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Complete Shakespeare Tales
- Written by: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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This iconic collection of Shakespeare tales includes 20 of his most prominent works adapted by Edith Nesbit and transformed into modern English....
Written by: William Shakespeare,
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The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Julia McKenzie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson,
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels....
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Loved it!
- By Deepanjali Kakati on 08-06-19
Written by: Jane Austen
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The Best Poems of All Time, Volume 1
- Written by: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm, Eric Stoltz
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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This perfect poetry companion brings the words of the world's favorite poets to life. Hearing poetry spoken - as it was originally intended to be heard...
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Come, let's enjoy poetry read out!
- By Anon on 13-08-19
Written by: William Shakespeare,
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The Man Born to Be King
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- Written by: Dorothy L. Sayers
- Narrated by: full cast, Gabriel Woolf, John Westbrook,
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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Dorothy L. Sayers's classic play cycle based on the life and times of Jesus....
Written by: Dorothy L. Sayers
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, Full Cast,
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
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A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: eight comedies with all-star casts including David Tennant, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Martin Jarvis, Siân Phillips and Miriam Margolyes....
Written by: William Shakespeare
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Snow White
- Written by: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 59 mins
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In this classic tale of good and evil, Snow White is pursued by a revengeful Queen who is jealous of her natural beauty and goodness. When the Queen learns of Snow White's hiding place....
Written by: Jacob Grimm,
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Complete Shakespeare Tales
- Written by: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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This iconic collection of Shakespeare tales includes 20 of his most prominent works adapted by Edith Nesbit and transformed into modern English....
Written by: William Shakespeare,
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The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Written by: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Julia McKenzie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson,
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels....
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Loved it!
- By Deepanjali Kakati on 08-06-19
Written by: Jane Austen
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The Best Poems of All Time, Volume 1
- Written by: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm, Eric Stoltz
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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This perfect poetry companion brings the words of the world's favorite poets to life. Hearing poetry spoken - as it was originally intended to be heard...
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Come, let's enjoy poetry read out!
- By Anon on 13-08-19
Written by: William Shakespeare,
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The Man Born to Be King
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection
- Written by: Dorothy L. Sayers
- Narrated by: full cast, Gabriel Woolf, John Westbrook,
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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Dorothy L. Sayers's classic play cycle based on the life and times of Jesus....
Written by: Dorothy L. Sayers
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, Full Cast,
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
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A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: eight comedies with all-star casts including David Tennant, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Martin Jarvis, Siân Phillips and Miriam Margolyes....
Written by: William Shakespeare
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Snow White
- Written by: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 59 mins
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In this classic tale of good and evil, Snow White is pursued by a revengeful Queen who is jealous of her natural beauty and goodness. When the Queen learns of Snow White's hiding place....
Written by: Jacob Grimm,
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Romeo and Juliet
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: The Marlowe Society
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The Marlowe Society performs an unabridged version of Shakespeare's tragedy featuring Romeo and Juliet, whose untimely deaths unite their feuding families....
Written by: William Shakespeare
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The Prophet
- Written by: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. It is Gibran's best-known work....
Written by: Kahlil Gibran
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The George Bernard Shaw Collection
- Written by: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Shirley Knight, Anne Heche, JoBeth Williams,
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Eight of George Bernard Shaw's most memorable plays in one splendid collection....
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Long live Shaw
- By Omkar and Priyanka on 07-11-23
Written by: George Bernard Shaw
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The Grapes of Wrath (Dramatized)
- Written by: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Shirley Knight, Jeffrey Donovan, Emily Bergl,
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Based on the epic novel by Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck....
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A good adaptation!!
- By Anonymous User on 19-09-20
Written by: John Steinbeck
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The Merchant of Venice
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Trevor Peacock, Bill Nighy, Haydn Gwynne,
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved....
Written by: William Shakespeare
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The Playboy of the Western World
- Written by: J. M. Synge
- Narrated by: Cyril Cusack, Siobhan McKenna
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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One of the best-known Irish playwrights, John Millington Synge premiered The Playboy of the Western World in 1907....
Written by: J. M. Synge
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Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Secondary Phase Special
- Written by: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern,
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Stranded on Prehistoric Earth since the end of the first series, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are once again trying to hitch their way off the planet....
Written by: Douglas Adams
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Hamlet
- Shakespeare Appreciated (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Written by: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner,
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Stephen Elder, Paul Clayton
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Experience Hamlet as a powerful full-cast drama with entertaining and enlightening commentary that explains what's what and who's who as the plot unfolds....
