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The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde ...

Narrated by Sir John Gielgud, Edith Evans, Ronald Ward, David Horne, Roger Delgado, John Turnbull, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Angela Baddeley, Betty Hardy ...

Unabridged

1 hour 49 min

This is one of the great recordings of a great play. John Gielgud stars as Ernest and Edith Evans gives her indomitable performance as Lady Bracknell in this classic radio recording from 1951. Performance styles may have changed, but this is an unmatched production bearing all the hallmarks of outstanding audio drama featuring some of the finest actors of the twentieth century. Also included are ... Read more

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This is one of the great recordings of a great play. John Gielgud stars as Ernest and Edith Evans gives her indomitable performance as Lady Bracknell in this classic radio recording from 1951. Performance styles may have changed, but this is an unmatched production bearing all the hallmarks of outstanding audio drama featuring some of the finest actors of the twentieth century. Also included are
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Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Arthur Bourchier, Lewis Waller, Frank Benson, Johnston Forbes Robertson, Sir John Gielgud, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, John Barrymore, Laurence Olivier, Henry Irving, Edwin Booth, Ellen Terry, Noel Coward, Gertrude Lawrence, Fred Terry, Julia Neilson, Henry Ainley, Bransby Williams, Edith Evans, Charles Laughton Laurel and Hardy, Sarah Bernhardt, Jean Mounet-Sully, Constant Coquelin, Feodor Chaliapin, Alexander Moissi ...

Abridged

2 hours 5 min

Historical recordings of actors from the beginning of the recording era. CD 1: Historical Shakespeare performances by Ainley, John Barrymore, Bourchier, Casson, Forbes-Robertson, John Geilgud (1920s and 1940s). CD 2: A miscellany. Some startling historical performances in a wide range of works from Edith Evans, Charles Laughton, Noel Coward, Sarah Bernhardt, Fred Terry, Laurel and Hardy, Edwin ... Read more

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Historical recordings of actors from the beginning of the recording era. CD 1: Historical Shakespeare performances by Ainley, John Barrymore, Bourchier, Casson, Forbes-Robertson, John Geilgud (1920s and 1940s). CD 2: A miscellany. Some startling historical performances in a wide range of works from Edith Evans, Charles Laughton, Noel Coward, Sarah Bernhardt, Fred Terry, Laurel and Hardy, Edwin
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Rivals, The

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan ...

Narrated by Edith Evans ...

Unabridged

2 hours

A comedy of manners in five acts, The Rivals was Sheridan's second commercially produced play. The play is set in Bath in the 18th century, a town legendary for conspicuous consumption and fashion at the time. Wealthy, fashionable people went there to "take the waters", which were believed to have healing properties. Bath was much less exclusive than London, and provides an ideal setting for the ... Read more

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A comedy of manners in five acts, The Rivals was Sheridan's second commercially produced play. The play is set in Bath in the 18th century, a town legendary for conspicuous consumption and fashion at the time. Wealthy, fashionable people went there to "take the waters", which were believed to have healing properties. Bath was much less exclusive than London, and provides an ideal setting for the
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Passionate Pilgrim, The

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Edith Evans ...

Unabridged

52 min

The Passionate Pilgrim was an anthology of twenty poems attributed to William Shakespeare but which present-day scholars think just five of these poems were written by the Bard. Here, the most popular four poems, The Passionate Pilgrim, Sonnets To Sundry Notes of Music, A Lover's Complaint, and The Pheonix and The Turtle are read by Edith Evans, Donald Wolfit, Joan Hart and William Squire. ... Read more

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The Passionate Pilgrim was an anthology of twenty poems attributed to William Shakespeare but which present-day scholars think just five of these poems were written by the Bard. Here, the most popular four poems, The Passionate Pilgrim, Sonnets To Sundry Notes of Music, A Lover's Complaint, and The Pheonix and The Turtle are read by Edith Evans, Donald Wolfit, Joan Hart and William Squire.
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The School for Scandal

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan ...

Narrated by Edith Evans, Cecil Parker, Harry Andrews, Baliol Holloway, Alec Clunes, Claire Bloom, Athene Seyler, George Howe, William Squire, Anne Leon, Peter Williams, Peter Halliday, Michael Gough ...

Abridged

2 hours 5 min

Sheridan’s most famous play, The School for Scandal, has been called ‘the best existing English comedy of intrigue’. A favourite with audiences and critics alike since its premiere in 1777, this play is a classic English comedy of manners. Full of satirical wit, it subverts the Georgian social mores of its day with subtlety and charm. This historic recording features Edith Evans, Cecil Parker, and ... Read more

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Sheridan’s most famous play, The School for Scandal, has been called ‘the best existing English comedy of intrigue’. A favourite with audiences and critics alike since its premiere in 1777, this play is a classic English comedy of manners. Full of satirical wit, it subverts the Georgian social mores of its day with subtlety and charm. This historic recording features Edith Evans, Cecil Parker, and
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The Spanish Cape Mystery

by Ellery Queen ...

