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Average couple Janet and Howard's lives begin to unravel when Howard's photographic memory helps win him a gameshow fortune. Janet doesn't want their lives to change that much. She's quite happy working at the supermarket, cooking for her husband three times a day and watching quiz shows in the evening. But once Howard unleashes his photographic brain on the world, the once modest used-car salesman can't seem to stop.

Faust is a tragic play in two parts that reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant but disillusioned scholar who makes a deal with the devil. Faust is considered by many to be Goethe's masterpiece and the greatest work of German literature. Part I sets out Faust’s despair, his pact with Mephistopheles, and his love for Gretchen. Part II deals with Faust’s life at court, the wooing and winning of Helen of Troy, and his purification and redemption.

"One NIght" Is an original one act play written by Christopher Swann that lasts just over 75 minutes. On one night in November 1920 two Officers were tasked with choosing the "Unknown Warrior" who was to be laid to rest in Westminster Abbey. They entered a small chapel in Northern France where...

Join us for a series of individual audiodrama productions written by Alisdair Adams and recorded by a group of highly talented performers in our home town of Sheffield. Let us now if enjoyed listening to them via our website: www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/AlisdairAdams

In the captivating tale of Clarissa Harlowe, we meet a beautiful and virtuous young lady caught in the web of her familys newfound wealth and their ambitions for social elevation. As her relatives pressure her to marry the wealthy but unfeeling Roger Solmes, Clarissas spirit remains unyielding. Determined to preserve her autonomy and moral integrity, she is lured by the charming yet cunning Lovelace into a daring escape. Yet, unlike many of her contemporaries, Clarissa dreams not of marriage but of a peaceful life of independence. (Summary by Wikipedia)

“Es sei denn, ich übernehme die Rolle von Sebastian. Einem Idioten, der sich nicht eingestehen möchte, von einer Hölle in die nächste geschlittert zu sein.” Als Kind misshandelt, als Jugendlicher weitergereicht. Sebastian Piers setzt all seine Hoffnung in ein neues Leben in Salzburg. Endlich kann er sich ganz der Schauspielerei widmen und somit seiner traumatischen Vergangenheit entfliehen. Schnell wird ihm allerdings klar, dass sich diese nicht durch einen Ortswechsel abschütteln lässt. Einsamkeit und altbekannte Ängste drohen ihn zu überrollen.

When the world drowns and there is no land left to stand on — where do you go? Welcome to No Place But the Water, a haunting, full-cast drama set in a future flooded world. It begins at a hotel on the edge of the water, and with a messy family of dreamers in the middle of nowhere: their last...

An immersive drama series offering a window into the lives of visitors to the fictional seaside town of Porthant Bay in Cornwall Shifting the Leaves by Dave Sheasby: Returning to Porthant Bay in Cornwall after 60 years, Marjorie Beaumont rediscovers something of her past. I Am a Postcard by...

Lesley Joseph stars as romantic novelist Angela Temple in these three sparkling series Angela Temple is a best-selling ‘bonk-buster’ writer beloved by her readers for her raunchy, bodice-ripping historical romances. To her adoring public, she’s demure, chaste and respectable – but in...

Apparently recorded soon after The Kid entered his penthouse retreat. The Kid mixes conversations and beats deep into his drug-induced bliss, Kim Jong Il opines on pop culture while worrying about The Kid, the concierge weighs in on the Hague tribunals, Coach Franks threatens, and The Kid begins a budding friendship with Kate. Amelia supplies "turn down service."

'Wanted: retired army Captain for light household duties and fireside companionship. Must tolerate mild eccentricity and strong scientific advice. Knowledge of Giant Maggots, Super Intelligent Spiders and Prehistoric Monsters a positive boon.' Responding to an advert apparently worded for him...

The all-conquering King Henry V is dead, and the throne is occupied by his infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed protector, but a struggle for power soon develops between the young king's Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile the French, led by Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, threaten to win back the territories lost to Henry V.

While King Henry's England is threatened by rebellion, the king's scapegrace son Hal haunts the taverns of London, his companions a crew of rogues and thieves let by Falstaff. The earl of Northumberland and his fiery son Hotspur scheme to overthrow the crown. Can Hal be brought to a sense of duty as Prince of Wales? Or will the influence of Falstaff prove too strong? The issue is decided when Hal, Hotspur, and Falstaff come together at the climactic battle of Shrewsbury.

This feminist essay argues for both a literal and figural space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by patriarchy. First published on 24 October 1929, the extended essay was based on a series of lectures delivered by Virginia Woolf at Cambridge University in October 1928. While it employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers of and characters in fiction, the manuscript for the delivery of the series of lectures, titled “Women and Fiction”, and hence the essay, are non-fiction. - Summary by Cori Samuel This recording was originally ...

Dive into LibriVox’s One-Act Play Collection 001, featuring a captivating array of one-act plays from the public domain, beautifully narrated by talented LibriVox members. Experience the creativity and artistry of drama in a compact format that’s perfect for a quick yet enriching listen.

After Henry V's death and while Henry VI is young, nobles rule England and fight the French, including Joan of Arc. As Henry VI becomes king, the noble houses begin to divide and take sides between York and Lancaster. The war with France winds down, and the nobles try to find Henry a wife and disagree about who Henry chooses.

Mit dieser Aufnahme wird zum ersten Mal in Deutschland der Versuch gemacht, ein großes dramatisches Gedicht der Weltliteratur als Ganzes auf der Schallplatte wiederzugeben: Goethes "Faust" in der dramaturgischen Einrichtung und unter der Regie von Gustaf Gründgens. Es mag daran erinnert werden, dass dies genau 125 Jahre nach der Uraufführung des ersten Teils in Braunschweig (1829) und genau 100 Jahre nach der des zweiten in Hamburg (1854) geschieht.

Step into the lives of those who lived the Great War. World War One Stories brings history to life through gripping, original fiction. Each episode transports you to the trenches, homes, and villages forever changed by war—where soldiers fight, families endure, and civilians struggle to survive. Love, loss, hope, and sacrifice come alive in powerful narratives that honor the human spirit. Subscribe now and hear the voices of the past—because every story deserves to be told.

This is the first issue of a wonderful weekly magazine aimed at young women. They each contain a novella following the adventures of Marion Marlowe, "Only a Farmer's Daughter" who went from "Farm to Fortune" and all written by the prolific :Lurana Sheldon using various pen names, usually Grace Shirley. The story is quite entertaining and well written. The chapters are short and easy to read and suited to those just getting their feet wet in LibriVox. Besides the main novella, each issue contains an Advice Column, where she responds to anguished letters from young ladies with a myriad of ...