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Voices of Black America - Historical Recordings of Poetry & Humour & Drama
This unique collection features original recordings from 1908-1946 of Booker T Washington’s Atlanta Exposition Address, the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes, the rarely heard humour of…
The History of the Musical - Read by Kim Creswell - 4CDs
These 4 audio CDs present The History of the Musical from its origins in classical music through to its final flowering in contemporary America From John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera through to…
King Lear - performed by Paul Scofield & Alec McCowen & Kenneth Branagh & Full Cast - 3CDs
One of the greatest plays receives an outstanding audio performance from a distinguished cast led by Paul Scofield, one of our greatest classical actors The all-star cast also includes Alec McCowen as…
Richard III - Performed by Kenneth Branagh with Geraldine McEwan & Nicholas Farrell & Stella Gonet & Michael Maloney & Full Cast - 3 CDs
Kenneth Branagh heads an outstanding cast in playing one of Shakespeare’s strongest characters The eighth production in the widely admired series of Shakespeare plays presented by Naxos AudioBooks…
Henry V - Performed by Samuel West & Timothy West & Cathy Sara & Full Cast - 3 CDs
This widely-studied play is one of the most popular of the Shakespeare canon. This fully dramatised production is the seventh Shakespeare play in the series undertaken by Naxos Audiobooks in conjunction…
Macbeth - Performed by Stephen Dillane & Fiona Shaw & Full Cast - 3 CDs
MACBETH, Shakespeare’s last great tragedy, has remained one of the most popular plays since it’s first performance in 1606 - probably in front of King James. This exciting new audiobook production…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Audio production performed by Warren Mitchell & Michael Maloney & Sarah Woodward & Full Cast - 3 CDs
Theseus - Jack Ellis Hippolyta - Karen Archer Lysander - Benjamin Soames Demetrius - Jamie Glover Hermia - Cathy Sara Helena - Emily Raymond Oberon - Michael Maloney Titania - Sarah Woodward Puck - Ian…
Romeo and Juliet - Audio production performed by Michael Sheen & Kate Beckinsale & Full Cast - 3CDs
Romeo - Michael Sheen Juliet - Kate Beckinsale Chorus - Philip Madoc Prince - Norman Rodway Capulet - David Bradley Lady Capulet - Frances Barber Montague - Edward de Souza Lady Montague - Judy Loe…
Romeo and Juliet - Audio production performed by Michael Sheen & Kate Beckinsale & Full Cast - 3 CDs
Romeo - Michael Sheen Juliet - Kate Beckinsale Chorus - Philip Madoc Prince - Norman Rodway Capulet - David Bradley Lady Capulet - Frances Barber Montague - Edward de Souza Lady Montague - Judy Loe…
The Canterbury Tales - 3CDs - A Modern English Verse translation read by Philip Madoc & Edward de Souza & Anthony Donovan & Clive Merton & Clive Swift & Anton Lesser
Chaucer’s portrayal of medieval life revealed through stories ranging from the romantic, courtly idealism of The Knight’s Tale to the rich bawdiness of The Miller’s Tale is given fresh…
Pygmalion - 3 CDs Audio Production
Pygmalion remains one of the most popular stories - but mainly in the medium of the musical - the evergreen My Fair Lady But much of the charm and wit comes from the words and timing in Shaw’s original…
The Tempest - An Audio Production performed by Sir Ian McKellen and full cast - 2 CDs
Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play in which the wronged duke raises a Tempest to shipwreck…
Hedda Gabler - Audio production performed by Juliet Stevenson & Michael Maloney & Philip Voss & Emma Fielding and full cast - 2 CDs
Hedda Gabler, daughter of a deceased general, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of middleclass tedium stretching ahead when they return from a honeymoon they could not afford to a house they…
Blithe Spirit - Audio production performed by Corin Redgrave & Kika Markham & Joanna Lumley & Thelma Ruby and full cast - 2 CDs
When novelist Charles Condomine invites a medium into his house in order to learn about the occult for his new book, the last thing he or his second wife dream is that the séance will bring back his first…
Port Authority - Audio production performed by Jim Norton & Stephen Brennan & Eanna MacLiam - 2 CDs
Conor McPherson is one of the leading figures in Irish contemporary drama. His look at life in a village pub, The Weir, was premiered in Dublin and then ran for over a year in the West End and Broadway…
Twelfth Night - Audio production performed by Stella Gonet & Gerard Murphy & Full Cast - 2 CDs
TWELFTH NIGHT, first performed around 1600, probably at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, is the tale of separated brother and sister twins - Sebastian and Viola - and their love entanglements. It also offers…
Oedipus - Audio production performed by Michael Sheen & John Moffatt & Heathcote Williams & Adam Kotz & Full Cast - 2 CDs
This fully dramatised new translation of the great classic of Ancient Greece tells the anguished tale of Oedpus, who having solved the riddle of the Sphinx and become King of Thebes, gradually realises…
Lady Windermere’s Fan - Audio production performed by Juliet Stevenson & Samuel West & Michael Sheen & Emma Fielding & Full Cast - 2CDs
Oscar Wilde’s first play confronts the hypocrisy of public ‘morality’ compared with genuine, private kindness. When it opened in 1892, Lady Windermere’s Fan was an instant success…
Shakespeare’s Lovers - Performed by Estelle Kohler & Bill Homewood - 2 CDs
‘If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.’ Many of the greatest…
The History of English Literature - 4 CDs
This beguiling journey of seven centuries of poetry, prose and drama opens with ‘Canterbury Tales’ as part of the first of 10 Sections - The Age of Chaucer - The End of Chivalry - The Triumphs…
The History of Theatre - read/performed by Derek Jacobi & Cast - 4 CDs
This bold undertaking covers Western theatre from ancient Greece to the present day, ranging from Aeschelus to Pinter & David Mamet It traces the development of dramatic art through the miracle plays,…
The History of Opera - 4CDs
Opera began at the end of the 16C when a group of Italians tried to recreate how they felt the Ancient Greeks might have set words to music and it has since fascinated, infuriated, delighted, been censored,…
The History of Classical Music - 4 CDs
“This is a welcome and unique addition to the references available, including, as it does, musical examples which can be heard instead of read, and a substantial selection of musical tasters - from…
