

By: J.F. Dam

Narrated by: Mike Maas

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Nacht der verschwundenen Dinge, eine Geschichte über eine Liebe, die wie ein Blitz einschlägt und rundherum alles verbrennt. Diese erlebt Thomas, ein junger, verheirateter und erfolgreicher Architekt, der sich in die Frau seines besten Freundes verliebt. Eine unmögliche Liebe, wie es scheint, die am Ende alles zu zerstören droht und die uns... Read more

Suspense, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery drama series of the golden age. Often referred to as "Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills," it focused on suspenseful thrillers starring the... Read more

The Amos ’n’ Andy Show, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut January 12, 1926, as the comedic, blackface characters Sam 'n' Henry. On March 19, 1928, they introduced Amos 'n' Andy, which went on to become one of the most popular and longest-running programs in radio history. During the height of the show's popularity, almost the entire country... Read more

The Tempest - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2014 production of The Tempest, Shakespeare's magical romantic comedy, directed by Tony Taccone. This stunning work of audio theater, fully dramatized with performances by the OSF cast, is a must-listen.Rough magic and brave new worlds …For twelve years, the exiled Duke... Read more

Les Miserables

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Full Cast, Joss Ackland & Roger Allam

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Joss Ackland, Roger Allam and Leslie Phillips star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel.

When poverty drives Jean Valjean to steal a loaf of bread from a baker’s window, it is an action that will haunt him for the rest of his life. A citizen of post-revolutionary France, he is sentenced to nineteen years’... Read more

Good Things Come - Abridged

By: Dave Carley

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Some say having an open window while you sleep at night is a guarantee of good health. For young Ellen, it was an open invitation to allow all manner of scary things to enter her cozy little bedroom. As she grew older, Ellen discovered an open window wasn't so scary after all. As a child she shivered from fear. But now she shivers with... Read more

Absent Forever

By: John R. Hopkins

Narrated by: John de Lancie, Kaitlin Hopkins, Shirley Knight...

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A bright and politically-engaged college student goes missing after a demonstration turns violent. But as her grieving mother begins her search, she uncovers a dark side to her daughter which she never knew existed.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring: John de Lancie, Kaitlin Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Al Ruscio and Jennifer Warren.... Read more

I'd Rather Eat Pants

By: Peter Ackerman

Narrated by: Edward Asner, Jonathan Banks, Ed Begley Jr., Em...

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

What do fast-talking, New York octogenarians, Abe and Mabel, do when their life-long grocery store, Pepperstein Produce, is driven out of business by Wonder Food? They embark on the ultimate road trip with a nineteen year-old stoner, Wisdom, to Los Angeles to become actors.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production, starring Edward Asner,... Read more

Racing Demon

By: David Hare

Narrated by: Rosie Fellner, Paul Fox, Jared Harris, Jason Hu...

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Four clergymen seek to make sense of their mission while being torn in all directions by the Church of England. After a critically lauded debut in 1990 at London’s National Theatre, Racing Demon went on to earn universal acclaim. More than 20 years later, David Hare’s bold and moving revelations on gay ordination and the doctrine of the... Read more

Dinosaur Dreams

By: Tom Szentgyorgyi

Narrated by: Judy Blue, Kevin Kilner, Linda Kimbrough, Amy P...

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A dark comedy filled with extraordinary wit and insight, in which playwright Tom Szentgyorgyi explores how we deal with change and loss. Bob meets, falls in love, and plans a wedding with Paula - who then disappears, sending back cryptic clues as to her whereabouts.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring: Amy Pietz, Kevin Kilner,... Read more

Northeast Local

By: Tom Donaghy

Narrated by: Rengin Altay, Jane Maclver, Ed Shea & John Thom...

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Mickey and Gina are a blue collar couple with the whole world ahead of them, until Tom’s drinking and Gina’s unrealized dreams tear them apart. Set against a backdrop of American history from the turbulent 60’s through the 80’s AIDS crisis, Northeast Local is a bittersweet journey through marriage, divorce, and its aftermath.

An L.A. theatre... Read more

Above The Fold

By: Peter Yeldham

Narrated by: Mitch Wood

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Peter Yeldham’s historical fiction pedigree is one of the best in the country.’ - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHLuke Elliott and Claudia Marsden have fallen in love at a perilous time. The Second World War is raging in the Pacific, barbed wire and gun emplacements are strung along Sydney's northern beaches in preparation for invasion. As the war moves... Read more

Dragnet, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Jack Webb & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Set in Los Angeles, and starring Jack Webb as the stoic Sergeant Joe Friday, Dragnet is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama of all time, having made extensive runs on both radio and television. Webb, also the producer of the show, took the series to new highs, insisting on realism in every facet of the program. The... Read more

Dimension X, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: various performers

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dimension X was one of old-time radio's first adult science fiction shows. Though it only ran for a short time, the show made its mark by adapting short stories written by some of the best known masters of the genre—Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, and others. Writers Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted the... Read more

My Friend Irma, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Marie Wilson & Cathy Lewis

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Some might remember My Friend Irma as the movie that served as the launching pad for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Others recall a television show of the same name. But My Friend Irma actually originated as a radio sitcom that aired on CBS from 1947 to 1954. The show chronicled the daily high jinks of an extremely dim-witted blonde stenographer... Read more

Julius Caesar

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Julius Caesar to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

Shakespeare may have written Julius Caesar as the first of his plays to be performed at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in... Read more

Richard III

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Richard III to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

In Richard III, Shakespeare invites us on a moral holiday. The play draws us to identify with Richard and his fantasy of total control of self and... Read more