Narrated by Mark Peckham ...

Series Audiobook 1935 - The Ellery Queen Mysteries
Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

On a seaside vacation, Ellery Queen is ensnared in a trio of strange crimes.Spanish Cape is a dramatic promontory, its rocky cliffs topped with a picturesque hacienda. This isolated spot belongs to millionaire Walter Godfrey and it should be a peaceful family getaway—but one summer evening, Rosa Godfrey argues with her uncle David as he tries to convince her not to run away with one of their ... Read more

$19.95 USD

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On a seaside vacation, Ellery Queen is ensnared in a trio of strange crimes.Spanish Cape is a dramatic promontory, its rocky cliffs topped with a picturesque hacienda. This isolated spot belongs to millionaire Walter Godfrey and it should be a peaceful family getaway—but one summer evening, Rosa Godfrey argues with her uncle David as he tries to convince her not to run away with one of their
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The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One)

by Suzanne Collins ...

Narrated by Tatiana Maslany ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Hunger Games
Unabridged

10 hours 35 min

This Special Edition of The Hunger Games includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of The Hunger Games; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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This Special Edition of The Hunger Games includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of The Hunger Games; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the
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The Golden Age of Murder

by Martin Edwards ...

Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

Unabridged

16 hours 31 min

Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction.Detective stories of the Twenties and Thirties have long been stereotyped as cosily conventional. Nothing could be further from the truth.The Golden Age of Murder tells for the first ... Read more

$38.99 USD

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Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction.Detective stories of the Twenties and Thirties have long been stereotyped as cosily conventional. Nothing could be further from the truth.The Golden Age of Murder tells for the first
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Rites of Spring

The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

by Modris Eksteins ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Unabridged

14 hours 53 min

Dazzling in its originality, Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I, from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. "The Great War," as Modris Eksteins writes, "was the psychological turning point . . . for modernism as a whole. The urge to create and the urge to destroy had changed places."Eksteins goes on to ... Read more

$21.99 USD

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Dazzling in its originality, Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I, from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. "The Great War," as Modris Eksteins writes, "was the psychological turning point . . . for modernism as a whole. The urge to create and the urge to destroy had changed places."Eksteins goes on to
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The Siamese Twin Mystery

by Ellery Queen ...

Narrated by Fred Sullivan ...

Series Audiobook 1933 - The Ellery Queen Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 25 min

Trapped on a burning mountain, the Queens take refuge with a killer.Dashing detective Ellery Queen and his father are driving over the pothole-scarred Arrow Mountain Road when they come face to face with a wall of flame. They tear back in the other direction, fire at their fenders, and finally find safety in a clearing, at the home of Dr. Xavier, a renowned surgeon. He is a genial man, but his ... Read more

$19.95 USD

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Trapped on a burning mountain, the Queens take refuge with a killer.Dashing detective Ellery Queen and his father are driving over the pothole-scarred Arrow Mountain Road when they come face to face with a wall of flame. They tear back in the other direction, fire at their fenders, and finally find safety in a clearing, at the home of Dr. Xavier, a renowned surgeon. He is a genial man, but his
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The Murder Room

by P. D. James ...

Narrated by Charles Keating ...

Series Audiobook 12 - Adam Dalgliesh
Unabridged

14 hours 36 min

The Dupayne, a small private museum in London devoted to the interwar years 1919-1939, is in turmoil. As its trustees argue over whether it should be closed, one of them is brutally and mysteriously murdered. Yet even as Commander Dalgliesh and his team proceed with their investigation, a second corpse is discovered. Someone in the Dupayne is prepared to kill and kill again. Still more sinister, ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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The Dupayne, a small private museum in London devoted to the interwar years 1919-1939, is in turmoil. As its trustees argue over whether it should be closed, one of them is brutally and mysteriously murdered. Yet even as Commander Dalgliesh and his team proceed with their investigation, a second corpse is discovered. Someone in the Dupayne is prepared to kill and kill again. Still more sinister,
... Read more

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The Motion of Light in Water

Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village

by Samuel R. Delany ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

19 hours 29 min

Born in New York City’s black ghetto Harlem at the start of World War II, Samuel R. Delany married white poet Marilyn Hacker right out of high school. The interracial couple moved into the city’s new bohemian quarter, the Lower East Side, in summer 1961.Through the decade’s opening years, new art, new sexual practices, new music, and new political awareness burgeoned among the crowded streets and ... Read more

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Born in New York City’s black ghetto Harlem at the start of World War II, Samuel R. Delany married white poet Marilyn Hacker right out of high school. The interracial couple moved into the city’s new bohemian quarter, the Lower East Side, in summer 1961.Through the decade’s opening years, new art, new sexual practices, new music, and new political awareness burgeoned among the crowded streets and
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