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The Crucible
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Troy W. Hudson
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 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
The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft - and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Respect to Proctor
- By Anonymous User on 27-10-2018
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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 153
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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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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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A Doll's House
- By: Henrik Ibsen
- Narrated by: Carson Beck
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879. A Doll's House was based on the life of Laura Kieler, a good friend of Ibsen. Much that happened between Nora and Torvald happened to Laura and her husband, Victor....
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The Crucible
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Troy W. Hudson
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 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
The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft - and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Respect to Proctor
- By Anonymous User on 27-10-2018
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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 153
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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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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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A Doll's House
- By: Henrik Ibsen
- Narrated by: Carson Beck
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879. A Doll's House was based on the life of Laura Kieler, a good friend of Ibsen. Much that happened between Nora and Torvald happened to Laura and her husband, Victor....
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The George Bernard Shaw Collection
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Shirley Knight, Anne Heche, JoBeth Williams, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 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
Eight of George Bernard Shaw's most memorable plays in one splendid collection....
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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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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
Enthralling radio dramatisations of eight of Charles Dickens' much-loved novels....
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved it
- By amanda on 02-10-2018
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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 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Jim Craig is 18-years-old, and cannot return to his mountain home until he has proven himself a man....
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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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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 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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 Oscar Wilde BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Five Full-cast Productions
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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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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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Grace Garrett, Brett Downey, Amanda Friday, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Original Recording
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A magical tale of love frustrated, tested, and finally triumphant, A Midsummer Night's Dream has always been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays....
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Cymbeline: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sophie Thompson, Ben Porter, Jack Shepherd, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
This strange, dark romance includes two songs composed by Shakespeare that are amongst the most beautiful in the English language....
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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 12
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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 Virginia Woolf BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar, full cast, Juliet Stevenson, and others
- Length: 15 hrs
- Original Recording
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The collected BBC dramatisations of the fiction of Virginia Woolf, with star casts including Kristen Scott-Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave, Juliet Stevenson, Laura Fraser, Robert Glenister and Fenella Woolgar....
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The Importance of Being Earnest
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The Importance of Being Earnest is a play written by the renowned playwright and author, Oscar Wilde....
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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 7
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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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A Woman of No Importance
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Samantha Mathis, Rosalind Ayres, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
Devilishly attractive Lord Illingworth is notorious for his skill as a seducer....
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5 out of 5 stars
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oscar wilde review
- By Amazon Customer on 08-09-2016
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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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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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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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 15
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4 out of 5 stars 15
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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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 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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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Peter Pan (Dramatized)
- By: J.M. Barrie
- Narrated by: The St. Charles Players
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Abridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Second star to the right and straight on until morning...Imagine a place where dreams come true, where pirates fight lost boys and Indians, where a fairy named Tinkerbell sprinkles magic dust...
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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 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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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The Art of Dramatic Writing
- Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
- By: Lajos Egri
- Narrated by: Troy W. Hudson
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story1 out of 5 stars 1
Among the many "how-to" playwriting books that have appeared over the years, there have been few that attempt to analyze the mysteries of play construction....
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea & The Mysterious Island
- Two BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Jules Verne
- Narrated by: Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong, full cast, Kerry Gooderson, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Original Recording
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Jules Verne's two novels featuring Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island), condensed down to two thrilling hours....
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Ring for Jeeves
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
We find ourselves in the austerity of the 1950s, when England's aristocracy was feeling the pinch....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very funny
- By Slade on 10-11-2018
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The Playboy of the Western World
- By: J.M. Synge
- Narrated by: Orson Bean, Alley Mills, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Orson Bean and Alley Mills star in the story of a man who becomes the town hero after he boasts of murdering his father....
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The Pallisers
- 12 BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisations
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Ben Miles, David Troughton, full cast, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 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
Political and romantic intrigue from Anthony Trollope, the creator of The Barchester Chronicles....
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Measure for Measure: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Roger Allam, Stella Gonet
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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....
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Dramatized)
- By: Oscar Wilde, David Llewellyn
- Narrated by: Alexander Vlahos, Miles Richardson, Marcus Hutton, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
When Dorian Gray, a handsome young man about town, makes this wish, he can hardly guess that it will mark the beginning of a life of hedonism and debauchery....
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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 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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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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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Hamlet: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Lapotaire, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 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
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....
