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The Messiah

2018 edition

by Patrick Barlow ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
The funniest and most magical Nativity you will ever see.A travelling troupe of two actors and an opera singer arrive by donkey to masterfully, movingly and miraculously enact the greatest story ever told.The absurdly talented Maurice Rose, the alarmingly unpredictable Ronald Bream RAC, and the distinguished diva Mrs Leonora Fflyte play a cast of thousands in a Christmas comedy that conjures up ... Read more

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The funniest and most magical Nativity you will ever see.A travelling troupe of two actors and an opera singer arrive by donkey to masterfully, movingly and miraculously enact the greatest story ever told.The absurdly talented Maurice Rose, the alarmingly unpredictable Ronald Bream RAC, and the distinguished diva Mrs Leonora Fflyte play a cast of thousands in a Christmas comedy that conjures up
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Love Upon the Throne

by Patrick Barlow ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
The National Theatre of Brent present the full and unexpurgated romance, courtship and matrimonial proceedings of His Royal Highness Prince Charles and Diana Princess of Wales. Tastefully crammed into a single profound and unforgettable playtext.Patrick Barlow's play Love Upon the Throne is a gleefully comic retelling of the Charles and Diana story, designed to be performed by two (male) actors.It ... Read more

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The National Theatre of Brent present the full and unexpurgated romance, courtship and matrimonial proceedings of His Royal Highness Prince Charles and Diana Princess of Wales. Tastefully crammed into a single profound and unforgettable playtext.Patrick Barlow's play Love Upon the Throne is a gleefully comic retelling of the Charles and Diana story, designed to be performed by two (male) actors.It
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Animal Terror - A Short Story Volume - Volume 1

Tales of beasts exacting revenge on humankind

by Saki, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, H P Lovecraft ...

Narrated by Patrick Barlow, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 1 min

The human race prides itself on being the most organised of animals. We manage the fate of all other species. All other animals bow to our control or suffer. In diminishing numbers we allow some to live in the wild but in increasing numbers we domesticate them and whether they become part of the family, a best friend or wonderfully decorative accessory we take their compliance for granted. Such a ... Read more

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The human race prides itself on being the most organised of animals. We manage the fate of all other species. All other animals bow to our control or suffer. In diminishing numbers we allow some to live in the wild but in increasing numbers we domesticate them and whether they become part of the family, a best friend or wonderfully decorative accessory we take their compliance for granted. Such a
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - English Murder

The ten best murder short stories of all time by English authors

by G K Chesterton, Edith Nesbit, Saki, Israel Zangwill, A M Burrage, Algernon Blackwood, W W Jacobs, W F Harvey, Barry Pain, Amelia Edwards ...

Narrated by Bill Wallis, Patrick Barlow, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

4 hours 44 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
... Read more
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Stories Exploring the Fear of Death

Tales exporing the fear we all seem to share

by Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhov, Edgar Allan Poe, H P Lovecraft, Leo Tolstoy, Mary Shelley, O Henry, Saki ...

Narrated by Bill Wallis, William Dufris, Patrick Barlow ...

Unabridged

3 hours 40 min

That moment in time will come. It will be the end of this life and one of three things will happen. Nothing, Heaven or Hell. Somehow, for most people, the odds don’t look so good on laying back in Paradise for eternity. And we may be there alone or with people we never really liked or―or most probably, we don’t really have any coherent idea at all. Just the fear that the end is nigh.Our literary ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

That moment in time will come. It will be the end of this life and one of three things will happen. Nothing, Heaven or Hell. Somehow, for most people, the odds don’t look so good on laying back in Paradise for eternity. And we may be there alone or with people we never really liked or―or most probably, we don’t really have any coherent idea at all. Just the fear that the end is nigh.Our literary
... Read more
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Saki: 'Music on the Hill', 'The Cobweb', 'The Interlopers', and 'The Hounds of Fate'

by Saki ...

Narrated by Patrick Barlow ...

Unabridged

1 hour 23 min

Saki was the pen-name of Hector Hugh Munro. One of the wittiest of all short-story writers, he was born in 1870 in Burma where his father, a Scots army officer, was stationed. He was one when the family returned to England to live in North Devon. When his mother died his father, returning to serve in India, put Hector and his brothers and sisters into the care of his own mother and two sisters. ... Read more

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Saki was the pen-name of Hector Hugh Munro. One of the wittiest of all short-story writers, he was born in 1870 in Burma where his father, a Scots army officer, was stationed. He was one when the family returned to England to live in North Devon. When his mother died his father, returning to serve in India, put Hector and his brothers and sisters into the care of his own mother and two sisters.
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Music on the Hill, The; Cobweb, The; Interlopers, The; Hounds of Fear, The

by Saki ...

Narrated by Patrick Barlow ...

Unabridged

1 hour 5 min

In this selection of some of Saki's best short stories, we enter a fictional world in which the Edwardian gently are pitched against the rude forces of nature and maiden aunts struggle unsuccessfully to contain the merciless antics of children in their charge. Saki is perhaps the ultimate master of writing complete stories in just a few pages and his sublime craftsmanship is accompanied by a ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this selection of some of Saki's best short stories, we enter a fictional world in which the Edwardian gently are pitched against the rude forces of nature and maiden aunts struggle unsuccessfully to contain the merciless antics of children in their charge. Saki is perhaps the ultimate master of writing complete stories in just a few pages and his sublime craftsmanship is accompanied by a
... Read more
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Rent: The complete series 1-4

A BBC Radio comedy drama

by Lucy Flannery ...

Narrated by Barbara Flynn, Full Cast, Patrick Barlow ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

All four series of the award-winning house-share comedy starring Barbara Flynn and Patrick BarlowMaria and Richard Reynolds are happily married, but broke. With debts piling up and their house falling down, there’s only one thing for it: they have to start taking in lodgers. Their new housemates are two equally cash-strapped students – Ruby, who’s conscientious and dedicated, and Paul, who finds ... Read more

$17.99 USD

All four series of the award-winning house-share comedy starring Barbara Flynn and Patrick BarlowMaria and Richard Reynolds are happily married, but broke. With debts piling up and their house falling down, there’s only one thing for it: they have to start taking in lodgers. Their new housemates are two equally cash-strapped students – Ruby, who’s conscientious and dedicated, and Paul, who finds
... Read more
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Cobweb, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Saki ...

Narrated by Patrick Barlow ...

Unabridged

14 min

Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral.When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral.When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a
... Read more
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Saki - Six of the Best

Their legacy in 6 classic stories

by Saki ...

Narrated by Patrick Barlow, Eve Karpf, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

1 hour 31 min

Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral.When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral.When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - English Gothic

The ten best gothic short stories of all time by English authors

by M R James, Charles Dickens, Marjorie Bowen, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Edith Nesbit, W W Jacobs, Perceval Landon, E F Benson, Algernon Blackwood ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Mark Rice-Oxley, Patrick Barlow ...

Unabridged

5 hours 52 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
... Read more
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Hounds of Fate, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Saki ...

Narrated by Patrick Barlow ...

Unabridged

17 min

Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral.When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral.When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a
... Read more