Bestsellers
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Death of a Salesman
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Jane Kaczmarek, Steven Culp, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in this 1949 masterpiece by Arthur Miller, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream....
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Wonderfully Told
- By Frank on 04-30-24
By: Arthur Miller
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Uncle Vanya
- By: Anton Chekhov, David Mamet, Vlada Chernornirdik
- Narrated by: Josh Radnor, Stacy Keach, Martin Jarvis, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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In this classic of Chekhov’s canon, an overbearing professor pays a visit to his country estate, where Sonya and Vanya, his daughter and former brother-in-law, have slaved to maintain his wealth....
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Poor American soap
- By tyrone on 10-22-17
By: Anton Chekhov, and others
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The Oresteia
- By: Aeschylus, Yuri Rasovsky - adaptation from translation, Ian Johnston - translator
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
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In The Oresteia, Aeschylus dramatizes the myth of the curse on the royal house of Argos....
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Great production, Ian Johnston translation
- By Tad Davis on 12-09-08
By: Aeschylus, and others
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The Oscar Wilde Collection
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Jacqueline Bisset, Alfred Molina, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Four classic comedies from one of the wittiest playwrights in Western literature....
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Good Collection
- By Anniebligh on 03-31-12
By: Oscar Wilde
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Sophocles’ Greek Tragedies: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Oedipus, Antigone, Electra and More
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Kenneth Cranham, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Sophocles' The Theban Plays, all three of which are included in this collection alongside adaptations of Electra and Philoctetes, are brought to life by celebrated writers, poets, and playwrights....
By: Sophocles
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Dramatized)
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag....
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Delightfully silly
- By Tad Davis on 09-12-11
By: Oscar Wilde
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Death of a Salesman
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Jane Kaczmarek, Steven Culp, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in this 1949 masterpiece by Arthur Miller, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream....
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Wonderfully Told
- By Frank on 04-30-24
By: Arthur Miller
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Uncle Vanya
- By: Anton Chekhov, David Mamet, Vlada Chernornirdik
- Narrated by: Josh Radnor, Stacy Keach, Martin Jarvis, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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In this classic of Chekhov’s canon, an overbearing professor pays a visit to his country estate, where Sonya and Vanya, his daughter and former brother-in-law, have slaved to maintain his wealth....
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Poor American soap
- By tyrone on 10-22-17
By: Anton Chekhov, and others
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The Oresteia
- By: Aeschylus, Yuri Rasovsky - adaptation from translation, Ian Johnston - translator
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
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In The Oresteia, Aeschylus dramatizes the myth of the curse on the royal house of Argos....
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Great production, Ian Johnston translation
- By Tad Davis on 12-09-08
By: Aeschylus, and others
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The Oscar Wilde Collection
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Jacqueline Bisset, Alfred Molina, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Four classic comedies from one of the wittiest playwrights in Western literature....
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Good Collection
- By Anniebligh on 03-31-12
By: Oscar Wilde
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Sophocles’ Greek Tragedies: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Oedipus, Antigone, Electra and More
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Kenneth Cranham, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Sophocles' The Theban Plays, all three of which are included in this collection alongside adaptations of Electra and Philoctetes, are brought to life by celebrated writers, poets, and playwrights....
By: Sophocles
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Dramatized)
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag....
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Delightfully silly
- By Tad Davis on 09-12-11
By: Oscar Wilde
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Faust: Parts I & II
- By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Great great book
- By John A. on 09-15-21
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Julius Caesar
- A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Julius Caesar to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording....
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good play, difficult to distinguish characters
- By Christian R. Unger on 05-17-18
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School for Wives
- By: Richard Wilbur - translator, Molière
- Narrated by: William Brown, Wellesley Chapman, Joe Damour, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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In this biting comedy of errors, the hapless Arnolphe is undone by his own double dealing and double standards....
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Butchered
- By Fantod on 05-13-22
By: Richard Wilbur - translator, and others
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Rough Magic
- Making Theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company
- By: Steven Adler
- Narrated by: Samuel Valor
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Steven Adler examines the dynamic life and workings of the theatre company responsible for some of the world's most compelling performances....
By: Steven Adler
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Trifles
- By: Susan Glaspell
- Narrated by: Jeanie Hackett, Amy Madigan, Sam McMurray, and others
- Length: 28 mins
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Written by Susan Glaspell in 1916, Trifles is a one-act play about a woman accused of strangling her husband....
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Some lines are changed or added
- By Amazon Customer on 08-28-22
By: Susan Glaspell
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The Lion in Winter
- By: James Goldman
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina, Kathleen Chalfant, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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In James Goldman's classic play The Lion in Winter, domestic turmoil rises to an art form....
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Falls flat
- By Helen on 04-04-10
By: James Goldman
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Dramatized)
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
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If your best friend is named Huckleberry Finn, and there's a girl in your life named Becky Thatcher, a villain named Injun Joe, and you and your friends get into all kinds of mischief...
