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
View audiobookHenry 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
View audiobookSight 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
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
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
View audiobookA 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
View audiobookTwelfth 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
View audiobookRichard 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
View audiobookCymbeline - 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
View audiobookHamlet - 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
View audiobookDesign 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
View audiobookHenry 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
View audiobookRomeo 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
View audiobookThe 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
View audiobookBreaking 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
View audiobookOur 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
View audiobookThe 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
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
View audiobookRichard 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
Paul Temple And The Vandyke Affair
By: Francis Durbridge
Narrated by: Full Cast, Marjorie Westbury & Peter Coke
Length: 4 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham... Read more
View audiobookPaul Temple And The Spencer Affair
By: Francis Durbridge
Narrated by: Full Cast, Marjorie Westbury & Peter Coke
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio’s most popular series. When young drama student Mary Dreisler is found murdered in her flat, her father instantly sends for Paul Temple. There appears to have been no... Read more
View audiobookBrideshead Revisited
By: Evelyn Waugh
Narrated by: Ben Miles, Full Cast & Jamie Bamber
Length: 3 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1944 Captain Charles Ryder travels with a company of soldiers to Brideshead. He has been there before, and the great house serves as a potent reminder of the decadent, stylish lifestyle now destroyed by the austerity of the Second World War. Charles' mind travels back twenty years to when he was a student at Oxford, in thrall to the... Read more
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