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Titus Andronicus - Abridged
By: Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laur...
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 2 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The noble Titus returns victorious to Rome, bringing Tamora, queen of the Goths, as his captive. When one of Tamora's sons is condemned to die, she vows revenge, and, aided by the villainous Aaron, she exacts a terrible retribution, inaugurating a grim cycle of rape, murder, and cannibalism. This macabre, often brilliant tragedy comes from the... Read more
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Pericles - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare, Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Cope...
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Pericles, Prince of Tyre, undergoes a tyrant's fury, storm, and shipwreck. He wins love and suffers loss, but what is lost may also be found. With the ancient poet Gower acting as narrator, we follow the adventures of Pericles from young manhood to maturity. This strange and powerful tale of loss and recovery is the first in the group of romance... Read more
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Car Talk: Doesn't Anyone Screen These Calls?
By: Ray Magliozzi & Tom Magliozzi
Length: 1 hour 5 minutes
Abridged: No
The guys share some of their favorite calls about the world where cars and animals meet. Luckily, it’s not dog-eat-dog, but sometimes it’s horse-eat-steering-wheel.
Tom and Ray Magliozzi are America's foremost auto mechanics. So usually people phone in to their radio show with questions about cars—buying them, driving them, keeping them... Read more
Grumpy Old Women The Official Handbook
By: Judith Holder
Narrated by: Alison Steadman
Length: 2 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Move over Grumpy Old Men - it's time for the Grumpy Old Women to have their say in this hilarious guide, read by the narrator of the BBC TV series Alison Steadman. OK, enough is enough. Grumpy Old Men have had their turn at complaining and now the Grumpy Old Women are taking over. It's about time the world knew what struggles and trials they... Read more
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The Soul of an Age - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Sir Ralph Richardson & Michael Redgrave
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
This recording contains readings from seven of Shakespeare’s histories, four of his comedies and two of his tragedies. It is an original-telecast recording of an NBC-TV documentary and includes scenes from Richard II, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry V, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and others. Read more
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Troylus and Cressida - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Troilus and Cressida is set during the latter years of the Trojan War, faithfully following the plotline of the Iliad from Achilles' refusal to participate in battle to Hector's death. This full-cast dramatization is performed by The Marlowe Society. Read more
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The Rape of Lucrece and Other Poems - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
This is a fully annotated edition of all the poems which are now generally regarded as Shakespeare's, excluding the Sonnets. It contains Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, and A Lover's Complaint. The introduction to the two long narrative poems examines their place within the classical and... Read more
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Pericles - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Pericles is the Prince of Tyre but is forced to leave the city due to the atrocities that the wicked Emperor of Greece threatens to bestow should he stay. His courage, wisdom and goodness are recognized wherever he goes so much so that he marries the Queen of Pentapolis who bears him a child at sea, for he is forced to return to Tyre to pacify... Read more
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King John - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatizes the reign of King John of England (ruled 1199-1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s but was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623.... Read more
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Henry the Fourth, Part 2 - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Edith Evans & Anthony Quayle
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
The Second Part of Henry the Fourth continues the story with the defeat and deaths of Hotspur and his fellow conspirators. The Shakespeare Recording Society, directed by Peter Wood, presents the complete play. Performed by Dame Edith Evans, Anthony Quayle, and a Full Cast. Read more
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Henry V - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Though he was wild and rambunctious in his youth, Prince Hal has now ascended the throne as King Henry V, the cunning and ambitious ruler of England. Embarking on a campaign in France, King Henry V deftly leads his fleet into the breach in an attempt to take the French territory of Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War. Henry V is the last of... Read more
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Venus & Adonis and A Lover's Complaint - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Claire Bloom & Max Adrian
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Venus and Adonis was the young Shakespeare’s way of introducing himself as a poet to be reckoned with. Its poetry is rich with marvelous language and imagery. More pastoral and delicate is A Lover’s Complaint, in which a careworn lass laments her seduction by a false young man. Read more
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The House of Blue Leaves
By: John Guare
Narrated by: Mary Teresa Fortuna, Sharon Gless, Deb Gottesma...
Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Abridged: No
John Guare poignant Obie Award-winning comedy unfolds in New York City on the day the Pope is expected to visit. Hearts are palpitating in the sleepy borough of Queens, but not entirely on account of His Holiness. Bunny Flingus, a femme-fatale from Flushing (or thereabouts) is stirring things up in the quiet, unfulfilled life of aspiring... Read more
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The Heiress
By: Ruth Goetz & Augustus Goetz
Narrated by: Jane Beard, George Gaynes, Helen Hedman, Amy Ir...
