Performance audiobooks

The Cinnamon Bear - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Buddy Duncan & various performers

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Cinnamon Bear is arguably the best holiday series ever developed for radio. First heard in 1937, this wonderful Christmas fantasy adventure was created and written by Glanville Heisch (with the help of his wife, Elisabeth) for children of all ages. It all starts with twins Judy and Jimmy Barton just before Christmas. Someone—or something—has... Read more

Boston Blackie, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Richard Kollmar, Maurice Tarplin & Jan Miner

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Created by author Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a master safecracker and hardened criminal who served time in a California prison. Rehabilitated, he decided to use his knowledge of the underworld to fight crime as an amateur detective. Known as "an enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend," Boston Blackie's... Read more

People We Meet: Unforgettable Conversations

By: NPR

Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Nationally known NPR on-air personalities—including Melissa Block, David Greene, Rachel Martin, Guy Raz, Scott Simon, Susan Stamberg and many more—share the lasting impressions made during interviews with a wide variety of exceptional individuals. Each story is introduced by the NPR host and offers a candid account of how the encounter was... Read more

Starring Jules (as herself) (Starring Jules #1)

By: Beth Ain

Narrated by: Cassandra Morris

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Lights! Camera! Action! A new chapter book star is on the rise!Things to Know About Meby Jules Bloom1. I am a scrambled-eggs-and-chocolate-milk type person. 2. I have an audition for a TV commercial (which would be great if I were a tall-icy-drink type person.)3. I am in between best friends right now.4. I am worried that the audition will be a... Read more

The Amos ’n’ Andy Show, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut on 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 its popularity, almost the entire country listened... Read more

Gunsmoke, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: William Conrad & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 35 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

Dracula - Abridged

By: Bram Stoker & Roger James Elsgood

Narrated by: John Challis & Timothy Ackroyd

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A modern dramatisation of Dracula performed by a full cast 'in the dark'. Read more

King Lear - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2013 production of King Lear, Shakespeare's dark yet brilliant tragedy of madness and betrayal, directed by artistic director Bill Rauch. This stunning work of audio theater, fully dramatized with performances by the OSF cast, is a must-listen.Ambition is thicker than blood... Read more

König Lear

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Der amtsmüde König will einen ruhigen Lebensabend verbringen und ersinnt einen Weg, die Krone seiner geliebten jüngsten Tochter Cordelia zu übergeben. Doch deren ältere Schwestern Goneril und Regan sind keineswegs bereit, ihrer jüngeren Schwester Herrschaft zu überlassen! Read more

Antonius und Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Das Theaterstück Antonius und Cleopatra (engl. The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra) wurde 1607 von William Shakespeare geschrieben und 1623 veröffentlicht. In der Zeit des zweiten Triumvirats verliebt sich der Triumvir Marcus Antonius in die ägyptische Königin Kleopatra. In Ägypten erfährt er, dass die Armeen seiner Frau Fulvia und seines... Read more

Richard III.

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Der hässliche und missgebildete Richard, Herzog von Gloster, kennt nur ein Ziel: er will die Krone Englands. Hinterhältig bringt er seine Brüder um, heiratet eine der Witwen, lässt seine kleinen Neffen und jeden anderen Konkurrenten ermorden. Shakespeare schuf mit ihm einen der größten Schurken der Weltliteratur. Rein akustisch vermittelt wird... Read more

Julius Cäsar

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Julius Cäsar' ist eine Tragödie von William Shakespeare. Diesem Stück liegen die letzten Tage des historischen Julius Cäsar zugrunde. Read more

Hermann und Dorothea

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Hermann und Dorothea ist ein Epos in neun Gesängen von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Zwischen dem 11. September 1796 und dem 8. Juni 1797 entstanden, lag es im Oktober 1797 im Erstdruck vor. Die Gesänge tragen die Namen der antiken griechischen Musen. Read more

