Showing results for "I" in Drama & Plays

I Shall Wear Midnight is, as Pratchett notes, an urban fantasy; the fourth in the series of Discworld novels that focus on the young witch in training, Tiffany Aching. It is the 38th in the Discworld series and was published in Britain on September 2, 2010. The title is based upon the popular poem "When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple" by Jenny Joseph (the correct title for this poem is "Warning") but beyond the title there is no other to link the two works. The title is also a summary of Tiffany's beliefs and values in regards to her wearing colorful clothing throughout her career as a ...

rendition of Taylor Swift’s August

The onscreen pairing of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz is at the heart of one of the most popular TV shows in history. Who would have thought that to get on the air, they had to battle both a network and a sponsor who thought the show couldn't possibly succeed? Playwright Gregg Oppenheimer, son of I Love Lucy’s creator Jess Oppenheimer, spins the hilarious true story behind America’s beloved TV comedy.

The Men I Knew is an intimate audio memoir spanning the 1980s to the 2000s. Emma, a sharp and self-aware Northern narrator, looks back at the men who shaped her - the first love who saw her completely, the boy with the borrowed car, the bohemian who wanted to mould her, the posh boy glimpsed on holiday.Each episode tells the story of one man: who he was, what she wanted, what she learned, and what she carried forward. This is memoir as it's actually lived - not neat lessons but accumulating understanding, told with warmth, honesty, and wry humour.Literary storytelling for listeners who love ...

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time...

Join Eoghan Blakewell and the "I is for Investigate" team as they investigate the mysterious death of horror author Philip Truelove. A must-listen for fans of Lovecraftian fiction and the BBC's "The Lovecraft Investigations."

A portrait of one of the greatest American food writers of the 20th century, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, whose writing transcended recipes and reviews to probe our deep-seated relationship to our appetites. Assembled from diaries, journalism, and short stories, Kelly Nespor's play creates a vivid tableau of the life of this preeminent and influential gourmet.

Rilla of Ingleside, by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables is all grown up and married, and this is the story of her daughter “Rilla”, named for the indomitable Marilla Cuthbert of Anne’s childhood. The young Rilla will need all her strength for the dark days ahead, as her coming of age will be in the midst of World War I. Her brothers and sweetheart will go to war, and not all of them will come back. Her sisters will become nurses, but Rilla herself is too young. What can she do back home to support the war effort? How can she be involved in doing good in her own backyard? What ...

Goethe’s two-part dramatic work, Faust, based on a traditional theme, and finally completed in 1831, is an exploration of that restless intellectual and emotional urge which found its fullest expression in the European Romantic movement, to which Goethe was an early and major contributor. Part I of the work outlines a pact Faust makes with the devil, Mephistopheles, and encompasses the tragedy of Gretchen, whom Faust seduces.

Four Max Carrodos Detective Stories by Ernest Bramah. Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his ‘Kai Lung’ books - Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifetime however he was equally well known for his detective stories. Since Sherlock Holmes we have had French detectives, Belgian detectives, aristocratic detectives, royal detectives, ecclesiastical detectives, drunken detectives and even a (very) few quite normal happily married detectives. Max Carrados was however probably the first blind detective.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://...

A podcast based on the book, Letters I'll Never Send by Nicole Zelniker. After spending eight months in the psych hospital for attempted suicide, Sadie still isn't sure if she's ready to confront her demons, specifically the death of her infant son.

These four works show Samuel Beckett at his most penetrating. Both Krapp's Last Tape (1958) and Not I (1972) are among the most striking pieces written for the theatre in the 20th century. An old man sits at a table, playing back old tapes made when he was younger, mixed glimpses of past feelings. In Not I, we have just a mouth expressing memories and torment in a torrent of words.

Four Max Carrados Detective Stories, by Ernest Bramah. Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his ‘Kai Lung’ books - Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifetime however he was equally well known for his detective stories. Since Sherlock Holmes we have had French detectives, Belgian detectives, aristocratic detectives, royal detectives, ecclesiastical detectives, drunken detectives and even a (very) few quite normal happily married detectives. Max Carrados was however probably the first blind detective.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://...

A protagonista deste romance vai do paraíso ao inferno em poucas páginas. Casada com a mulher que ama, ela suspeita de que tenha sido traída durante uma de suas viagens de negócios. A angústia de não saber o que se passa, o medo de perguntar, a desconfiança e a dúvida, que nunca tiveram espaço na relação–considerada perfeita pelos amigos–agora rondam o casal. Mas será mesmo que a traição existiu? Ou era o amor que estava minguando?

King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard. King Solomon’s Mines, first published in 1885, was a best-selling novel by the Victorian adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. It relates a journey into the heart of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain in search of the legendary wealth said to be concealed in the mines of the novel’s title. It is significant as the first fictional adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered the genesis of the Lost World literary genre. - Haggard wrote over 50 books, among which were 14 novels starring Allan Quatermain.Become a supporter of ...

David Morrissey - star of Sherwood, The Walking Dead and Britannia talks to performers from Film, Theatre and TV about what happened before, during and after one significant role in their career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Find out what happens when the stalker becomes the stalked! Some strong language and situations.

After years of world building, character creation, and tedious attention to detail, Staying Outside The Box Productions is proud to present The I Collection, a collection of series including existential terror, intense gore scenes, and never ending mystery. The audio book set “I Can't Stop Dying” is a psychological horror series with in-depth voice acting and cinematic sound design, with weeks of work carefully crafted into each and every episode. To learn more, visit us at stayingoutsidethebox.com Disclaimers: This content contains graphic depictions of gore, panic-inducing themes, and ...

Meet Cute and Manta Present: I've Become A True Villainess, an audio romantic-fantasy. Original story by Flowing honEy. A graduate student wakes up to discover she’s in the body of Seria Sterne, the villain of the romance novel she’s been reading. Now as Seria, she must do everything in her power to avoid the villainess’s fate. Binge the full story here.

Ten years ago, David and Dawn Michaels purchased a “Fixer Upper” mobile home in Shady Lane, a fifty-five plus community. It was peaceful living until the day new neighbors moved in three homes away, bringing with them lies, deceit and…death. This is a true story of a couple who got caught up in the twisted tangled mind of a narcissistic pathological liar that changed their lives forever.