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The best Hamlet Audiobook!
- By very good book for startup on 20-01-24
Written by: William Shakespeare,
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Julius Caesar
- Shakespeare Appreciated (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Written by: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, David Cottis,
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Gregory Cox, Colin Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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Experience Julius Caesar as a powerful full-cast drama with entertaining and enlightening commentary that explains what's what and who's who as the plot unfolds....
Written by: William Shakespeare,
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- A BBC Radio Shakespeare Production
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sylvestra Le Touzel, Sam West, David Threlfall
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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In this BBC full-cast production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena run to the woods and stumble into a life separate from time itself....
Written by: William Shakespeare
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello
- Written 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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The four gems by the greatest wordsmith of English
- By Rakesh Agrawal on 23-01-21
Written by: William Shakespeare
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Sběratelé ostatků II.
- Written by: Vlastimil Vondruška
- Narrated by: Pavel Soukup
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Martin ze Stvolna opouští z pověření Karla IV. s malou výpravou České země. Jeho úkolem bude získávat v zahraničí pro katedrálu svatého Víta ostatky...
Written by: Vlastimil Vondruška
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King Richard III
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Geraldine McEwan, Nicholas Farrell,
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays....
Written by: William Shakespeare
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Lady Windermere's Fan
- Written by: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: PJ Roscoe
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
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Lady Windermere’s Fan: A Play About a Good Woman by Oscar Wilde is a play in four acts about a marriage teetering on the edge of destruction and the drama that surrounds the family while they seek resolution....
Written by: Oscar Wilde
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Waiting for Godot
- Written by: Samuel Beckett
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby,
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
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There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece....
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Lovely Narration!
- By very good book for startup on 29-06-23
Written by: Samuel Beckett
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Macbeth
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Algy Pug
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Macbeth is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power....
Written by: William Shakespeare
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Macbeth: a tragedy by William Shakespeare
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: divers narrateurs
- Length: 57 mins
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Set mainly in Scotland, the play illustrates the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power...
Written by: William Shakespeare
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War and Peace
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- Written by: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Simon Russell Beale,
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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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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A fantastic radio adaptation
- By SM on 31-05-19
Written by: Leo Tolstoy
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Humour and Madness: Early Restoration Comedies
- Nine BBC Radio Full Cast Productions Including The Rover, The Country Wife and More
- Written by: William Wycherley, Aphra Behn, John Dryden,
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Prunella Scales, Maggie Smith,
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
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Raunchy, risqué and rebellious, early Restoration comedies were a breath of fresh air for 17th century theatregoers. This scintillating anthology showcases six leading lights of early Restoration drama....
Written by: William Wycherley,
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The Taming of the Shrew
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
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Petruchio arrives in Padua determined to gain his fortune by marrying the volatile Katherina....
Written by: William Shakespeare
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Death of a Salesman
- Written by: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Jane Kaczmarek, Steven Culp,
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in this 1949 masterpiece by Arthur Miller, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream....
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Getting inside the mind is terrifying
- By Arvind Passey on 09-10-22
Written by: Arthur Miller
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The Noel Coward BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven BBC Radio Full-cast Productions
- Written by: Noel Coward
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie,
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
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Seven BBC radio full-cast productions of Noël Coward’s classic plays – plus bonus material including a profile of Coward and extracts from his diaries....
Written by: Noel Coward
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Copenhagen
- Written by: Michael Frayn
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina, David Krumholtz, Shannon Cochran
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
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How different would the world have looked had the Nazis been the first to build an atomic bomb....
Written by: Michael Frayn
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Look Back in Anger
- Written by: John Osborne
- Narrated by: Steven Brand, Moira Quirk, Simon Templeman,
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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Jimmy Porter barely ekes out a living running a candy stall by day and playing jazz trumpet by night. Although he usually takes his frustrations out on his emotionless wife, Jimmy's scathing tongue and self-loathing seem destined to destroy everything....
