Performance audiobooks

The Hound of the Baskervilles

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Geoffrey Arend, Wilson Bethel, Seamus Dever, Sa...

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Did a supernatural hound cause the death of Sir Charles Baskerville? Or is the famous Baskerville curse simply a cover for more sinister goings on? The redoubtable Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson face danger in an old mansion and on the moors in this rollicking stage adaptation of Doyle’s classic adventure.

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NPR Laughter Therapy: Funny for a Living

By: NPR

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This extended session of Laughter Therapy explores the history of all things funny, presenting a cornucopia of comedy from the pioneers of vaudeville and the silent film era, to the wildly creative innovators that transformed television in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, to the modern practitioners that continue to bend the boundaries of comedy... Read more

Our Miss Brooks, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Our Miss Brooks was a highly popular radio sitcom that was eventually adapted for both television and film. It starred Hollywood film and New York stage veteran Eve Arden, who specialized in playing the wisecracking friend. She often did it better than anyone else, receiving an Oscar nomination for the 1945 film Mildred Pierce. Since her skill... Read more

Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Dick Powell & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Created by Blake Edwards, Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC Radio in 1949, starring film actor and crooner Dick Powell. Powell had recently played Philip Marlowe in the popular RKO film Murder, My Sweet and jumped at the chance to play a suave detective on the radio. Diamond was a lighthearted, New York–based private eye who enjoyed... Read more

American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose

By: Richard Montoya

Narrated by: Keith Jefferson, Richard Montoya, Todd Nakagawa...

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In this wild satire, a Mexican immigrant has a feverish dream while studying for his American citizenship exam. He meets a parade of characters ranging from Sacagawea to Teddy Roosevelt to Jackie Robinson, who take him on a mind-bending, hilarious, and poignant trip through American history.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, featuring... Read more

Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Amanda Root, David Troughton, Full Cast & Saman...

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of one of Jane Austen's most beloved works, Mrs Bennet is determined to see her five daughters married off and secure a future for them all.

When the wealthy Mr Bingley arrives in the neighbourhood, Mrs Bennet wastes no time in making his acquaintance. His friend Mr Darcy, however, discourages Mr Bingley... Read more

The Best of Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! More Famous People Play "Not My Job"

By: author

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Billy Collins, U.S. poet laureate from 2001 to 2003, plays a game called, “I can feel it coming in the air tonight,” in which he responds to questions about musician Phil Collins. Al Gore tries to match his former boss’ mastery of the My Little Pony children’s show in a game called “Maybe you can beat Bill Clinton at this.” Olympian Jackie... Read more

Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization

Length: 3 hours 32 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 Hamlet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

Hamlet—Shakespeare’s most popular, and perhaps most puzzling play—follows... 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

A Midsummer Night's Dream

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization

Length: 2 hours 7 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 A Midsummer Night’s Dream to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare stages the... Read more

Othello

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization

Length: 2 hours 59 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 Othello to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

In Othello, Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the... Read more

Romeo and Juliet

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization

Length: 2 hours 56 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 Romeo and Juliet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare creates a tragic world in which... Read more

The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Orson Welles & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Mercury Theatre was an independent repertory company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and producer John Houseman, who is best known for his Oscar-winning performance as Professor Charles Kingsfield in the The Paper Chase. After a series of acclaimed stage productions, Welles and his Mercury Theatre were offered their own... Read more

Classic Radio’s Greatest Comedy Shows, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: various performers

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatest comedy shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You'll hear Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll as Amos 'n' Andy, Robert Young in Father Knows Best, Jim and Marian Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly, William Bendix as... Read more

The Winter King

By: C. L. Wilson

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

Length: 21 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

An epic new fantasy romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author C. L. WilsonAfter three long years of war, starkly handsome Wynter Atrialan will have his vengeance on Summerlea's king by taking one of the man's beautiful, beloved daughters as his bride. But though peace is finally at hand, Wynter's battle with the Ice Heart, the... Read more

All Quiet on the Western Front

By: Erich Maria Remarque

Narrated by: Carolyn Pickles, Chris Pavlo, Dan Starkey, Donn...

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A full-cast dramatisation of one of the greatest war novels of all time.

First published as a novel in 1929, All Quiet on the Western Front tells the story of a group of young German soldiers who are enduring, and then coming to terms with, the realities of the First World War.

At the age of 19, following the outbreak of the First World War, Paul... Read more

All I Love and Know

By: Judith Frank

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 15 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Told with the storytelling power and emotional fidelity of Wally Lamb, this is a searing drama of a modern American family on the brink of dissolution, one that explores adoption, gay marriage, and love lost and found.For years, Matthew Greene and Daniel Rosen have enjoyed a quiet domestic life together in Northampton, Massachusetts. Opposites... Read more

Classic Radio’s Greatest Shows, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: various performers

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatest radio shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You'll hear Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll as Amos and Andy, Howard Duff as Detective Sam Spade, Tom Conway as the immortal Sherlock Holmes, Jim and Marian Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly, Willard Waterman as the Great Gildersleeve,... Read more

A Joe Bev Cartoon Collection - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua & Pedro Pablo Sacristán

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, William Melillo,...

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: Yes

In A Joe Bev Cartoon Collection, award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents …Hard-Boiled Joe Bev: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 1An hour of film noir parodies, includingThe Mysterious Thief of ThievesThe SafeThe Japanese SandmanThe Mystery of the Missing CoinThe Camp Kilmer CaseJoe Bev at Sea: A Joe Bev... Read more

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Howard Duff & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dashiell Hammett created the character Sam Spade for his crime story The Maltese Falcon. Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and an unflinching determination to exact his own justice. For most people, Spade is most closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played him in the third and most... Read more

Small businesses turn to online lenders

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Since the financial crisis, small business lending by banks has declined substantially according to federal data. The value of loans of less than $100 thousand dollars is down by more than 18% since 2008. But while banks have pulled back, new types of sparsely regulated nonbank lenders have stepped in as alternatives, hoping to disrupt... Read more

Antony and Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Alex Kingston, Full Cast & Kenneth Branagh

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in Shakespeare's tragedy of love and power.

As part of BBC Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in this brand new production.

Lovers, politicians, superstars. Antony & Cleopatra is Shakespeare’s late and epic tragedy of... Read more

The Explorers Club

By: Nell Benjamin

Narrated by: Jack Cutmore-Scott, Carson Elrod, David Furr, J...

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

It's London, 1879, and the hapless members of the Explorers Club must confront their most lethal threat yet: the admission of a woman into their hermetically-sealed ranks. But the intrepid Phyllida Spotte-Hume turns out to be the least of their troubles, in this hilarious farce starring members of the original Broadway cast.

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An Enemy of the People

By: Henrik Ibsen

Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Gregory Harrison, Richard Kind,...

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

When a small town relies on tourists flocking to its baths, will a report of dangerously polluted waters be enough to shut them down? Henrik Ibsen weighs the cost of public health versus a town’s livelihood in An Enemy of the People.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, featuring: Richard Kind, Gregory Harrison, Rosalind Ayres, Emily... Read more