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Medea
- By: Euripides
- Narrated by: Judith Anderson, Anthony Quayle
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Abridged
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Judith Anderson and Anthony Quayle perform 'Medea', an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides. It is based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC....
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
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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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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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 4
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
You learn how drama makes visible the conflicts and wars of culture in ways other forms cannot manage....
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Death and the Devil
- By: Frank Wedekind, Samuel A. Eliot - translator, Denis Daly - translator
- Narrated by: John Burlinson, Amanda Friday, Mark Crowle-Groves, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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This play forms part of a tetralogy which focuses on one of Wedekind's obsessive themes: the destructive interplay between primal sexual urges and social convention. Each play revolves around a powerful young female character, who has the power to control and captivate men, but who in turn is destroyed by the exercise of that power. In this play, the dominant female is Fräulein Elfriede von Malchus, an idealistic crusader who visits a brothel operated by the cynical impresario Casti-Piani in order to rescue a young woman who has fallen into his clutches.
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The Bat
- By: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Narrated by: Alan Winterrowd
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The novelization of the play of the same name that had an initial run of 867 shows on Broadway and has been performed all over the world and been made into three movies over a span from 1926 to 1959. An intricate mystery with a wide cast of characters.
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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. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character: Just as we encounter one Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are in high school and college and another when we are adults, Bloom explains his shifting understanding of Cleopatra over the course of his own lifetime.
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Henrietta & Eleanor: A Retelling of Jekyll and Hyde
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Libby Spurrier - dramatist
- Narrated by: Holliday Grainger, Clive Mantle, Carla Mendonça, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Dr Jekyll, a charming doctor explores the possibility of dividing the dark and light side of her personality, but in doing this she creates a monster, Eleanor Hyde. For many years she manages to live under the radar, keeping her dark secret unknown to those around her. However, gradually her evil side gains strength until Dr Jekyll is overwhelmed by Eleanor Hyde, to disastrous consequences. An exploration of human duality and forces of good and evil, this modern retelling is compelling and eerie and retains the disturbing nature of the original text.
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The Inferno
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Inferno follows Dante through hell, with only an roman poet named Virgil to guide him. Dante loses his way in a forest and stumbles across Hell; but Virgil tells him that if he ventures through hell he can reach Heaven where his beloved awaits....
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The Importance of Being Earnest
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: J.D. Kelly
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on February 14th 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.
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Death and the Devil
- By: Frank Wedekind, Samuel A. Eliot - translator, Denis Daly - translator
- Narrated by: John Burlinson, Amanda Friday, Mark Crowle-Groves, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 2 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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This play forms part of a tetralogy which focuses on one of Wedekind's obsessive themes: the destructive interplay between primal sexual urges and social convention. Each play revolves around a powerful young female character, who has the power to control and captivate men, but who in turn is destroyed by the exercise of that power. In this play, the dominant female is Fräulein Elfriede von Malchus, an idealistic crusader who visits a brothel operated by the cynical impresario Casti-Piani in order to rescue a young woman who has fallen into his clutches.
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The Bat
- By: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Narrated by: Alan Winterrowd
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The novelization of the play of the same name that had an initial run of 867 shows on Broadway and has been performed all over the world and been made into three movies over a span from 1926 to 1959. An intricate mystery with a wide cast of characters.
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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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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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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. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character: Just as we encounter one Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are in high school and college and another when we are adults, Bloom explains his shifting understanding of Cleopatra over the course of his own lifetime.
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Henrietta & Eleanor: A Retelling of Jekyll and Hyde
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Libby Spurrier - dramatist
- Narrated by: Holliday Grainger, Clive Mantle, Carla Mendonça, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Dr Jekyll, a charming doctor explores the possibility of dividing the dark and light side of her personality, but in doing this she creates a monster, Eleanor Hyde. For many years she manages to live under the radar, keeping her dark secret unknown to those around her. However, gradually her evil side gains strength until Dr Jekyll is overwhelmed by Eleanor Hyde, to disastrous consequences. An exploration of human duality and forces of good and evil, this modern retelling is compelling and eerie and retains the disturbing nature of the original text.
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The Inferno
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Inferno follows Dante through hell, with only an roman poet named Virgil to guide him. Dante loses his way in a forest and stumbles across Hell; but Virgil tells him that if he ventures through hell he can reach Heaven where his beloved awaits....
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The Importance of Being Earnest
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: J.D. Kelly
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on February 14th 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.