Performance audiobooks

Captain Underhill Uncovers the Truth

By: Steven Thomas Oney

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A treasure-trove of Edgar Allan Poe memorabilia found in a hundred and fifty-year-old credenza—an early book of Poe poetry, Poe's obituary, a stuffed Raven, a desiccated cat, a lock of hair, and a Tiffany gold bug broach—may turn out to be the stuff that dreams are made of at The Antiques Roadshow, but only if retired Cape Cod Police Captain... Read more

Captain Underhill Unmasks the Murderer

By: Steven Thomas Oney

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In “The Legacy of Euriah Pillar,” retired Cape Cod Police Captain Waverly Underhill reveals how the bizarre will of an eccentric millionaire leads to treachery, deceit, and a triple homicide.

In the sequel, Dr. Alexander Scofield joins Underhill as they uncover clues beginning with Euriah Pillar’s long-forgotten strong-box and ending up at the... Read more

Captain Underhill Unlocks the Enigma

By: Steven Thomas Oney

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Queen is in the Counting House” is a timely tale about up-and-coming Boston Red Sox catcher Zachary Devlin who could perhaps take the team to a World Championship, but only if he can survive—literally—the annual Cape Cod exhibition game.

A child’s prank goes horribly wrong, trapping a young boy in a cast iron safe in “Don't Touch That... Read more

Henry IV, Part 2 - Abridged

By: Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Copen, William Shakespear...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Prince Hal parts from his past to fulfill his royal destiny, in this essential conclusion to Henry IV, Part 1.Rebellion still simmers in England and King Henry's health is failing. Prince Hal has proved his courage but the king still fears that his son's pleasure-loving nature will bring the realm to ruin. Meanwhile, Falstaff and his ribald... Read more

Misalliance

By: George Bernard Shaw

Narrated by: Tom Beyer, Joy Gregory, Roger Rees, Serena Scot...

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Taking place on a single day in May 1909, a self-made millionaire and his family invite their future nobleman-in-law for a visit to their estate in Surrey, England. In this delightfully clever play, issues of gender, class, politics and family are all targets for Shaw’s keen wit.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Tom Beyer,... Read more

Sight Unseen

By: Donald Margulies

Narrated by: Adam Arkin, Jordan Baker, Anna Gunn & Randy Ogl...

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Jonathan Waxman is a hugely successful artist. He receives exorbitant prices for his works, sight unseen. But a visit with his original muse and lover causes him to re-evaluate the success that now controls him. This Obie award-winning drama explores the artist’s role in society, the commerce of art, and the complications of love and memory.

An... Read more

Macbeth - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare, Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Cope...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sinister supernatural forces are at work in this fast-paced tragedy of guilt and retribution, in which the power of human beings to control their own destiny is called into question.The brave warrior Macbeth allows himself to be persuaded by Lady Macbeth, his wife, to slay good King Duncan and seize the throne of Scotland for himself. Macbeth... Read more

A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Abridged

By: E.A. Copen, William Shakespeare, Pierre Arthur ...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Shakespeare’s most imaginative and merry play is set in an enchanted wood amidst fairies and sprites.When Oberon, King of the Fairies, uses his magic upon four runaway lovers in a midsummer wood outside Athens, chaos ensues. Who really loves whom? Meanwhile, a band of well-meaning but bungling local actors have their rehearsal sabotaged by the... Read more

Cymbeline - Abridged

By: E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, William Shakes...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This strange, dark romance includes two songs composed by Shakespeare that are amongst the most beautiful in the English language.Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline, is persecuted by her wicked stepmother, the Queen, and by Cloten, the Queen’s doltish son. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find her husband, the banished Posthumus. On her... Read more

Twelfth Night - Abridged

By: Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laur...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Shakespeare’s most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity.Duke Orsino is in love with the noblewoman Olivia. She, however, has fallen for his servant Cesario, who is actually Viola, a woman disguised as a man, who loves Orsino: confusion is rife. Meanwhile, Olivia’s arrogant steward... Read more

Richard II - Abridged

By: Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Cope...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Shakespeare’s finest verse play is also his first portrait of the psychology of power.The sensitive and poetic Richard II is undoubtedly the rightful king of England, but he is unscrupulous and weak. When his cousin Henry Bolingbroke returns from banishment and mounts a challenge to his authority, Richard’s right to the throne proves of little... Read more

Hamlet - Abridged

By: Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright, William S...

Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs & a full cast

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Shakespeare’s most famous play is one of the greatest stories in the literature of the world.Distressed by his father’s death and his mother’s over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, prince of Denmark is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness by his struggle... Read more

Design For Living

By: Noel Coward

Narrated by: Michelle Arthur, Claire Forlani, Thomas Hildret...

