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This play is a powerful account of the case filed by the American Federation for Equal Rights (AFER) in the U.S. District Court in 2010 to overturn Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that eliminated the rights of same-sex couples to marry in the state of California. Framed around the trial's historic closing arguments in June 2010, 8 provides an intimate look at what unfolded when the issue of same-sex marriage was on trial.

The collection contains eight of Shakespeare’s best loved comedies. Each exhibits the vigour, humour, and optimism of the young master before he turned to the gloom and bitterness of the great tragedies.

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, we meet Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective who can read a newspaper headline with the touch of his fingers and shoot a villain by aiming at the sound of his beating heart...and Norman Conquest, the fast talking, hard hitting adventurer with a nose for trouble and a hell-rake disregard for danger, who keeps up good cheer while he biffs the baddies...and not forgetting Ben, the chivalrous and perky non-descript little man, whose thumbs itch just before ‘something ‘orrible ‘appens’.

Orson Welles both starred in and directed The Campbell Playhouse, a radio drama (1938-40) produced by Welles and John Houseman. The episodes include adaptions of classic novels and plays as well as radio versions of the era's popular films.

Shelagh Delaney was just 19 when her debut play, A Taste of Honey, premiered in 1958. One of the great ‘kitchen sink dramas’, it was ground-breaking in its portrayal of working-class Northern women, gay and Black men, and influenced popular culture from The Smiths to Coronation Street. This collection opens with a 2004 radio production of A Taste of Honey, followed by seven dramas specially written for BBC Radio, all showcasing Delaney’s extraordinary gift for depicting the experiences and emotions of ordinary women and children.

Orson Welles both starred in and directed The Campbell Playhouse, a radio drama (1938-40) produced by Welles and John Houseman. The episodes include adaptions of classic novels and plays as well as radio versions of the era's popular films.

Orson Welles both starred in and directed The Campbell Playhouse, a radio drama (1938-40) produced by Welles and John Houseman. The episodes include adaptions of classic novels and plays, as well as radio versions of the era's popular films.

Das Raumschiff Odyssee ist in die Tiefen des Alls aufgebrochen. Dort stößt die Crew des Schiffs auf ein Volk, das sich die Dematheaner nennt. Zunächst stellt sich der Erstkontakt als ausgesprochen freundlich und aufgeschlossen dar. Doch schon bald kommt es zu einem Konflikt und ein Mannschaftsmitglied der Menschen wird von den Fremden festgesetzt. Schnell wird Captain O’Neill mit Forderungen nach einer gewaltsamen Befreiung konfrontiert und die menschliche Besatzung läuft Gefahr, die fatale Geschichte der Menschheit auch im All fortzusetzen.

Henry VIII folis a plot by the scheming Cardinal Wolsey and rejects his 20-year marriage with the tragic Katherine of Aragon. All the while he is keeping his wandering eye on the beautiful Anne Boleyn.

Jack und Cliff planen mit der Theater AG eine Aufführung in der Cassidy Halle. Doch dort soll es spuken. Damals kam die bekannte Schauspielerin Mrs. Cassidy während einer Aufführung ums Leben. Ist es also ihr Geist, der in dem alten Theater sein Unwesen treibt? Die Jungen sehen tatsächlich eine geisterhafte Gestalt in den Rängen.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti recites Shakespeare's "Sonnet 8".

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti recites William Shakespeare's Sonnet 48.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti recites William Shakespeare's Sonnet 38.

Benjamin Lease Crozer Griffith (1869-1900) was a American comic playwright. The pieces in this recording come from a collection entitled Plays and Monologues which was published in 1901.

Der Deutsche Marc Hoffmann macht einen Motorradurlaub in Irland. Das Schicksal will es, dass es ihn nach Ballydesmond, einem Dorf im Süden Irlands, verschlägt. Dort lernt er die ausgesprochen attraktive Witwe Clare O’Reilly kennen. Eine Irin mit feuerroten Haaren und einem ausgesprochen traurigen Leben. Sie erzählt ihm die tragische Geschichte über den brutalen Tod ihres Mannes und dass die Dorfbewohner sie trotz gerichtlichen Freispruchs für die Täterin halten. Dennoch kommen sich Marc und Clare schon sehr bald näher. Aber diese Beziehung steht unter keinem guten Stern.

This abridged performance of the last of Shakespeare's plays founded on English history was recorded in 1952. Henry VIII was first published in the 1623 folio edition of Shakespeare's plays. This performance stars Dame Sybil Thorndike, Sir Lewis Casson & Ralph Truman (as King Henry VIII).