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  • 4.4 (33 ratings)
    The Importance of Being Earnest (Dramatised)
    By Oscar Wilde
    Narrated By Judi Dench, Miriam Margoyles, Martin Clunes
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    Ever since the first night at the St James' Theatre on 14 February 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest has been recognised as one of the world's finest comic dramas. Now Judi Dench as Lady Bracknell leads an outstanding cast in this superb new production of Wilde's masterpiece, mounted to celebrate the centenary of the first performance.
    PERFORMANCE 1 hr and 57 mins
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  • 4.3 (21 ratings)
    In Search of Lost Time (Dramatised)
    By Marcel Proust
    Narrated By James Wilby, Jonathan Firth, Harriet Walter, Imogen Stubbs, Corin Redgrave
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    Featuring a fictional version of himself - 'Marcel' - and a host of friends, acquaintances, and lovers, In Search of Lost Time is Proust's search for the key to the mysteries of memory, time, and consciousness. As he recalls his childhood days, the sad affair of Charles Swann and Odette de Crecy, his transition to manhood, the tortures of love and the ravages of war, he realises that the simplest of discoveries can lead to astonishing possibilities.
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  • 4.5 (20 ratings)
    Classic BBC Radio Horror: Dracula
    By Bram Stoker
    Narrated By Frederick Jaeger, Phyllis Logan, Bernard Holley
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    Frederick Jaeger stars in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the legend that has haunted the imagination of millions for over a hundred years! Summoned to the forbidden heart of the Carpathian mountains, in the depths of Transylvania, Jonathan Harker journeys to Castle Dracula. There he becomes the unwitting prisoner of the mysterious nobleman whom local legend insists is nosferatu, the vampire...
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  • 4.4 (11 ratings)
    Richard Burton's Hamlet
    By William Shakespeare
    Narrated By Richard Burton, a full cast
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    This production of Hamlet, directed by Sir John Gielgud and starring Richard Burton, was recorded in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and with the actors performing just as they would if you went to see a production tonight. "The particular intensity and nerves of this is probably the same kind of thing that excites an audience in live theater," says Richard Burton.
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    • William Shakespeare
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  • 3.8 (30 ratings)
    Seven Classic Plays
    By William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Alexandre Dumas, more
    Narrated By Full Cast
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    Now, for the first time in audio, Blackstone presents seven great plays in one volume: Euripides' Medea, Shakespeare's The Tempest, Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, Dumas' Camille, Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, Shaw's Arms and the Man, and Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. These productions illustrate the development of European drama from ancient times to the threshold of the modern theater.
    UNABRIDGED 11 hrs and 40 mins
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    • William Shakespeare , Henrik Ibsen , Anton Chekhov , Alexandre Dumas , more
  • 4.0 (28 ratings)
    Waiting for Godot
    By Samuel Beckett
    Narrated By Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby, Nigel Anthony
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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. Yet it is both a popular text to be studied at school and an enigma. The scene is a country road. There is a solitary tree. It is evening. Two tramp-like figures, Vladimir and Estragon, exchange words. Pull off boots. Munch a root vegetable. Two other curious characters enter. And a boy. Time passes. It is all strange yet familiar.
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  • 3.3 (11 ratings)
    Lenny Henry in Othello
    By William Shakespeare
    Narrated By Lenny Henry
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    This BBC Radio production stars much-loved actor and comedian Lenny Henry, who won the Evening Standard's Best Newcomer Award for his stunning performance as the tortured Moor. First performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, it subsequently toured the country before arriving in London's West End where Henry received rave reviews.
    UNABRIDGED 1 hr and 57 mins
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    • William Shakespeare

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  • Ring for Jeeves
    by P. G. Wodehouse
    Narrated by Martin Jarvis
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    We find ourselves in the austerity of the 1950s, when England's aristocracy was feeling the pinch. Bertie Wooster has gone to a residential self-help school to learn how to darn his socks. Until he re-emerges, Jeeves has signed up with Bill Rowcester (pronounced Roaster), an earl who is failing to make ends meet in trade, and yearning to sell his stately home, which has charm and damp in equal measure. In his new environment Jeeves is required to exert his mammoth brain to what would be breaking point for any normal intellect.
