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William Shakespeare (Author), Full Cast Dramatization (Narrator)

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In Othello, Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona. Shakespeare builds many differences into his hero and heroine, including race, age, and cultural background. Yet most audiences believe the couple's strong love would overcome these differences were it not for Iago, who sets out to destroy Othello.

William Shakespeare (Author), Full Cast Dramatization (Narrator)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus' Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples, but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. Also in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy; Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, whose head is temporarily transformed into that of a donkey by a hobgoblin or "puck," Robin Goodfellow. Finally, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of "Pyramus and Thisbe."

William Shakespeare (Author), Full Cast Dramatization (Narrator)

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American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose

Culture Clash, Richard Montoya (Author), Keith Jefferson, Richard Montoya, Various Performers (Narrator)

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An Enemy of the People

When a small town relies on tourists flocking to its baths, will a report of dangerously polluted waters be enough to shut them down? Henrik Ibsen weighs the cost of public health versus a town’s livelihood in An Enemy of the People. Also includes an interview with Joel K. Bourne, Jr., former senior environment editor for National Geographic, on man-made environmental disasters, climate change, and the state of the world's water supply. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, featuring: Richard Kind, Gregory Harrison, Rosalind Ayres, Emily Swallow, Josh Stamberg, Tom Virtue, Alan Shearman, Alan Mandell, and Jon Matthews. Additional voices by Sam Boeck, William Hickman, Adam Mondschein, Julia Coulter, and Jeff Gardner. Directed by Martin Jarvis. An Enemy of the People is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed play. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

Henrik Ibsen, Henrik Ibsen Adapted By Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Author), Adam Mondschein, Alan Mandell, Alan Shearman, Emily Swallow, Gregory Harrison, Jeff Gardner, Jon Matthews, Josh Stamberg, Julia Coulter, Richard Kind, Rosalind Ayres, Sam Boeck, Tom Virtue, Various Performers, William Hickman (Narrator)

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The Explorers Club

It's London, 1879, and the hapless members of the Explorers Club must confront their most lethal threat yet: the admission of a woman into their hermetically-sealed ranks. But the intrepid Phyllida Spotte-Hume turns out to be the least of their troubles, in this hilarious farce starring members of the original Broadway cast. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jack Cutmore-Scott, Carson Elrod, David Furr, John Getz, Martin Jarvis, David Krumholtz, Lorenzo Pisoni, Jennifer Westfeldt, Matthew Wolf. Directed by Kate McAll. Music composed and orchestrated by Laurence O'Keefe. Recordings produced by Mike Croiter and Laurence O'Keefe at Yellow Sound Lab for L.A. Theatre Works. Includes a conversation with essayist, novelist, and cultural critic Eileen Pollack. The Explorers Club is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

Nell Benjamin (Author), Various Performers (Narrator)

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Antony and Cleopatra: Drama

Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in Shakespeare's tragedy of love and power.As part of BBC Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in this brand new production.Lovers, politicians, superstars. Antony & Cleopatra is Shakespeare's late and epic tragedy of mature love, and the catastrophic fall from grace and power that it brings about. Irresistibly drawn together, the couple are surrounded by friends, enemies, admirers and critics, none of who remain unscathed by the folly and heartbreak of this magnificent pair. As empires clash around them, their destiny seems inevitable: to love each other til death and even beyond. Produced by BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 3, this radio production also features Geoffrey Streatfeild, Nigel Anthony, Don Gilet and Peter Polycarpou amongst its cast.

William Shakespeare (Author), , Alex Kingston, Full Cast, Kenneth Branagh (Narrator)

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Dracula: Radio Drama

Bram Stoker, Roger James Elsgood (Author), John Challis, Timothy Ackroyd (Narrator)

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Socrates Now: Think. Question. Change.

