Audio Theatre Audiobooks | Drama

The Old Time Radio's Greatest Detectives, Collection 1

The Golden Age of Radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars voicing fiction's most famous gumshoes. This collection includes Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade searching for the Black Bird in The Maltese Falcon in a radio adaptation that co-starred the original film cast of Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. You'll hear Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Jack Webb as Los Angeles Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet and as San Francisco private eye Pat Novak on Pat Novak, for Hire. Tune in to Dick Kollmar starring as "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend" on Boston Blackie, Dick Powell as hard-boiled gumshoe Richard Rogue on Rogue's Gallery. Listen as William Gargan voices suave Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, John Lund fills out another expense account on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and many more! The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 11/26/45 "The Accidental Murderess" w/ Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce The Fat Man 7/8/46 "The Black Angel" w/ J. Scott Smart Boston Blackie 4/15/47 "The Phonograph Murder" w/ Dick Kollmar Dragnet 11/10/53 "The Big Kid" w/ Jack Webb Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 12/5/52 "The James Clayton Matter" w/ John Lund Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator 4/6/54 "The Schemers" w/ William Gargan Broadway Is My Beat 8/5/51 "The Howard Crawford Case" w/ Larry Thor The Adventures of Ellery Queen 11/7/45 "The Message in Red" w/ Sydney Smith The Screen Guild Theater 9/20/42 "The Maltese Falcon" w/ Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre Bulldog Drummond 6/16/48 "Death in the Deep" w/ Ned Weaver Rogue's Gallery 6/30/46 "Lady With a Gun" w/ Dick Powell Pat Novak, For Hire 4/9/49 "Sam Tolliver" w/ Jack Webb

Black Eye Entertainment (Author), Full Cast (Narrator)

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Master Harold and the Boys

Academy-Award winner Athol Fugard, one of theatre's most acclaimed playwrights, finds humor and heartbreak in the friendship of Harold, a 17-year old white boy in 1950's South Africa, and the two middle aged black servants who raised him. Racism unexpectedly shatters Harold's childhood and friendships in this absorbing, affecting coming of age play. The play, initially banned from production in South Africa, is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding New Play. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Leon Addison Brown, Keith David and Bobby Steggert.

Athol Fugard (Author), Bobby Steggert, Keith David, Leon Addison Brown (Narrator)

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The Seagull

Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull is considered one of his most haunting and atmospheric character studies. A would-be playwright is at war with his egoistic mother while the town has become intoxicated by a sensational author. And as the alluring newcomer steals away Kosta’s only love, their new romance could have devastating consequences. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Calista Flockhart as Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina T.R. Knight as Konstantin Treplev Stephen Collins as Yevgeny Dorn Gordon Clapp as Ilya Shamrayev Logan Fahey as Semyon Medvedenko Cindy Katz as Polina Andreyevna Dakin Matthews as Pyotr Sorin Bess Rous as Masha Josh Stamberg as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin Kira Sternbach as Nina Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Translated by Christopher Hampton. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Anton Chekhov, Christopher Hampton (Author), Bess Rous, Calista Flockhart, Cindy Katz, Dakin Matthews, Gordon Clapp, Josh Stamberg, Kira Sternbach, Logan Fahey, Stephen Collins, T.R. Knight (Narrator)

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Classic Radio's Greatest Science Fiction Shows Collection 2

This collection contains 12 of the greatest science fiction shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio – including episodes of X Minus One, Suspense, The Lux Radio Theatre, Escape, Murder At Midnight, Dimension X and many others. Radio’s finest actors perform before the microphones, including: Michael Rennie, Mandel Kramer, Santos Ortega, Ralph Bell, Paul Frees, William Conrad and many more. You’ll be entertained by master sci-fi writers: H. G. Wells, Frederic Brown, Henry Bates, Arch Oboler, H. Beam Piper and Robert Newman. Relive 12 of the best radio sci-fi shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection. Murder At Midnight 7/5/46 “The Man Who Died Yesterday” X Minus One 8/7/56 “The Last Martian” Dimension X 7/12/51 “Time and Time Again” Arch Oboler’s Plays 9/20/45 “Rocket From Manhattan” The Mysterious Traveler 3/14/50 “The Big Brain” The Lux Radio Theatre 1/4/54 “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (1-hour) Escape 5/9/48 “The Time Machine” Exploring Tomorrow 1957 “First Contact” Suspense 5/6/62 “The Second Door” Theatre Five 8/5/64 “Terror From Beyond” Theatre Five 9/22/64 “The Odyssey of Number 14” Theatre Five 2/8/65 “Cold Storage”

Black Eye Entertainment (Author), Full Cast (Narrator)

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Japanese Classic Tales: Short Stories Audiobook for Kids

Japanese Classic Tales audiobook contains the following five titles: - The Mischievous Teapot - The Bamboo Cutter - The Abandoned temple - The Mallet - The Cat’s Elopement Please listen to this brief sample of one of the stories to help you decide whether the audiobook is for you. Listening to audio story books helps develop creativity and imagination in kids. It is better than indulge in TV or video games. This resource is suitable for the entire family, including kids of all ages, including teens. We’re sure you’ll enjoy this book. All of our titles are available in major online book stores and libraries. Don’t wait any longer. Get the full audiobook now!