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Three terminally stylish friends, who share rivalrous affections, attempt to uncoil their twisted love triangle in this sexy and scandalous gem. Written in 1932, the play was deemed extremely daring, and even by today’s standards is considered controversial. In its frank and funny take on sex, love and commitment, Design for Living proves to be... Read more

Henry IV, Part 1 - Abridged

By: E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, William Shakes...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This play introduces Shakespeare’s greatest comedic character, the dissolute knight Sir John Falstaff.While King Henry’s England is threatened by rebellion, the king’s scapegrace son Hal haunts the taverns of London, his companions a crew of rogues and thieves let by Falstaff. The earl of Northumberland and his fiery son Hotspur scheme to... Read more

Romeo and Juliet - Abridged

By: Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laur...

Narrated by: Joseph Fiennes, Maria Miles & a full cast

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the world’s most celebrated and lyrical love story, the sublime devotion of two young lovers transcends their earthly fate.The noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter feud. When Romeo (a Montague) and Juliet (a Capulet) fall in love, they are swept up in a series of violent events and cruel twists of fortune.... Read more

The Merchant of Venice - Abridged

By: Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright, William S...

Narrated by: a full cast, Bill Nighy, Haydn Gwynne, Julian R...

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Shakespeare’s most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved. Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid.The golden world of Portia’s Belmont calls forth some of Shakespeare’s... Read more

Breaking the Code

By: Hugh Whitemore

Narrated by: Sheelagh Cullen, Kenneth Danziger, Peter Dennis...

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Simon Templeman stars as brilliant mathematician Alan Turing, the man who cracked the German Enigma code and enabled the Allies to win World War II. But Turing was to find that the country he saved cared less about his genius and more about his sexual orientation.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Sheelagh Cullen as Sara Turing... Read more

In Real Life

By: Charlayne Woodard

Narrated by: Charlayne Woodard

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In the final play of a trilogy that began with Pretty Fire, and continued with Neat, In Real Life finds Charlayne Woodard pursuing her dreams in New York City. From her early days as a struggling actor to being nominated for a Tony Award, the harsh realities of Broadway are balanced by the unusual and comforting characters that touched her... Read more

Our Lady of 121st Street

By: Stephen Adly Guirgis

Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne, Khandi Alexander, Emily Ber...

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A group of old friends find themselves at Harlem’s Ortiz Funeral Home to mourn the death of a beloved nun from their childhood. As they bounce off of each other with old hurts and the harsh realities of grown-up life, a murder mystery (and a few lives) begins to unravel. Hilarious, raunchy, and ultimately very touching, Stephen Adly Guirgis is a... Read more

Adam's Rib

By: Garson Kanin & Ruth Gordon

Narrated by: Adam Arkin, Anne DeSalvo, Paul Eiding, Mary Pat...

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A classic battle of the sexes and a courtroom farce, this peerlessly witty examination of husband and wife attorneys was first crafted for Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Commissioned by L.A. Theatre Works, David Rambo includes never-before-heard original material in this adaptation of the Oscar-nominated screenplay by Garson Kanin and... Read more

The Best of Second City

By: Second City: Chicago's Famed Improv Theatre

Narrated by: Fran Adams, Scott Adsit, Scott Allman, Edward A...

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Take an unforgettable ride with the classic sketches that helped make this America’s foremost comedy troupe. The Second City lampoons every aspect of modern American life, with brilliant improvised sketches on subjects ranging from salad bars to affairs of state.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Fran Adams, Scott Adsit,... Read more

Speed the Plow

By: David Mamet

Narrated by: Jeff Goldblum, Adam Arkin & Dina Waters

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Jaded Hollywood producer Bobby Gould has spent a career reaping what others sow, until the night he’s forced to choose between his loyal friend’s sure-fire hit and a beautiful girl’s art-house project. During a wicked evening of seduction and manipulation, Bobby discovers that the power he exerts is more elusive than it seems.

An L.A. Theatre... Read more

Richard II

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast, Joss Ackland, Samuel West, Damian Le...

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of Richard II, the male ego and narcissism of monarchs are hung out to dry...

Written entirely in verse, the rhythms of the language in this epic tragedy encompass its themes of dignity and kingship with fitting grandeur and pathos, as the capricious and narcissistic Richard is brought to his own... Read more

Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Samantha Spiro, Emilia Fox, Maxine Peake, Chiwe...

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this BBC full-cast production of Much Ado About Nothing, some handsome soldiers return from battle. Yet one soldier finds himself locked in a merry war of his own...

In Shakespeare's comedy of wit, love and miscommunication, Beatrice and Benedick and Hero and Claudio are pushed into and pulled out of love, their friends playing cupid with... Read more