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The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julie McKenzie
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 175
A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Abridged, but well done.
- By Dean Spilias on 04-07-2016
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Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained
- Two BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Denis Quilley, full cast, Ian McDiarmid, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Milton's epic poem telling the story of the fall of man and also its sequel, Paradise Regained....
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Dracula
- Starring David Suchet and Tom Hiddleston
- By: Bram Stoker
- Narrated by: David Suchet, Tom Hiddleston
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
When solicitor Jonathan Harker sets off for Transylvania to sell the mysterious Count Dracula a Gothic mansion, his bride-to-be, Mina, begs him to stay - to no avail....
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Brave New World
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, Jonathan Coy, Justin Salinger, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Aldous Huxley's classic dystopian novel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A prediction of the future
- By Chris on 20-02-2018
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The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julie McKenzie
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 175
A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Abridged, but well done.
- By Dean Spilias on 04-07-2016
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Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained
- Two BBC Radio 4 Dramatisations
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Denis Quilley, full cast, Ian McDiarmid, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Milton's epic poem telling the story of the fall of man and also its sequel, Paradise Regained....
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Dracula
- Starring David Suchet and Tom Hiddleston
- By: Bram Stoker
- Narrated by: David Suchet, Tom Hiddleston
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
When solicitor Jonathan Harker sets off for Transylvania to sell the mysterious Count Dracula a Gothic mansion, his bride-to-be, Mina, begs him to stay - to no avail....
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Brave New World
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, Jonathan Coy, Justin Salinger, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Aldous Huxley's classic dystopian novel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A prediction of the future
- By Chris on 20-02-2018
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The Oscar Wilde BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Five Full-Cast Productions
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
A collection of the major works of Oscar Wilde, with incredible casts including Judi Dench, Martin Clunes, Michael Sheen, Miriam Margolyes, Ian McDiarmid, Joely Richardson, Penelope Keith, Martin Jarvis, Diana Rigg, Simon Russell Beale, Sheila Hancock, Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Struggled to enjoy this one..
- By Matthew on 11-10-2019
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The Man from Snowy River
- By: Elyne Mitchell
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
Jim Craig is 18-years-old, and cannot return to his mountain home until he has proven himself a man....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a wonderful story
- By M. Miles on 23-09-2019
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Blood, Sex and Money
- A BBC Radio 4 Serialisation of Zola's Epic Saga
- By: Emile Zola
- Narrated by: Paul McGann, Alison Steadman, Samuel West, and others
- Length: 23 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Glenda Jackson stars in this award-winning BBC Radio series, inspired by literature's greatest ever whistleblower, Émile Zola, and his epic saga of the Rougon-Macquart family....
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The Oscar Wilde Collection
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Jacqueline Bisset, Alfred Molina, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
Four classic comedies from one of the wittiest playwrights in Western literature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliance has a name and that name is Oscar Wilde
- By Anonymous User on 20-11-2018
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The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years
- Eight BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Robert Lindsay, Ian Holm, and others
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens' much-loved novels....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great way to get to know these classic stories
- By Anonymous User on 14-04-2019
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War and Peace
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Simon Russell Beale, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter are among the cast of BBC Radio 4's epic full-cast dramatisation....
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Arabian Nights: Volume 1
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Marty Ross
- Narrated by: Zahra Ahmadi, Raghad Chaar, Omid Djalili, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
This multicast dramatisation of Arabian Nights: Volume 1 is an Audible Original reenvisioning of three iconic tales - with a twist....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The real Arabian Nights
- By Amazon Customer on 27-09-2018
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Medea
- By: Euripides
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC....
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The Modern Scholar: Politics and Performance
- Theater in the 20th Century
- By: Professor Megan Lewis
- Narrated by: Megan Lewis
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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In this enlightening series of lectures, Professor Megan Lewis of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst takes us on an engaging journey through the history of theater in the 20th century....
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Prunella Scales, Frank Duncan, and others
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, lovers lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and, yes, love....
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The Cherry Orchard
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett, Amanda Friday, Elizabeth Chambers, and others
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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The Cherry Orchard is Chekhov's final play, first performed in 1904 at the Moscow Art Theatre and directed by Konstantin Stanislavski....
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
- By: Tobias Smollett
- Narrated by: June Whitfield, Suzy Aitchison, Hywel Simons, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker is a grouchy, very funny examination of how one story varies depending on who's doing the telling....
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Much Ado About Nothing
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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A Classic recording of Shakespeare's well-loved comedy....
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The Crucible: CliffsNotes
- By: Jennifer L. Scheidt M.A.
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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This CliffsNotes study guide on Arthur Miller's The Crucible supplements the original literary work....
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Enjoy the most notable plays of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello....
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- By: Tennessee Williams
- Narrated by: Troy W. Hudson
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its Gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father's inheritance amid a whirlwind of sexuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the cat....
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In Search of Lost Time (Dramatized)
- By: Marcel Proust
- Narrated by: James Wilby, Jonathan Firth, Harriet Walter, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
In Search of Lost Time is Proust's search for the key to the mysteries of memory, time, and consciousness....