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did not realize, but not the story
- By TR Jackson on 01-31-19
By: Mark Twain
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Antigone
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: John Fehskens
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Antigone, daughter of Jocasta and Oedipus, faces great challenges when she must arrange a formal burial for her brother, Polynices....
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classic humor of suicide and murder
- By Paul Dion Brooks on 12-26-19
By: Sophocles
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Lady Susan
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett, Beth Thomas, Ben Lindsey-Clark, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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Lady Susan is an epistolary novel by Jane Austen about a beautiful and manipulative widow scheming to arrange wealthy marriages for herself and her daughter....
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Excellent dramatization!
- By Elaine on 04-25-16
By: Jane Austen
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Much Ado About Nothing
- Much Ado About Nothing (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Samantha Spiro, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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In this BBC full-cast production of Much Ado About Nothing, some handsome soldiers return from battle. Yet one soldier finds himself locked in a merry war of his own....
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Come...bid me do anything for thee.
- By Irene Adler on 08-01-14
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Antigone
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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Antigone by Sophocles, is a classic Greek tragedy that unfolds against the backdrop of Thebes. The play delves into the profound ethical and moral dilemmas...
By: Sophocles
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Medea
- By: Euripides
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
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The story of Medea is only one part of a myth about the Argonauts' campaign. It portrays Jason joining a battle with fire-breathing bulls...
By: Euripides
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Richard III
- A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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In Richard III, Shakespeare invites us on a moral holiday. The play draws us to identify with Richard and his fantasy of total control of self and domination of others....
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Need
- By Amazon Customer on 10-20-17
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Babbitt (Dramatized)
- By: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrated by: Ed Asner, Ed Begley Jr., Ted Danson, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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This epic of the booming 20's captures the relentless culture of American business. A classic novel about conformity in small town America....
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American satire
- By Hal on 01-13-09
By: Sinclair Lewis
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Andromache
- By: Euripides, Gene Openshaw, Amy Escobar, and others
- Narrated by: Sonya Joseph, Andrew McGinn
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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Euripides' classic tragedy in a new verse translation and a new, full cast audio production. After Troy fell to the Greeks, Andromache, the wife of the slain Trojan king Hector, was taken....
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swingers, amright?
- By Taylor Britton on 06-22-19
By: Euripides, and others
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Twelfth Night
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Jonathan Firth, Amanda Root, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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Shakespeare's most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity....
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If you be not mad, be gone
- By Darwin8u on 08-24-17
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Prometheus Bound
- By: Aeschylus
- Narrated by: Keira Grace
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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This Greek tragedy is based on the myth of Prometheus, a Titan who, in defiance of the gods, gives fire to mankind, an act for which he is subjected to perpetual punishment....
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Great
- By P. Williams on 01-05-20
By: Aeschylus
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Fathers and Sons [Russian Edition]
- By: Ivan Turgenev
- Narrated by: Leonid Gubanov, Evgeny Fedorov, Nikolay Plotnikov, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
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Spektakl' "Otcy i deti" po motivam odnoimennogo romana russkogo pisatelja Ivana Sergeevicha Turgeneva. Konflikt pokolenij. Glavnye geroi Arkadij Kirsanov i Evgenij Bazarov - absoljutno raznye po mirovozzreniju ljudi....
By: Ivan Turgenev
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Julius Caesar (Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, David Cottis
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Gregory Cox, Colin Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. A full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis....
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Three Cheers for Julius Caesar and SmartPass
- By Richard on 05-24-11
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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The Theogony
- By: Hesiod
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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The Theogony "the genealogy or birth of the gods" is a poem by Hesiod (8th – 7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the...
By: Hesiod
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Oedipus the King
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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In Sophocles' tragedy, Oedipus discovers that he has been caught in his terrible destiny....
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Superb
- By Mark on 11-24-09
By: Sophocles
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Julius Caesar
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Andrew Buchan, Sean Barrett
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most compelling Roman plays. The plot against Caesar and the infamous assassination scene make for unforgettable listening....
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The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars
- By David on 04-05-14
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Oedipus Rex
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: John H. Fehskens
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, is a tragedy that has been enjoyed for centuries. This drama is an absolute must for any scholar, student, drama lover, or classical literature fan. Here, you will find the unabridged and complete version of the work....
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NOT THE SAME AS THE BOOK
- By Dominic on 10-10-21
By: Sophocles
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Shakespeare
- His Life & Work
- By: Richard Hampton, David Weston
- Narrated by: Judi Dench, Timothy West
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
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This entertaining introduction to Shakespeare's work weaves biographical information with excerpts from 33 of his plays....
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Shakespeare by Dench
- By Joanne on 12-18-08
By: Richard Hampton, and others