Ein Sommernachtstraum

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Oberon, König der Feenwelt, hat sich mit seiner Frau Titania zerstritten, wegen ihrer "außerehelichen Eskapaden" und weil sie sich weigert, ihm einen ihrer Knaben als Pagen zu überlassen. Der gekränkte Oberon plant einen bitterbösen Streich: Der gewitzte Kobold Puck soll Titania während des Schlafs einen Zaubertrunk auf die Augen träufeln, der... Read more

NPR American Chronicles: World War I

By: NPR

Narrated by: Rachel Martin

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Famously referred to by US president Woodrow Wilson as “the war to end all wars,” the first world war eclipsed all previous wars with its scale of destruction. With over twenty-seven nations involved, the battle-field horrors and political outcomes of the first truly global military conflict had repercussions that are still felt today.

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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Bob Bailey & a full cast

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account." For fourteen years it was one of the most popular detective shows on the air, lasting until the final days of network radio drama in 1962. Each story... Read more

Have Gun—Will Travel, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: John Dehner & a full cast

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Have Gun—Will Travel follows the adventures of Paladin, a soldier of fortune turned hired gunfighter, played by John Dehner. Paladin prefers to settle problems without violence, yet when forced to fight, he excels.It's 1875, and Paladin lives at the swanky Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, where he dresses in formal wear, eats gourmet food,... Read more

Salome

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, James Marsters, Andre Sogliuzzo...

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A dark tale of hubris, lust, and self-destruction … as told by a man who famously fell prey to those same impulses in his own life. Oscar Wilde wrote his original interpretation of the Biblical story of Salomé in French, and the play was so controversial that no theatre in England would produce it for nearly four decades.

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Socrates Now - Abridged

By: Plato

Narrated by: Yannis Simonides

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Take a seat in the court of ancient Athens as Socrates goes on trial for his life. Hear the philosopher face his accusers with his trademark wit, his cutting logic, and the courage of his ideals. Consider his arguments on virtue, justice, politics, civic duty, love of life, and hope in death, and make your own judgment.Think. Question. Change. Read more

The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Donnie Pitchford, Charles Dawso...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Donnie Pitchford, Charles Dawso...

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: Yes

A tribute to the golden age of radio from veteran producer Joe Bevilacqua and comic strip artist Donnie Pitchford, The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection is a series of new stories and parodies featuring beloved radio characters and shows.A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 1This half-hour anthology represents more than forty years of... Read more

The Liar

By: Pierre Corneille

Narrated by: Tara Lynne Barr, Mark Jude Sullivan, Janine Bar...

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic farce, a young man pretends to be a war hero to impress a pretty girl. As his lies progress, so do his troubles – with hilarious results. Playwright Pierre Corneille’s comedy of manners is considered a groundbreaking work which influenced contemporaries such as the young Molière. Includes a conversation about Corneille and... Read more

The Whistler, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Bill Forman & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The Whistler was one of radio's top mystery programs airing from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955. The Whistler was an ominous narrator who opened each episode with, "I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales, many secrets hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the... Read more

The Columnist

By: David Auburn

Narrated by: Tara Lynne Barr, Wilson Bethel, John Getz, Davi...

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The Columnist by David Auburn.

Veteran journalist Joseph Alsop thrived in his role as the right-hand man for Washington’s political elite, influencing both policy and public opinion with his inflammatory columns. But as the political certainties of the post-war era began to chip away in the late 1960s, so did Alsop’s authority, both on the page... Read more

Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 3 - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler & Don Messick

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler, Don Messick & Doug Young

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

Rare Daws Butler, Volume Three offers a full hour of lost audio from the mind—and voice—of the genius behind so many beloved cartoon characters. Included here are "Huckleberry Hound and the Ghost Ship" and "Quick Draw McGraw and the Treasure of Sarah's Mattress," remastered by Daws Butler prot├®g├® Joe Bevilacqua. Read more