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Nach dem Mord an ihrem Komplizen Sutton werden die Bankräuber Hayward, Biddle und Moffat von der Polizei gejagt. Die Lage für sie verschlimmert sich noch, als ein Unbekannter das Gerücht streut, Moffat habe Staatsgeheimnisse gestohlen. - Während der beratende Detektiv Sherlock Holmes darauf wartet, mehr über den Verbleib der Bankräuber zu erfahren, erreicht ihn der Brief eines Lord St. Simon. Dessen Braut Hatty ist am Abend der Hochzeit spurlos verschwunden. Der Adelige hat einen Verdacht gegen seine frühere Geliebte Flora Millar.

Vom Kampf der Götter, dem Ringen um ewige Macht und unsterbliche Liebe – Richard Wagners Opernzyklus "Der Ring des Nibelungen" verhandelt die ganz großen Themen und machte ihn schon zu Lebzeiten weltberühmt. In ihm treffen wir auf die Rheintöchter, den Zwerg Alberich, die Walküren und natürlich auf den Helden Siegfried. Sie alle sind dem Wagnerianer wohlbekannt. Doch nun gibt es erstmals Hörspiele, beruhend auf den Libretti, die die opulente Sprachgewalt der Opern in den Vordergrund stellen. Mit einem herausragenden Sprecherensemble hat der rbb etwas Einzigartiges gewagt und die Wagner-Texte aufregend neu entdeckt.

In Mansfield Park wächst die aus schwierigen Verhältnissen stammende Fanny Price bei ihrer wohlhabenden Tante und deren vier Kindern auf. Dort wird sie mehr geduldet als geliebt. Nur ihr Cousin Edward begegnet ihr mit Zuneigung. Doch das beschauliche Landleben gerät aus den Fugen, als die Londoner Bonvivants Mary und Henry Crawford auftauchen und mit ihren Kabalen und durchtriebenen Verführungskünsten alles auf den Kopf stellen.

Aliyah Kahn ist eine kleine Trickbetrügerin, die ihrem Gewerbe auf den Straßen von London nachgeht, indem sie Touristen das Geld aus der Tasche zieht. Ihr loses Mundwerk und ihre Aufsässigkeit haben sie nicht nur um ihren Platz an einem renommierten College gebracht, sondern bringen sie auch heute noch regelmäßig in Teufels Küche. Zu allem Überfluss hat sie sich mit einer vermeintlich sicheren Geschäftsidee auf die falschen Leute verlassen und steht jetzt bei mächtigen und sehr gefährlichen Leuten mit einer Viertelmillion Pfund in der Kreide.

Genç yaşta dul kalmış ve bir daha evlenmemeye yemin etmiş Bayan Popov’un evine davetsiz bir alacaklı gelir. Kadının kocasından kalan borcunu istemektedir. Ancak beklenmedik bir şekilde birbirlerinden etkilenmişlerdir. Tam kadro seslendirme ile sinematik sesli kitabı yaşayın.

Inspired by extensive interviews following the 2014 shooting of Black teenager Michael Brown by white Police Officer Darren Wilson, Orlandersmith gives equal voice and embodies the many faces of a community haunted by injustice, in a country yearning for change. Until The Flood is a tour de force solo performance that explores the dark forces of American history, race, and politics that exploded in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, and sent shock waves across the nation.

Presenting an original audiobook performance of the stage production of David Dean Bottrell Makes Love: A One-Man Show, starring actor-Writer-Monologist, David Dean Bottrell. In the newly revised 2019 version of the show, David Dean Bottrell performed his highly-acclaimed comic storytelling show...

SNL alum and sage satirist Colin Quinn is here to take no prisoners. In this hilarious stand-up show, performed live at the Minetta Lane Theatre, no political view is safe. Quinn takes on political division highlighting the truth, absurdity, and humor on both sides of the aisle. This isn’t Colin Quinn vs. liberals or conservatives. This is Colin Quinn deftly roasting liberals, conservatives, and everyone in between.

If you didn’t manage to make it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019, Audible has you covered! We selected a cross section of some of the most exciting new plays of the year, invited the actors and directors into the studio and recorded stirringly intimate audio performances of the plays just for you.... Portions of this audio drama contain explicit content, with mature language and themes that some listeners may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.

A Jimmy Durante Festival is a collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of "The Great Schnozzola" entertainer with the gruff voice - written, produced, and performed by Joe Bev. Bonus tracks feature remastered audio from classic radio, TV, and cartoons.

Hochmair hat seinen Monolog von Goethes Briefroman "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers" über den liebeskranken Anti-Bürger nach 1500 Live-Auftritten von Moskau bis Bogotá und seiner Hörbuch-Aufnahme von 2003 neu interpretiert und gemeinsam mit seiner Band Die Elektrohand Gottes musikalisch vertont. Die elektronische Soundcollage gibt den Herzschlag der Reise durch die Verwirrungen der Gefühle bis zur unausweichlichen Katastrophe vor.

When his son gets a school assignment on heroes, John seizes the chance to teach him all about the great figures of the Latino world. But once he sets out on his irreverent crash course across three continents and 3,000 years of history - from conquistadores to cumbia, Montezuma to Menudo, and taking on the characters in all of it - he uncovers provocative truths that shock even him.

The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), subtitled "The Life and Death of a Man of Character", is a tragic novel by British author Thomas Hardy. It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge (based on the town of Dorchester in Dorset). This dramatic performance is by the NBC University Theatre.

An Edward G. Robinson Festival is a collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of the great film actor-written, produced, and performed by Joe Bevilacqua. Bonus tracks feature remastered classic radio dramas. This set includes "If We All Talked Like Allen Jenkins", "Murder is a Merry-Go-Round", "The Reflection", "Hobo Hawk", "Willaby Meets the Godfather", "The Man who Wanted to be Edward G. Robinson", "The Trap", and "Key Largo".

José Jiménez has often been described as an ethnic character. But José is the quintessential "little man". Featured in the movie The Right Stuff, and starring at President John F. Kennedy's inaugural ball, Bill Dana's José is a most memorable, classic, and original character.

The acclaimed British novelist and short story master who "recruits admires with each book" (Hilary Mantel) discusses her latest novel with fellow author Colm Tóibín (House of Names). Ingeniously moving between past and present, Late in the Day exposes how infinite alternate configurations lie beneath the seemingly dependable arrangements we make for our lives. With a reading by Rita Wolf (An Ordinary Muslim).

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

It's a special Un-Cabaret compilation of four deeply funny stories about the Christmas holiday. John Riggi tries desperately to create some kind of Christmas ritual with his family; Jenny Bicks wins an Emmy and discovers the limits of giving; Michael Patrick King unwraps an inspired piece about his Christmas secret; and Brent Forrester celebrates a spectacularly nightmarish New Year's Eve in Hawaii.