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Beyond Peterloo

Elijah Dixon and Manchester's Forgotten Reformers

by Rob Hargreaves, Maxine Peake ...

ELIJAH DIXON played a key role in the Blanketeer's March of 1817. Arrested, chained in double irons and imprisoned without trial, the episode set the stage for the Peterloo Massacre.Everybody in Victorian Manchester knew of Elijah Dixon. Over a period of sixty years, he was an ever-present force in the tumultuous politics of the town. He worked alongside the great figures of nineteenth century ... Read more

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ELIJAH DIXON played a key role in the Blanketeer's March of 1817. Arrested, chained in double irons and imprisoned without trial, the episode set the stage for the Peterloo Massacre.Everybody in Victorian Manchester knew of Elijah Dixon. Over a period of sixty years, he was an ever-present force in the tumultuous politics of the town. He worked alongside the great figures of nineteenth century
... Read more
The Four Northwomen

by Ms Maxine Peake ...

Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
In her first collection of plays, writer and BAFTA-nominated actor Maxine Peake introduces four unique stories of resistance and passion based on real women.From the famous Leeds-born cyclist Beryl Burton battling through various obstacles to achieve success; to Lillian Bilocca, the 'headscarf revolutionary'; to four bold women protesting for Women Against Pit Closures, occupying a coal pit over ... Read more

$26.99 USD

In her first collection of plays, writer and BAFTA-nominated actor Maxine Peake introduces four unique stories of resistance and passion based on real women.From the famous Leeds-born cyclist Beryl Burton battling through various obstacles to achieve success; to Lillian Bilocca, the 'headscarf revolutionary'; to four bold women protesting for Women Against Pit Closures, occupying a coal pit over
... Read more
Beryl

by Ms Maxine Peake ...

Series series Modern Plays
I had a constant battle to get where I am today. Scrimping and scraping, people telling me not to do it, I couldn't do it. That my life wouldn't amount to very much. Now I might have had a bit of natural talent but I got here because of pure determination and persistence. Stubbornness you might say. I always went that extra mile, pushed myself that bit harder than anyone else and never took ... Read more

$15.99 USD

I had a constant battle to get where I am today. Scrimping and scraping, people telling me not to do it, I couldn't do it. That my life wouldn't amount to very much. Now I might have had a bit of natural talent but I got here because of pure determination and persistence. Stubbornness you might say. I always went that extra mile, pushed myself that bit harder than anyone else and never took
... Read more
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From Shakespeare with love

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, Stella Gonet, Bertie Carvel, Gunnar Cauthery, Alex Jennings, Jonathan Keeble, Roy McMillanTom Mison, Maxine Peake, Anne-Marie Piazza, Hugh Ross, Benjamin Soames, David Timson, Trevor White ...

Abridged

1 hour 15 min

Shakespeare’s Sonnets, one of the most remarkable collections of poetry, was first published in 1609, 400 years ago, by Mr Thomas Thorpe. Naxos AudioBooks marks the occasion with a selection of 80 of the finest, read by leading actors. The selection includes famous ones such as ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ as well as lesser well-known sonnets though of equally fine stature. ... Read more

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Shakespeare’s Sonnets, one of the most remarkable collections of poetry, was first published in 1609, 400 years ago, by Mr Thomas Thorpe. Naxos AudioBooks marks the occasion with a selection of 80 of the finest, read by leading actors. The selection includes famous ones such as ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ as well as lesser well-known sonnets though of equally fine stature.
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by D.H. Lawrence, Maxine Peake ...

Narrated by Maxine Peake ...

Unabridged

13 hours 20 min

Lady Chatterley’s husband returns from the War paralysed from the waist down. Frustrated by his attitudes as much as his disability, she begins a love-affair with the gamekeeper, Mellors. She realises that to be fully alive she must live the life of the body as well as the mind, but in doing so she angers the conventions of her day. Banned for over 30 years for the explicit nature of its language ... Read more

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Lady Chatterley’s husband returns from the War paralysed from the waist down. Frustrated by his attitudes as much as his disability, she begins a love-affair with the gamekeeper, Mellors. She realises that to be fully alive she must live the life of the body as well as the mind, but in doing so she angers the conventions of her day. Banned for over 30 years for the explicit nature of its language
... Read more

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The Hotel: A Series of ghost stories with a feminist twist

A BBC Radio 4 drama collection

by Daisy Johnson ...

Narrated by Adjoa Andoh, Nicola Walker, Jessica Raine, Anne-Marie Duff, Maxine Peake, Juliet Stevenson, Sara Kestelman, Ronke Adékoluejo, Laurel Lefkow, Full cast ...

Unabridged

3 hours 24 min

Fifteen highly original and darkly unsettling supernatural stories, performed by some of Britain's finest actresses'This is what we know about The Hotel. It is bigger on the inside than on the outside. Do not go into Room 63. Doors and windows do not stay in the same places. The Hotel listens when you speak. The Hotel watches... We'll be at The Hotel soon.'A place of myths, rumours and secrets, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Fifteen highly original and darkly unsettling supernatural stories, performed by some of Britain's finest actresses'This is what we know about The Hotel. It is bigger on the inside than on the outside. Do not go into Room 63. Doors and windows do not stay in the same places. The Hotel listens when you speak. The Hotel watches... We'll be at The Hotel soon.'A place of myths, rumours and secrets,
... Read more
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KIT

by Megan Barker ...