    ABRIDGED 5 hrs and 4 mins
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  • King Richard III
    by William Shakespeare
    Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, Geraldine McEwan, Nicholas Farrell, Stella Gonet, Michael Maloney
    3.5 (6 ratings)
    Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays. This play differs from its predecessors, being amore structured piece, examining the development and motivations of a single character, Richard Duke of Gloucester, who will stop at nothing to gain control of the throne occupied by his brother Edward IV.
    UNABRIDGED 3 hrs and 20 mins
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  • Lady Windermere's Fan
    by Oscar Wilde
    Narrated by Roger Rees, Eric Stoltz, Joanna Going, Miriam Margolyes
    5.0 (1 rating)
    A lord, his wife, her admirer and an infamous blackmailer converge in the irreverent satire that launched Wilde's succession of classic social comedies. This delicious comic feast serves up a scandal about good girls, bad husbands and hilarious hypocrisy - utterly contemporary and divinely funny.
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  • The Importance of Being Earnest (Dramatised)
    by Oscar Wilde
    Narrated by Judi Dench, Miriam Margoyles, Martin Clunes
    4.4 (33 ratings)
    Ever since the first night at the St James' Theatre on 14 February 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest has been recognised as one of the world's finest comic dramas. Now Judi Dench as Lady Bracknell leads an outstanding cast in this superb new production of Wilde's masterpiece, mounted to celebrate the centenary of the first performance.
    ORIGINAL 1 hr and 57 mins
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  • A Doll House (Dramatized)
    by Henrik Ibsen
    Narrated by Calista Flockhart, Tony Abatemarco, Tim Dekay, Jeannie Elias, Gregory Itzin, Jobeth Williams
    4.4 (5 ratings)
    A new recording of Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece, starring Calista Flockhart. Nora Helmer has everything a young housewife could want: beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a bright future. But when a carelessly buried secret rises from the past, Nora's well-calibrated domestic ideal starts to crumble. Ibsen's play is as fresh today as it was when it first stormed the stages of 19th-century Europe.
    ORIGINAL 2 hrs and 10 mins
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  • Dombey and Son (BBC Radio 4: Woman's Hour Drama)
    by Charles Dickens
    Narrated by Alex Jennings, Robert Glenister, Helen Schlesinger, Fenella Fielding, Abigail Hollick, Trevor Peacock, Adrian Lukis, Nicky Henson, Joseph Arkley, Geraldine James
    4.2 (6 ratings)
    First published in monthly parts between October 1846 and April 1848. Mike Walker's adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale of family relationships tells the story of Paul Dombey, head of the House of Dombey, who lacks a son and cannot reconcile himself to his only daughter.
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  • Wives and Daughters (BBC Radio 4: Woman's Hour Drama)
    by Elizabeth Gaskell
    Narrated by Deborah McAndrew, Emerald O'Hanrahan, Jamie Newall
    4.4 (5 ratings)
    A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel of everyday provincial life in the 1820s, 'Wives and Daughters', first broadcast in the 'Woman's Hour Drama' slots from 29 November 2010 - 10 December 2010.'Wives and Daughters' was written in the 1860s and serialised in the Cornhill Magazine. It is set in the 1820s and deals to a large extent with the position of women in society.
    ORIGINAL 2 hrs and 15 mins
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  • Oedipus the King
    by Sophocles
    Narrated by Michael Sheen, full cast
    4.6 (5 ratings)
    In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference.
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  • Macbeth
    by William Shakespeare
    Narrated by Stephen Dillane, Fiona Shaw, full cast
    5.0 (2 ratings)
    Sit back and enjoy this lively performance, featuring the voices of award-winning actors Stephen Dillane (Macbeth) and Fiona Shaw (Lady Macbeth), accompanied by a full cast.
    UNABRIDGED 3 hrs and 11 mins
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  • Seven Classic Plays
    by William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Alexandre Dumas, more
    Narrated by Full Cast
    3.8 (30 ratings)
    Now, for the first time in audio, Blackstone presents seven great plays in one volume: Euripides' Medea, Shakespeare's The Tempest, Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, Dumas' Camille, Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, Shaw's Arms and the Man, and Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. These productions illustrate the development of European drama from ancient times to the threshold of the modern theater.