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A few omissions
- By Aayushi on 12-09-23
Written by: John Osborne
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Agamemnon
- Die Orestie 1
- Written by: Aischylos
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Agamemnon, Heerführer der Griechen, hat seine Tochter Iphigenie getötet, um günstige Winde für die Fahrt nach Troja zu erhalten. Nun, nach langen Jahren im Krieg kehrt er zurück, als Kriegsbeute Kassandra im Gefolge. Seine Frau Klytämnestra bietet ihm scheinbar ehrvollen Empfang - doch kaum in den Palast eingezogen, ermordet sie sowohl ihn als auch Kassandra - aus Rache für den Tochtermord. Auch Ägisth, Agamemnons Neffe und ihr Liebhaber, ist Teil des Komplotts - hat denn auch er gegenüber seinem Onkel grausame Rachegelüste.
Written by: Aischylos
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Uncle Vanya
- Written by: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 2 hrs
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Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897. The play portrays the visit of an elderly professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Yelena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friends—Vanya, brother of the professor's late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local doctor—both fall under Yelena's spell while bemoaning the ennui of their provincial existence. Sonya, the professor's daughter by his first wife, who has worked with Vanya to keep the estate going, suffers from her unrequited feelings for Astrov.
Written by: Anton Chekhov
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Зойкина квартира
- Written by: Михаил Булгаков
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Зойкина квартира — трагический фарс в трех актах знаменитого русского писателя, драматурга и театрального деятеля Михаила Афанасьевича Булгакова (1891–1940). Действие происходит в Москве, незадолго после большевистской революции. В квартиру Зои Михайловны вламывается председатель домкома товарищ Портупея и сообщает, что ее шестикомнатную квартиру положено "уплотнить". Дескать, по-буржуйски это, одной такую жилплощадь занимать, и свободные комнаты требуется подселить новых жильцов.
Written by: Михаил Булгаков
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Багровый остров
- Written by: Михаил Булгаков
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Пьеса Булгакова Багровый остров была написана по мотивам одноименного сатирического фельетона. Этот блестящий политический памфлет отражал все события, происходящие в России, начиная с февральской революции. Используя имена героев сочинений Жюля Верна и Киплинга, автор мастерски выписал самые яркие политические фигуры того времени с присущим ему неподражаемым сарказмом. Неудивительно, что при жизни Булгакова пьеса не была опубликована.
Written by: Михаил Булгаков
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Адам и Ева
- Written by: Михаил Булгаков
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
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Пьеса Михаила Булгакова, в которой описан техногенный конец света в результате газовой войны. Во время химической войны из-под контроля выходит т. н. Солнечный Газ и человечество гибнет, в живых остаются лишь несколько человек, живущих отныне в коммуне. Пьесу не смогли опубликовать или поставить при жизни Булгакова. Приговор цензуры был суров: "ставить эту пьесу нельзя, так как там погибает Ленинград". Впервые она вышла в 1971 году, в Париже. В СССР её выпустили в октябре 1987 года.
Written by: Михаил Булгаков
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Auto da compadecida
- Written by: Ariano Suassuna
- Narrated by: Antonio Nobrega
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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O Auto da Compadecida consegue o equilíbrio perfeito entre a tradição popular e a elaboração literária ao recriar para o teatro episódios registrados na tradição popular do cordel. É uma peça teatral em forma de Auto em 3 atos, escrita em 1955 pelo autor paraibano Ariano Suassuna. Sendo um drama do Nordeste brasileiro, mescla elementos como a tradição da literatura de cordel, a comédia, traços do barroco católico brasileiro e, ainda, cultura popular e tradições religiosas. Apresenta na escrita traços de linguagem oral [demonstrando, na fala do personagem, sua classe social] e apresenta também regionalismos relativos ao Nordeste.
Written by: Ariano Suassuna
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Agamemnon
- Die Orestie 1
- Written by: Aischylos
- Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Agamemnon, Heerführer der Griechen, hat seine Tochter Iphigenie getötet, um günstige Winde für die Fahrt nach Troja zu erhalten. Nun, nach langen Jahren im Krieg kehrt er zurück, als Kriegsbeute Kassandra im Gefolge. Seine Frau Klytämnestra bietet ihm scheinbar ehrvollen Empfang - doch kaum in den Palast eingezogen, ermordet sie sowohl ihn als auch Kassandra - aus Rache für den Tochtermord. Auch Ägisth, Agamemnons Neffe und ihr Liebhaber, ist Teil des Komplotts - hat denn auch er gegenüber seinem Onkel grausame Rachegelüste.