Narrated by Maxine Peake ...

Unabridged

2 hours 8 min

Megan and Kit met in their early twenties. Their friendship was intense, wild and true.Years later, when Kit becomes desperately unwell, Megan tries to pull her old friend back from the precipice, navigating the difficulties of revisiting a relationship conceived in the great freedom of youth, whilst attempting to remain fully present in the messy beauty of her family life.Kit is a story of the ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Megan and Kit met in their early twenties. Their friendship was intense, wild and true.Years later, when Kit becomes desperately unwell, Megan tries to pull her old friend back from the precipice, navigating the difficulties of revisiting a relationship conceived in the great freedom of youth, whilst attempting to remain fully present in the messy beauty of her family life.Kit is a story of the
... Read more
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If I Let You Go

The Heartbreaking, Shocking Richard and Judy Book Club Pick

by Charlotte Levin ...

Narrated by Maxine Peake ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

**A Richard and Judy Book Club pick, If I Let You Go is a darkly comic tale of searing loss, coercive control and the consequences of taking the wrong path.'Simultaneously tragic and uplifting . . . Charlotte Levin is SUCH a clever writer' - Ruth Jones, author of Love Untold**Every morning, Janet Brown goes to work cleaning offices. It calms her – cleanliness, neatness. All the things she’s unable ... Read more

$17.99 USD

**A Richard and Judy Book Club pick, If I Let You Go is a darkly comic tale of searing loss, coercive control and the consequences of taking the wrong path.'Simultaneously tragic and uplifting . . . Charlotte Levin is SUCH a clever writer' - Ruth Jones, author of Love Untold**Every morning, Janet Brown goes to work cleaning offices. It calms her – cleanliness, neatness. All the things she’s unable
... Read more
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Voice of the Fire

25th Anniversary Edition

by Alan Moore ...

Narrated by Alan Moore, Tom Edward-Kane, Maxine Peake, Aisling Loftus, Jason Williamson, Jonathan Slinger, Mark Gatiss, Nathaniel Martello-White, Pamela Nomvete, Toby Jones0 ...

Unabridged

15 hours 35 min

An epic audiobook in 12 partsNorthampton. The centre of England. Twelve extraordinary characters transport you through six thousand years of astonishing history.As Alan Moore’s place-writing masterpiece reaches its 25th anniversary, New Perspectives brings this expansive work to life through twelve immersive audio journeys. Violence, madness, lust and ecstasy all weave together in patterns of ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An epic audiobook in 12 partsNorthampton. The centre of England. Twelve extraordinary characters transport you through six thousand years of astonishing history.As Alan Moore’s place-writing masterpiece reaches its 25th anniversary, New Perspectives brings this expansive work to life through twelve immersive audio journeys. Violence, madness, lust and ecstasy all weave together in patterns of
... Read more
Audiobook

Much Ado About Nothing

A BBC Radio Shakespeare production

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by David Tennant, Samantha Spiro, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emilia Fox, Maxine Peake, Julian Rhind-Tutt ...

Unabridged

2 hours 14 min

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...In Shakespeare's comedy of wit, love and miscommunication, Beatrice and Benedick and Hero and Claudio are pushed into and pulled out of love, their friends playing cupid with life-changing consequences.David Tennant and Samantha ... Read more

$18.99 USD

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...In Shakespeare's comedy of wit, love and miscommunication, Beatrice and Benedick and Hero and Claudio are pushed into and pulled out of love, their friends playing cupid with life-changing consequences.David Tennant and Samantha
... Read more
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This Repulsive Woman and Every Child Matters

Two BBC Radio Dramas

by Christopher Reason ...

Narrated by Maxine Peake, Neil Dudgeon, Sarah Lancashire, George Costigan ...

Unabridged

1 hour 27 min

Sarah Lancashire and Maxine Peake star in this hard hitting, two-part dramaWhat sort of mother would allow her child to perform online for paedophiles? And how could the family's social worker let it happen? Told in two parts, This Repulsive Woman and Every Child Matters, is a real-time drama that follows the stories of the two women at the centre of a fictional high profile court case and ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Sarah Lancashire and Maxine Peake star in this hard hitting, two-part dramaWhat sort of mother would allow her child to perform online for paedophiles? And how could the family's social worker let it happen? Told in two parts, This Repulsive Woman and Every Child Matters, is a real-time drama that follows the stories of the two women at the centre of a fictional high profile court case and
... Read more
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by D.H. Lawrence ...

Narrated by Maxine Peake ...

Abridged

5 hours 9 min

Lady Chatterley’s husband returns from the War paralysed from the waist down. Frustrated by his attitudes as much as his disability, she begins a love-affair with the gamekeeper, Mellors. She realises that to be fully alive she must live the life of the body as well as the mind, but in doing so she angers the conventions of her day. Banned for over 30 years for the explicit nature of its language ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Also available as: eBooks

Lady Chatterley’s husband returns from the War paralysed from the waist down. Frustrated by his attitudes as much as his disability, she begins a love-affair with the gamekeeper, Mellors. She realises that to be fully alive she must live the life of the body as well as the mind, but in doing so she angers the conventions of her day. Banned for over 30 years for the explicit nature of its language
... Read more

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