Take a seat in the court of ancient Athens as Socrates goes on trial for his life. Hear the philosopher face his accusers with his trademark wit, his cutting logic, and the courage of his ideals. Consider his arguments on virtue, justice, politics, civic duty, love of life, and hope in death, and make your own judgment. Think. Question. Change. “Socrates unbound! One uniquely obsessed and multitalented actor has set himself the decidedly idiosyncratic mission of proving the transcendent dramatic power of the ancient philosopher.”—American Theatre

Plato, Yannis Simonides (Author), Yannis Simonides (Narrator)

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The 2nd Daws Butler Collection: Even More from the Voice of Yogi Bear!

His voice can be heard in countless classic animated cartoons still seen on television around the world. He was Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and a hundred others. His fans included Groucho Marx, Lionel Barrymore, and even Albert Einstein. His work with satirist Stan Freberg sold millions of records. You have probably never heard of him. His name was Daws Butler, and he is considered one of the greatest voice actors of the twentieth century. The Second Daws Butler Collection is an extensive assortment of his performances, teachings, and writings, both rare and celebrated. Included are Daws Butler Teaches You How to Do Voices; Daws Butler: Voice Magician; This Here Is Your Life, Sherlock Holmes; Daws Butler Workshop ’76; and Huck, Yogi, and Quick Draw, the Lost Recordings.

Charles Dawson Butler, Daws Butler (Author), A Full Cast, Daws Butler, Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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Salome

A dark tale of hubris, lust, and self-destruction … as told by a man who famously fell prey to those same impulses in his own life. Oscar Wilde wrote his original interpretation of the Biblical story of Salomé in French, and the play was so controversial that no theatre in England would produce it for nearly four decades. Includes a conversation with director Michael Hackett and Wilde scholar David Rodes. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring: Rosalind Ayres as Herodias James Marsters as Iokanaan Andre Sogliuzzo as The Young Syrian and others Kate Steele as Salomé John Vickery as Herod Matthew Wolf as Page of Herodias and others Music by Djivan Gasparyan and Lian Ensemble. Directed by Michael Hackett. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Oscar Wilde (Author), Andre Sogliuzzo, James Marsters, John Vickery, Kate Steele, Matthew Wolf, Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

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Andorra

Max Frisch - Andorra zählt zu den meistgespielten deutschsprachigen Dramen. Unbegründete Vorurteile gegen Fremde und rassistische Tendenzen bleiben Dauerthemen im gesellschaftlichen Diskurs. Fremde Menschen werden oftmals ausgegrenzt und gesellschaftliche Anerkennung wird ihnen aufgrund von latenten rassistischen Vorurteilen verweigert. Max Frisch (1911-1991) schafft im erfundenen Modellstaat Andorra Konfliktlinien, anhand derer er beispielhaft Antisemitismus und Ausgrenzung Schwächerer darstellt. Andorras Bürger sind erschrocken über die Vorgänge im Nachbarstaat, in dem die 'Schwarzen' Juden verfolgen und ermorden. Von manchen Bürgern Andorras sind ähnliche Vorurteile über Juden zu hören. Der Junge Andri leidet besonders darunter, weil er als jüdisches Adoptivkind des Lehrers Can bekannt ist. Andri liebt die Tochter des Lehrers Can, Barblin ist jedoch in Wirklichkeit seine Halbschwester. Während einer Tischlerlehre wird Andri immer wieder vom Meister mit rassistischen Äußerungen provoziert. Als er um die Hand Barblins anhält, weist ihn sein Ziehvater Can ab. Andri sucht die Schuld bei sich und nimmt schließlich die ihm aufgedrängte Rolle des jüdischen Sündenbocks an. Als seine Mutter nach Andorra reist und der Schwindel des Vaters auffliegt, kann Andri seiner Opferrolle nicht mehr entkommen. Zum Verhängnis wird dies für ihn, als die 'Schwarzen' in Andorra widerstandslos einmarschieren. Andri wird als Jude identifiziert und getötet. Die Bürger Andorras weisen eine Mitschuld an seinem Tod von sich.

Max Frisch (Author), Aischa-Lina Löbbert, Alexander Weikmann, Antje Hamer, Christian Bergmann, Luca Zamperoni, Silke Franz, Tobias Wollschläger (Narrator)

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