Written by: Aischylos
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Uncle Vanya
- Written by: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897. The play portrays the visit of an elderly professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, Yelena, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle. Two friends—Vanya, brother of the professor's late first wife, who has long managed the estate, and Astrov, the local doctor—both fall under Yelena's spell while bemoaning the ennui of their provincial existence. Sonya, the professor's daughter by his first wife, who has worked with Vanya to keep the estate going, suffers from her unrequited feelings for Astrov.
Written by: Anton Chekhov
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Зойкина квартира
- Written by: Михаил Булгаков
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Зойкина квартира — трагический фарс в трех актах знаменитого русского писателя, драматурга и театрального деятеля Михаила Афанасьевича Булгакова (1891–1940). Действие происходит в Москве, незадолго после большевистской революции. В квартиру Зои Михайловны вламывается председатель домкома товарищ Портупея и сообщает, что ее шестикомнатную квартиру положено "уплотнить". Дескать, по-буржуйски это, одной такую жилплощадь занимать, и свободные комнаты требуется подселить новых жильцов.
Written by: Михаил Булгаков
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Багровый остров
- Written by: Михаил Булгаков
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Пьеса Булгакова Багровый остров была написана по мотивам одноименного сатирического фельетона. Этот блестящий политический памфлет отражал все события, происходящие в России, начиная с февральской революции. Используя имена героев сочинений Жюля Верна и Киплинга, автор мастерски выписал самые яркие политические фигуры того времени с присущим ему неподражаемым сарказмом. Неудивительно, что при жизни Булгакова пьеса не была опубликована.
Written by: Михаил Булгаков
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Адам и Ева
- Written by: Михаил Булгаков
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
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Пьеса Михаила Булгакова, в которой описан техногенный конец света в результате газовой войны. Во время химической войны из-под контроля выходит т. н. Солнечный Газ и человечество гибнет, в живых остаются лишь несколько человек, живущих отныне в коммуне. Пьесу не смогли опубликовать или поставить при жизни Булгакова. Приговор цензуры был суров: "ставить эту пьесу нельзя, так как там погибает Ленинград". Впервые она вышла в 1971 году, в Париже. В СССР её выпустили в октябре 1987 года.
Written by: Михаил Булгаков
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Auto da compadecida
- Written by: Ariano Suassuna
- Narrated by: Antonio Nobrega
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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O Auto da Compadecida consegue o equilíbrio perfeito entre a tradição popular e a elaboração literária ao recriar para o teatro episódios registrados na tradição popular do cordel. É uma peça teatral em forma de Auto em 3 atos, escrita em 1955 pelo autor paraibano Ariano Suassuna. Sendo um drama do Nordeste brasileiro, mescla elementos como a tradição da literatura de cordel, a comédia, traços do barroco católico brasileiro e, ainda, cultura popular e tradições religiosas. Apresenta na escrita traços de linguagem oral [demonstrando, na fala do personagem, sua classe social] e apresenta também regionalismos relativos ao Nordeste.
Written by: Ariano Suassuna
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Бег
- Written by: Михаил Булгаков
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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Бег — пьеса выдающегося русского писателя и драматурга Михаила Булгакова. Действие пьесы разворачивается во время Гражданской войны в России, когда остатки белой армии отчаянно сопротивляются красным на Крымском перешейке. Здесь тесно переплетаются судьбы беззащитной Серафимы Корзухиной, брошенной на произвол судьбы мужем, самого Корзухина, приват-доцента Голубкова, влюблённого в Серафиму, белого генерала Чарноты, командующего фронтом белых, жестокого и несчастного Романа Хлудова, и многих других героев.
Written by: Михаил Булгаков
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Nessuno sa il mio nome
- Written by: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Alberto Boubakar Malanchino
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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Nessuno sa il mio nome è la seconda raccolta di saggi di James Baldwin pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1961 e scritta durante la sua permanenza in Europa, quando la distanza dagli Stati Uniti, fortissimamente voluta, gli aveva permesso di riflettere in modo nuovo sulla condizione delle persone nere in una società dominata dai bianchi. Trascendere la sterile categoria di blackness, sia essa quella imposta dal mondo bianco o quella eretta a scopo difensivo dalla comunità nera, divenne il nucleo dell’opera di Baldwin come scrittore.
Written by: James Baldwin
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Актриса
- Written by: Эдмон де Гонкур
- Narrated by: Всеволод Кузнецов
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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Среди книг западной беллетристики, изображающих жизнь театральных подмостков, Актриса - классическое произведение, может быть, лучшее, что написано в этой области. Эдмон де Гонкур дал в Актрисе своеобразное сочетание романа и исследования, сплетающихся, дополняющих друг друга и освещающих судьбу и творчество главной героини произведения, Жюльетты Фостэн, великой актрисы, вылепленной Гонкуром наподобие знаменитых трагических артисток французской сцены.