    UNABRIDGED 11 hrs and 40 mins
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    William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Alexandre Dumas, more
  • Pygmalion
    by George Bernard Shaw
    Narrated by Shannon Cochran, Nicholas Pennell, full cast
    4.0 (3 ratings)
    Pygmalion is a perceptive comedy about class relations and perceptions, as played out between a Cockney flower seller and the irascible speech professor who has taken her on as a project.
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  • She Stoops to Conquer: Mistakes of the Night (Dramatized)
    by Oliver Goldsmith
    Narrated by Rosalind Ayres, Adam Godley, Julian Holloway, James Marsters, Ian Ogilvy, Joanne Whalley, Matthew Wolf
    4.0 (1 rating)
    Starring James Marsters, this classic comedy of manners from 1773 is still widely performed and studied. Love, lies, and dysfunctional families. Sound like your last family gathering? Try this one on for laughs. Two randy young gents, Charles and George, set out to woo the alluring and upper-crust Kate and Constance. But inexperienced Charles is shy and clumsy around upper-class ladies, so it's the barmaid who catches his eye. But is she really who she seems?
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  • The Wings of the Dove (Dramatised)
    By Henry James, Linda Marshall Griff (dramatisation)
    Narrated By Lyndsey Marshal
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    Kate and Merton need money. Milly needs love. How far will they go to get what they want? Kate Croy is in love with Merton Densher; a poor writer. Her rich aunt Maud disapproves. Maud has offered Kate a wealthy existence but if Kate chooses to marry Merton she risks losing it all. When American Heiress Milly Theale steps into her London society, Kate sees a way out. Milly confides in Kate that she believes herself to be gravely ill and Kate begins to see a way for her and Merton to have a future. When Merton returns to London, Kate sets out to bring her lover and her friend together.
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    • Henry James , Linda Marshall Griff (dramatisation)
  • Gargantua & Pantagruel (Classic Serial)
    By Francois Rabelais, Lavinia Murray (dramatisation)
    Narrated By David Troughton, full cast
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    Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Dramatised by Lavinia Murray. Episode 1: Gargantua. The bawdy, exuburant adventures of medieval giants. A dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy and scatological humour. The world's a messy place. The first episode depicts the young life of the giant Gargantua, who is reduced to laughable insanity by an education at the hands of paternal ignorance, old crones and syphilitic professors. Episode 2: - Pantagruel. Concluding the bawdy and scatological adventures of Medieval giants.
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    • Francois Rabelais , Lavinia Murray (dramatisation)
  • The Ambassadors (Dramatised)
    By Henry James, Graham White (dramatisation)
    Narrated By Henry Goodman, full cast
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    Adapted by Graham White from the Henry James novel that centres on the predicament of Lambert Strether, a 50-something New Englander lately arrived in Paris. Henry Goodman stars as the hapless protagonist in a novel many critics find James' finest.
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  • The Portrait of a Lady (Classic Serial)
    By Henry James, Rachel Joyce (dramatisation)
    Narrated By Anna Maxwell Martin, Haydn Gwynne, Robert Bathurst, Gayle Hunnicutt
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    Henry James's novel, dramatised by Rachel Joyce. Young and beautiful, Isabel Archer thinks that she is in control of her fate. Little does she know, however, that others behind the scenes are pulling the strings. The beautiful and free-spirited Isabel Archer is now a very rich woman. Two men have declared their love for her but she does not want to be married. Resolved to enjoy her fortune, she begins her travels. Starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Haydn Gwynne, Robert Bathurst, Gayle Hunnicutt and full cast. Pianist Duncan Walsh Atkins. Directed by Tracey Neale.