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5 out of 5 stars
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In Search of Brilliance? Look no further!
- By Jo on 14-05-2015
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The Virginia Woolf BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar, full cast, Juliet Stevenson, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
The collected BBC dramatisations of the fiction of Virginia Woolf, with star casts including Kristin Scott-Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave, Juliet Stevenson, Laura Fraser, Robert Glenister and Fenella Woolgar....
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Frances Barber, full cast, Ian McKellen
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
A brand-new dramatised retelling of Milton’s epic poem about the fall of man, with Milton as the narrator, adapted by one of the leading poets and thinkers of our generation: Michael Symmons Roberts....
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Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air
- By: Harold Bloom
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in history - and thanks to Shakespeare, one of the most intriguing personalities in literature. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom delivers exhilarating clarity and invites us to look at this character as a flawed human who might be living in our world....
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Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies
- Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast, Paul Scofield, Peggy Ashcroft, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
Three powerful radio productions from the BBC archives starring Ian McKellen, Ronald Pickup and Paul Scofield and a host of celebrated acting talent....
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The Three Musketeers
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Alexandre Dumas, Marty Ross
- Narrated by: David Ahmad, Rachel Atkins, Catherine Bailey, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
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Swashbuckling classic adventure, with an updated twist placing Milady in the role of narrator. Young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris to join the King's elite guards but almost immediately finds he is duelling with some of the very men he has come to swear allegiance to....
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The Forsytes: The Complete Series
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: John Galsworthy
- Narrated by: full cast, Jessica Raine, Joseph Millson, and others
- Length: 15 hrs
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Jessica Raine stars in all four BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of John Galsworthy's Forsyte novels....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic!
- By Helen on 23-04-2018
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The F. Scott Fitzgerald BBC Radio Collection
- The Great Gatsby and Other BBC Radio Readings
- By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Ed Bishop, Finn Den Hertog, Garrick Hagon, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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A collection of radio readings of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fiction - plus two bonus programmes....
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Vanity Fair
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: William Makepeace
- Narrated by: Emma Fielding, Stephen Fry
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
Stephen Fry narrates this full-cast dramatisation of the famous Victorian comic novel, a portrait of English society and its mores, with Emma Fielding as Becky Sharp....
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Pride and Prejudice
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Samantha Spiro, Full Cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Samantha Spiro, David Troughton and Amanda Root are among the cast of this new BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Jane Austen’s famous novel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A well loved classic story.
- By Jane-Anne. on 05-12-2015
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Oedipus the King
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference....
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Understanding Literature and Life: Drama, Poetry and Narrative
- By: Arnold Weinstein, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Arnold Weinstein
- Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
You learn how drama makes visible the conflicts and wars of culture in ways other forms cannot manage....
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Les Miserables
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- By: Victor Hugo
- Narrated by: Joss Ackland, Roger Allam, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Joss Ackland, Roger Allam, and Leslie Phillips star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant Adaptation!
- By Dean Spilias on 14-05-2017
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Measure for Measure
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Royal Shakespeare Company
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
A performance of the tragi-comedy by the Royal Shakespeare Company....
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Twelfth Night
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast, David Tennant, Naomi Frederick
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
David Tennant stars as Malvolio in Shakespeare's comedy of disguise, madness and love. One of Shakespeare's happiest plays, Twelfth Night is both a comedy of misrule....
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The Cherry Orchard
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Marsha Mason, full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
A work of timeless, bittersweet beauty about the fading fortunes of an aristocratic Russian family....
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Hedda Gabler
- By: Henrik Ibsen, Doug Hughes - English Version
- Narrated by: Joshua Bitton, JD Cullum, Gregory Harrison, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Hedda and George have just returned from their honeymoon, but when her former lover Eilert appears with a brilliant new manuscript, George’s hopes for a professorship are dimmed. Hedda’s desperate dissatisfaction with her life leads to dangerous choices in this startling portrait of a woman hell-bent on destruction.
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Hedda Gabler
- By: Henrik Ibsen, Edmund Gosse - translator, William Archer - translator
- Narrated by: Anna Grace, Rob Goll, Sarah Mitchell, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Hedda and George Tesman have just returned from their six-month honeymoon tour of the Tyrol. George, a studious and somewhat dull academic has spent most of the time continuing his research. Hedda, the daughter of the celebrated, aristocratic General Gabler, recently deceased, has been accustomed to the finer things in life. She is already bored in her marriage and diverts herself with her father's pistols and the attentions of family friend, Judge Brack.