Written by: Эдмон де Гонкур
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The Music of Erich Zann
- Written by: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Kenneth Elliot
- Length: 22 mins
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The Music of Erich Zann is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Written in December 1921, it was first published in National Amateur, March 1922. Due to lack of funds, a university student is forced to take up lodging in an almost empty apartment building on a street named "Rue d'Auseil". One of the few other tenants is an old German man named Erich Zann. The old man is mute and plays the viol[a] with a local theater orchestra. He lives alone on the top floor and at night he plays strange melodies the student has never heard before.
Written by: H. P. Lovecraft
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Маленькие трагедии
- Written by: Александр Пушкин
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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Маленькие трагедии Александра Пушкина — это сборник коротких драматических пьес, написанных поэтом в 1830—1832 годах в Болдине. Он состоит из четырёх произведений: "Скупой рыцарь", "Моцарт и Сальери", "Каменный гость" и "Пир во время чумы". Анна Ахматова писала, что "быть может, ни в одном из созданий мировой поэзии грозные вопросы морали не поставлены так резко, как в "Маленьких трагедиях" Пушкина". Эти произведения характеризуются небольшим объемом, но содержат глубокие идеи, мастерский язык и уникальную поэтику.
Written by: Александр Пушкин
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Борис Годунов
- Written by: Александр Пушкин
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
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Борис Годунов - всемирно известная драма Александра Сергеевича Пушкина, которая ставилась на лучших мировых сценах в России и за ее пределами. Это историческая хроника, написанная в реалистической манере. В основе ее сюжета - период царствования Бориса Годунова и захват власти Лжедмитрием І.А. С. Пушкин является непревзойденным поэтом и прозаиком. Среди его произведений "Бахчисарайский фонтан", "Домик в Коломне", "История села Горюхина", «Кавказский пленник", поэмы "Каменный гость", "Моцарт и Сальери".
Written by: Александр Пушкин
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1602. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.
Written by: William Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare first performed in 1599. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history, such as Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra. Set in Rome in 44 BC, the play depicts the moral dilemma of Brutus as he joins a conspiracy led by Cassius to murder Julius Caesar to prevent him from becoming dictator of Rome. Following Caesar's death, Rome is thrust into a period of civil war, and the republic the conspirators sought to preserve is lost forever.
Written by: William Shakespeare
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The Comedy of Errors
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Kendra Murray, Gary MacFadden, Claudia Anglade,
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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A merchant of Syracuse has twin sons and buys twin servants for them. His wife, with one twin and one servant, is soon separated from him by a shipwreck, and comes to live in Ephesus. When grown, the other son and his slave start out to find their brothers, and the father, some years later, starts out in turn to find them. Once in Ephesus, an amusing series of errors begins.
Written by: William Shakespeare
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Antony and Cleopatra
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
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Antony and Cleopatra (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around 1607; its first appearance in print was in the Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's 1579 English translation of Plutarch's Lives (in Ancient Greek) and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra's suicide during the Final War of the Roman Republic.
Written by: William Shakespeare
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Much Ado About Nothing
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Dara Brown, Emma Faye, Linda Barrans,
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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Much Ado About Nothing appears to have been written about 1599, shortly before As You Like It and Twelfth Night. The action combines two narrative threads: the spirited comedy of the courtship of Benedick and Beatrice, and the somber tale of confused love between Hero and Claudio. The first is a creation by Shakespeare and the second appears to have been drawn from an Italian source, either by Bandello or Ariosto. The action takes place in Messina. Eponymous lovers Hero and Claudio seem to be ideally matched and nearly everyone is looking forward to their impending marriage.
Written by: William Shakespeare
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The Theogony
- Written by: Hesiod
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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The Theogony "the genealogy or birth of the gods" is a poem by Hesiod (8th – 7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed c. 730–700 BC. It is written in the Epic dialect of Ancient Greek and contains 1022 lines. Hesiod's Theogony is a large-scale synthesis of a vast variety of local Greek traditions concerning the gods, organized as a narrative that tells how they came to be and how they established permanent control over the cosmos. It is the first known Greek mythical cosmogony.
Written by: Hesiod