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In May 1664, Louis XIV hosted a dazzling and extravagant fête at Versailles, delighting both the Queen-mother, Anne of Austria, and his wife, Maria Theresa. The highlight of the event was the enchanting performance of The Princess of Elis, a comedy-ballet crafted by Molière. This captivating work explores the timeless struggle between male and female affections, illustrating how victory often favors those who appear most distant from their desires. While Molières signature wit and humor shine through, they are tempered by the constraints of courtly decorum.

These four deluxe audio adaptations of the original Hollywood classic movies enable the listener to enjoy their essence conveniently and enjoyably in every setting and have been reinterpreted as audio dramas that allow you to hear the action and paint the picture in your mind as it happens.

Dive into Princess Zoubaroff, a brilliantly subversive and delightfully suggestive play that challenges the norms of its era. Through sharp wit and outrageous situations, Ronald Firbanks takes aim at the sacred institutions of polite English society—matrimony, motherhood, religion, and sexuality. Enid and Eric, newlyweds in name only, find themselves at a friends vacation home in Florence, where Eric and his friend Adrian venture off into the mountains. Left behind, the women entertain themselves with a colorful cast of characters, including the flamboyant Lord Orkish and his young companion...

Sir John Woodstock (James Fleet) is the Lord of the Castle and basically in charge of keeping order in the ramshackle medieval village. Although he hates all that torturing and usually lets the peasants off with a bit of community service. He lives in his huge but slightly falling down castle (but then it was built by the French, so what can one expect) with his daughter Anne (Martha Howe-Douglas) and very teenage son Henry (Steven Kynman). Anne’s best friend Charlotte (Ingrid Oliver) nearly always joins Anne on her constant quest to find fit men in the village.

A 13th-century toxic jungle, a bathhouse for tired gods, a red haired fish girl, and a furry woodland spirit - what do these have in common? They all spring from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki, one of the greatest living animators, known worldwide for films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and The Wind Rises. Japanese culture and animation scholar Susan Napier explores the life and art of this extraordinary Japanese filmmaker to provide a definitive account of his oeuvre.

Your Worshipfulness is the story of how a teenage Carrie Fisher created Star Wars's greatest character, Princess Leia. Leia began as little more than a damsel in distress, albeit one with cinema's most iconic hairstyle. Over three films, Carrie made her a complicated character, beloved the world over. Then Darth Vader died, the Ewoks danced, the credits rolled, and that was that. Carrie now had the rest of her life to live, stuck in Leia's shadow.

Nishy Acsell shares her stories of being racially ambiguous, marrying into a white family and hopes everyone else is the problem. She's every brown girl who gets asked: What are you? Irreverent, witty, and a misfit, she remains fresh. And now that her mixed baby got thrown into the mix, she's even more tired and cranky. Grew up in a war zone (not black Friday at Ross) and is ready to tell it all. Mom-hood, racial identity and cultural missteps...

A BBC Radio 4 play about the marriage of George, Prince of Wales, originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 11 December 2008 (and repeated on 9 December 2010). Facing financial ruin, George was obliged by his father, George III, to marry his first cousin, Princess Caroline of Brunswick...

This is a podcast for members of the Killer Princess Murder Club. It is an original piece following a crime investigation led by Killer Princesses as they look into crimes that may sound oddly familiar.