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The Quality of Mercy
- Reflections on Shakespeare
- By: Peter Brook
- Narrated by: Michael Pennington
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Unique insights into Shakespeare, from one of the world’s most revered theatre directors. Who was the man who wrote Shakespeare’s plays? Why does Shakespeare never go out of date? How should actors approach Shakespeare’s verse? In this short but immensely wise book, visionary theatre director Peter Brook debates the questions that are central to our understanding of Shakespeare, and revisits the plays he has directed with notable brilliance, including King Lear, Titus Andronicus, and, of course, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Of Bondage
- Debt, Property, and Personhood in Early Modern England
- By: Amanda Bailey
- Narrated by: Dana Roth
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The late 16th-century penal debt bond, which allowed an unsatisfied creditor to seize the body of his debtor, set in motion a series of precedents that would shape the legal, philosophical, and moral issue of property-in-person in England and America for centuries. Focusing on this historical juncture at which debt litigation was not merely an aspect of society but seemed to engulf it completely, Of Bondage examines a culture that understood money and the body of the borrower as comparable forms of property that impinged on one another at the moment of default.
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Dear Juliet
- Letters from the Lovestruck and Lovelorn to Shakespeare's Juliet in Verona
- By: The Juliet Club, Giulio Tamassia
- Narrated by: Brittany Wilkerson
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Every year, over 10,000 letters addressed to Juliet Capulet arrive in Verona, Italy, the famous hometown of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. These handwritten letters come from people all over the world, seeking guidance and support from Juliet herself. Capturing the pain, joy, humor, and confusion of love, the 60 letters in this book offers encouragement, comfort, hope - and a nod to the human condition. Including responses from Juliet herself, this romantic and relatable, and perfect as a Valentine's Day gift, Dear Juliet proves that love is the universal language.
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The Jew of Malta
- By: Christopher Marlowe
- Narrated by: Christopher Romance
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Christopher Marlowe wrote this spectacularly subversive play in 1589/1590. The setting is the island of Malta as a bone of contention between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in their struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean. The ghost of Machiavelli appropriately introduces this tale of murder and mayhem which unfolds in flamboyant episodes of blackmail, betrayal, revenge, scheming, theft, and poisoning on a breathtaking scale.
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Hedda Gabler
- By: Henrik Ibsen, Doug Hughes - English Version
- Narrated by: Joshua Bitton, JD Cullum, Gregory Harrison, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Hedda and George have just returned from their honeymoon, but when her former lover Eilert appears with a brilliant new manuscript, George’s hopes for a professorship are dimmed. Hedda’s desperate dissatisfaction with her life leads to dangerous choices in this startling portrait of a woman hell-bent on destruction.
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Hedda Gabler
- By: Henrik Ibsen, Edmund Gosse - translator, William Archer - translator
- Narrated by: Anna Grace, Rob Goll, Sarah Mitchell, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Hedda and George Tesman have just returned from their six-month honeymoon tour of the Tyrol. George, a studious and somewhat dull academic has spent most of the time continuing his research. Hedda, the daughter of the celebrated, aristocratic General Gabler, recently deceased, has been accustomed to the finer things in life. She is already bored in her marriage and diverts herself with her father's pistols and the attentions of family friend, Judge Brack.
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The Quality of Mercy
- Reflections on Shakespeare
- By: Peter Brook
- Narrated by: Michael Pennington
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Unique insights into Shakespeare, from one of the world’s most revered theatre directors. Who was the man who wrote Shakespeare’s plays? Why does Shakespeare never go out of date? How should actors approach Shakespeare’s verse? In this short but immensely wise book, visionary theatre director Peter Brook debates the questions that are central to our understanding of Shakespeare, and revisits the plays he has directed with notable brilliance, including King Lear, Titus Andronicus, and, of course, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Of Bondage
- Debt, Property, and Personhood in Early Modern England
- By: Amanda Bailey
- Narrated by: Dana Roth
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
The late 16th-century penal debt bond, which allowed an unsatisfied creditor to seize the body of his debtor, set in motion a series of precedents that would shape the legal, philosophical, and moral issue of property-in-person in England and America for centuries. Focusing on this historical juncture at which debt litigation was not merely an aspect of society but seemed to engulf it completely, Of Bondage examines a culture that understood money and the body of the borrower as comparable forms of property that impinged on one another at the moment of default.
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Dear Juliet
- Letters from the Lovestruck and Lovelorn to Shakespeare's Juliet in Verona
- By: The Juliet Club, Giulio Tamassia
- Narrated by: Brittany Wilkerson
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Every year, over 10,000 letters addressed to Juliet Capulet arrive in Verona, Italy, the famous hometown of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. These handwritten letters come from people all over the world, seeking guidance and support from Juliet herself. Capturing the pain, joy, humor, and confusion of love, the 60 letters in this book offers encouragement, comfort, hope - and a nod to the human condition. Including responses from Juliet herself, this romantic and relatable, and perfect as a Valentine's Day gift, Dear Juliet proves that love is the universal language.
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The Jew of Malta
- By: Christopher Marlowe
- Narrated by: Christopher Romance
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Christopher Marlowe wrote this spectacularly subversive play in 1589/1590. The setting is the island of Malta as a bone of contention between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in their struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean. The ghost of Machiavelli appropriately introduces this tale of murder and mayhem which unfolds in flamboyant episodes of blackmail, betrayal, revenge, scheming, theft, and poisoning on a breathtaking scale.