Length: 2 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
A Tony Award-winning play based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James - one of James’ most complex and satisfying portraits of the American character. Set in New York City in 1850, the play centers on the painfully shy Catherine and her austere father. When Catherine falls in love with a handsome suitor, her father threatens to... Read more
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The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
By: Peter Goodchild
Narrated by: Tom Amandes, George Czarnecki, Christine Dunfor...
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Reality is stranger than fiction when seven 1960’s radicals refuse to behave in Judge Julius Hoffman’s courtroom. Based on actual trial transcripts and starring a cast of top Chicago actors, this play centers on events following the protests and riots during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance... Read more
The Code of the Woosters
By: P.G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Patrice Egleston, Martin Jarvis...
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
The Two Gentlemen of Verona - Abridged
By: E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, William Shakes...
Narrated by: Michael Maloney, Damian Lewis & a full cast
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Proteus loves Julia in Verona, Valentine loves Silvia in Milan. But when Proteus meets Silvia, he falls for her too, and the heartbroken Julia sets out in pursuit. This delightful and sometimes disquieting early comedy of love lost and found offers lyrical poetry, disguise, clowning, outlaws, and a most unreliable dog. Proteus is played by... Read more
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Porridge Another Helping
By: Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais
Narrated by: Fulton Mackay, Richard Beckinsale & Ronnie Barker
Length: 2 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Four more episodes from the classic prison sitcom, starring Ronnie Barker as Fletcher, with Richard Beckinsale and Fulton Mackay in support. Those included here are: 'No Peace For The Wicked' - 14 November 1975 'Poetic Justic' - 25 February 1977 'Rough Justice' - 4 March 1977 'A Test of Character' - 18 March 1977 Read more
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Be Creative
By: BBC, Bill Lucas & Guy Claxton
Narrated by: Bill Lucas & Guy Claxton
Length: 1 hour 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Being creative is a state of mind. Techniques may help, though some, like brainstorming, can, surprisingly, do more harm than good. And the climate at work and play matters too. But essentially, creativity is an attitude. We either meet life's challenges with a spirit of adventure, or we keep trying to make it fit old habits that don't work any... Read more
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The Lee Mack Show
By: Lee Mack
Narrated by: Lee Mack
Length: 2 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Lee Mack, Bafta award-winner and host of BBC One’s ‘They Think It’s All Over’, star of ITV’s ‘The Sketch Show’ and BAFTA Award winner, stars in this hilarious six-part comedy show as heard on BBC Radio 2. Participating in the manic mix of sketches and stand-up are special musical guests Toyah Willcox, Midge Ure, Suggs, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Tom... Read more
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Measure for Measure - Abridged
By: E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, William Shakes...
Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, a full cast, Roger Allam &...
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Telling his followers he is leaving the city on affairs of state, the Duke of Vienna appoints the puritanical Angelo to govern in his absence. Will Angelo prove as virtuous as he seems once power is in his hands? Roaming the city disguised as a friar, the duke looks on as Angelo’s lust for the virtuous Isabella sweeps him into the corruption he... Read more
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Coriolanus - Abridged
By: Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laur...
Narrated by: a full cast, Paul Jesson, Ewan Hooper, Marjorie...
Length: 3 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Rome is a city divided, nobility and common people locked in mutual suspicion. The patrician Caius Marcius, later called Coriolanus, is Rome’s greatest soldier, but his proud refusal to accommodate himself to the demands of the plebeians leads to banishment and death.A Roman history as well as tragedy, Coriolanus is a complex and subtle... Read more
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Dusty and Lefty
By: Garrison Keillor
Length: 1 hour 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Lefty: Haven't you read about the dangers of drinking?
Dusty: I have. And it led me to give up reading.
Like the News from Lake Wobegon and Guy Noir, Private Eye, The Lives of the Cowboys sketch has become a signature part of A Prairie Home Companion. Each week, radio listeners can't wait to hear Lefty's latest poem and Dusty's latest... Read more
It's Only a Show
By: Garrison Keillor
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
It's Only a Show offers the best of the best of Guy Noir, Dusty and Lefty, ads from the show's commercial sponsors, and—of course—the News from Lake Wobegon.
With laughter, stories, songs, and special guests, It's Only a Show has everything fans know and love about A Prairie Home Companion. Read more
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