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    • Henry James , Rachel Joyce (dramatisation)
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  • The Black Sheep (Classic Serial)
    By Honore de Balzac
    Narrated By Geoffrey Whitehead
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    Chris Dolan's dramatisation of Honore de Balzac's entertaining tale of family rivalry and fortunes lost and won, set in 19th-century France. Episode 1:After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, Philippe Bridau becomes a reckless gambler who steals from his mother to finance his obsession. She foolishly continues to idolise him, and it is left to his more dependable brother Joseph to rescue the family from destitution. Episode 2: Philippe's gambling has left his family destitute and his political activities have landed him in jail.
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  • The Grand Babylon Hotel (Classic Serial)
    By Arnold Bennett
    Narrated By Full Cast Sessions
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    Murder mystery by Arnold Bennett, adapted in two parts by Chris Harrald. Episode 1. American tycoon Theodore Racksole buys Europe's most exclusive hotel on a whim, but is warned by the seller that he will live to regret it. Soon, a mysterious death occurs and Theodore and his daughter Nella find themselves in danger in their own hotel. Episode 2: Having bought Europe's most exclusive hotel, American tycoon Theodore Racksole is thrown in to a world of intrigue, espionage and murder. Starring John Sessions with full cast.
    PERFORMANCE 1 hr and 53 mins
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  • Ring for Jeeves
    By P. G. Wodehouse
    Narrated By Martin Jarvis
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    We find ourselves in the austerity of the 1950s, when England's aristocracy was feeling the pinch. Bertie Wooster has gone to a residential self-help school to learn how to darn his socks. Until he re-emerges, Jeeves has signed up with Bill Rowcester (pronounced Roaster), an earl who is failing to make ends meet in trade, and yearning to sell his stately home, which has charm and damp in equal measure. In his new environment Jeeves is required to exert his mammoth brain to what would be breaking point for any normal intellect.
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  • The Man from Snowy River
    By Elyne Mitchell
    Narrated By Richard Aspel
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    Jim Craig is 18-years-old, and cannot return to his mountain home until he has proven himself a man. Jessica Harrison is the beautiful, impetuous daughter of the wealthy cattleman whose £1000 colt runs off to join the brumby mob. And then there is the stallion, leader of the brumbies for almost 20 years, ranging free and proud in the mountains, whose very existence is like a dark thread running through the lives of so many people....
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  • Candida
    By George Bernard Shaw
    Narrated By Flo Gibson
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    In this poignant play Candida, the wife of the Rev. James Morell is loved by th esensitive young poet, Eugene Marchbanks. The two men agree that Candida must make her choice. But she has different ideas.
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  • A Christmas Carol: A Brand New Production (Dramatised)
    By Charles Dickens
    Narrated By Donna Coombe
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    A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens's classic tale of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge. In this all-new full-cast dramatization, we re-live the iconic story where the mean old businessman is visited by the spirits of Christmases past, present and future. With a cast of eleven actors performing the well-known roles of everyone from Jacob Marley to Tiny Tim, this fresh production breathes new life into a much-loved seasonal favourite.
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  • A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare's Plays Accessible to Children
    By William Shakespeare, Helen Street (adaptation)
    Narrated By Helen Street
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    A retelling of Shakespeare's most famous comedy, made accessible to younger listeners but still true to the Bard's verse and vocabulary. Mischief is in the air when the King and Queen of the Fairies quarrel, and Puck is left in charge of the love potion. Four young people are lost in the woods on midsummer's night. Will they find each other and true love, or will Puck's meddling leave them broken hearted and alone?
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    • William Shakespeare , Helen Street (adaptation)
  • The American Senator: Part 2
    By Anthony Trollope
    Narrated By Joanna David, Barbara Flynn
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    Lord Rufford has kissed Arabella twice but she realises that much more needs to be done to win him and his estate. It is now time to tell John Morton she no longer wants to marry him? Starring Robert Glenister, Anna Maxwell Martin, Barbara Flynn, Blake Ritson, Stuart Milligan, Joanna David, Daniel Rabin, Penelope Rawlins, Carl Prekopp, Henry Devas, Elaine Claxton, Joanathan Forbes, Jane Whittenshaw, and Sean Baker. Directed by Tracey Neal. Dramatised by Martyn Wade.
    ORIGINAL 2 hrs and 50 mins
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    • Anthony Trollope