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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Simply a masterpiece
- By michelle alejandra men on 10-28-24
By: Arthur Miller
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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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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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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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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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The Importance of Being Earnest
- A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Michael Ward
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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A classic comedy by the great Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest is his short farce consisting of numerous noms de plume....
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comedic delivery
- By Paul G on 10-24-24
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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Simply a masterpiece
- By michelle alejandra men on 10-28-24
By: Arthur Miller
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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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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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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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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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The Importance of Being Earnest
- A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Michael Ward
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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A classic comedy by the great Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest is his short farce consisting of numerous noms de plume....
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comedic delivery
- By Paul G on 10-24-24
By: Oscar Wilde
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An Ideal Husband
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Jacqueline Bisset, Paul Gutrecht, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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A tender love story, a serpentine villainess, a glittering setting in London society, and a showering of Wildean witticism....
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Almost perfect
- By Caitlín Mitchell on 01-29-11
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
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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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Dante's Paradise
- A Study on Part III of The Divine Comedy
- By: Anthony Esolen PhD
- Narrated by: Anthony Esolen PhD
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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Professor Esolen who has served as your guide through both the Inferno and Purgatory will guide you through the profound and elevated poetry of Paradise....
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Best ever!
- By army brat on 08-06-23
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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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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: 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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La Vita Nuova [The New Life]
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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Written in alternating prose and poetry, La Vita Nuova is a profound reflection on the nature of love, devoted to Dante's muse Beatrice....
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A must
- By Barnaby on 11-15-20
By: Dante Alighieri
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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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Arsenic and Old Lace
- By: Joseph Kesselring
- Narrated by: Joseph Kent
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
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An easy-going drama critic discovers that his kind and gentle aunts have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar....
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The whole text was here.
- By Michelle Twarog on 07-03-24
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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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Understanding Literature and Life: Drama, Poetry and Narrative
- By: Arnold Weinstein, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Arnold Weinstein
- Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins
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You learn how drama makes visible the conflicts and wars of culture in ways other forms cannot manage....
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Great Course, Great Professor, Great Book!
- By AnneN on 08-05-14
By: Arnold Weinstein, and others
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Theogony and Works and Days
- By: Hesiod
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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The Greek poet, Hesiod, stands out as the first personality in European literature....
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Audio Editing Needs to be Redone
- By Daniel Harper on 07-19-21
By: Hesiod
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Antigone
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Antigone is a famous Greek tragedy attributed to the ancient playwright Sophocles at around 440 BCE. The play expands on the Theban legend of Oedipus that predates it, dealing with Antigone’s burial of her brother Polyneices in defiance of the law....
By: Sophocles
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America a Prophecy
- By: William Blake
- Narrated by: Rob Goll
- Length: 24 mins
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America a Prophecy (1793) is the first book in Blake’s Continental Prophecies - the other two being Europe a Prophecy (1794) and The Song of Los (1795). The poem was engraved on 18 plates with illustrations by Blake, and survives in 14 known copies....
By: William Blake
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The George Bernard Shaw Collection
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Shirley Knight, Anne Heche, JoBeth Williams, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Eight of George Bernard Shaw's most memorable plays in one splendid collection....
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Impressive Collection of Shaw
- By Michael on 10-04-12
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Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air
- By: Harold Bloom
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in history - and thanks to Shakespeare, one of the most intriguing personalities in literature. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom delivers exhilarating clarity and invites us to look at this character as a flawed human who might be living in our world....
By: Harold Bloom
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Julius Caesar
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Richard Dreyfuss, JoBeth Williams, Kelsey Grammer, and others
- Length: 2 hrs
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The skies over ancient Rome blaze with terrifying portents, and soothsayers warn Julius Caesar of approaching doom...
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Hard to understand using #4 Audio
- By Daniel on 03-21-11
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Medea
- By: Euripides
- Narrated by: Judith Anderson, Anthony Quayle
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Judith Anderson and Anthony Quayle perform Medea, an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides. It is based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC....
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Recording could be better
- By Marena on 07-15-13
By: Euripides
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Dramatized)
- By: Washington Irving
- Narrated by: The St. Charles Players
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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There's a legend in this valley about a ghostly horseman that rides by night. There are many such legends and for schoolteacher Ichabod Crane the darkness of night holds a special fascination...
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Performance dated
- By Kim Carmichael on 08-29-20
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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
- By: Christopher Marlowe
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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Christopher Marlowe's play about a man who sells his soul to the devil is not only one of the first of many works to explore this theme but also one of the most startling....
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Bad Recording
- By Angela on 03-14-16
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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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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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The Children of the New Forest
- A Storyteller's Version
- By: Frederick Marryat
- Narrated by: Sebastian Lockwood
- Length: 11 hrs
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The Roundheads under Cromwell and the Cavaliers under Charles I, have fought a bloody Civil War: the defeated King has escaped south towards the New Forest.
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Story comes alive
- By Miss Mac on 09-20-15
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The School for Scandal
- By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Narrated by: Stuart Bunce, Jane Carr, John Francis Harries, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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Beware the gossips! Lady Sneerwell and her hireling Snake are certainly up to no good in this timeless send-up of hypocritical manners....
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This is a play for English Lit students!
- By Kemdi on 03-25-15