Innofinitimo Media (Author), Aida-Maria Boiesan, Jim D Johnston (Narrator)

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Falsely Accused

Pamela J (Author), Jermaine Givins (Narrator)

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Pretty Fire

In five autobiographical vignettes, Charlayne Woodard tells the moving tale of her African-American family through three generations of love, struggle, and triumph. This NAACP award-winning play is a one-woman tour de force. Chosen as a “Recommended Young Adult Audiobook” by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. Pretty Fire is the first play of a trilogy that continued with Neat and ended with In Real Life. An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Charlayne Woodard.

Charlayne Woodard (Author), Charlayne Woodard (Narrator)

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The Neil Simon Collection

Ten essential plays by Neil Simon, one of the world’s most celebrated, translated, and widely performed playwrights. Barefoot in the Park Newlyweds move into a new apartment with no furniture, the wrong paint, leaking skylight and wacky neighbors! A classic comedy! Performed by: Norman Aronovic, Laura Linney, J. Fred Shiffman, Judy Simmons and Eric Stoltz. The Odd Couple Two legendarily mismatched roommates bring down the house in this classic comedy by America’s most successful playwright. Performed by: Dan Castellaneta, Stanley DeSantis, Steven Hack, Jamie Hanes, Nathan Lane, David Paymer, Linda Purl and Yeardley Smith Plaza Suite Neil Simon’s hilarious comedy follows three brief encounters in the same suite at the famed Plaza Hotel in New York City. Performed by: Edward Asner, Michelle Costa, Richard Dreyfuss, Hector Elizondo, Amy Irving, Marsha Mason, Alfred Molina, Kerry Shale, Joe Spano and JoBeth Williams. The Prisoner of Second Avenue Fast-moving dialog with nonstop Simon quips and jokes performed extremely well by two fine actors: who could ask for more? Performed by: Annie Abbott, Lorin Dreyfuss, Richard Dreyfuss, Betty Garrett, Sharon Madden and Marsha Mason. California Suite A four part comedy confection as only Neil Simon can write it! Four couples separately inhabit the same Beverly Hills hotel suite, bringing along their problems, anxieties, and comical marital dilemmas. Performed by: Dennis Boutsikaris, Bruce Davison, Marsha Mason and Amy Pietz. Chapter Two Comedy and pathos mingle brilliantly in Neil Simon’s portrait of a widowed novelist who fears he’ll never love again. Performed by: David Dukes, Sharon Gless, Gates McFadden and Grant Shaud. Brighton Beach Memoirs In Neil Simon’s first installment of his darkly funny semiautobiographical Eugene Trilogy, we meet his family in 1930’s Brooklyn. Performed by: Max Casella, Peter Michael Goetz, Valerie Harper, Alexana Lambros, Anna Sophie Loewenberg, Jonathan Silverman and Joyce Van Patten. Biloxi Blues The second hilarious installment of Neil Simon’s autobiographical trilogy follows a naïve Eugene Jerome through boot camp. Performed by: Justine Bateman, Rob Benedict, Joshua Biton, John Cabrera, Matthew Patrick Davis, Steve Rankin, Josh Radnor, Russell Soder and Darby Stanchfield Broadway Bound In the final installment of Neil Simon’s trilogy, Eugene and his brother Stanley pair up to break into the world of comedy writing. Performed by: Caroline Aaron, Dan Castellaneta, Kyle Colerider-Krugh, James Gleason, Alan Mandell, Jonathan Silverman, JoBeth Williams and Scott Wolf. Lost in Yonkers Set in Yonkers, New York in 1942, two boys, aged 13 and 16, must spend one year with their austere and demanding grandmother. Performed by: Barbara Bain, Gia Carides, Dan Castellaneta, Ben Diskin, Arye Gross, Roxanne Hart and Kenneth Schmidt.

Neil Simon (Author), Dan Castellaneta, Marsha Mason, Various Performers, alfred Molina, eric Stoltz, laura Linney, nathan Lane, richard Dreyfuss (Narrator)

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True West

Pulitzer-Prize winner Sam Shepard’s classic comedy is a story of estranged brothers Austin and Lee. Shepard compares and contrasts the reality of the two brothers by forcing them to come to terms with each other, with themselves, and with family. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Dean Cameron, Alfred Molina, Charlotte Rae and Francis Guinan.

Sam Shepard (Author), Alfred Molina, Charlotte Rae, Dean Cameron, Francis Guinan (Narrator)

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Tales of the Texas Rangers, Collection 2

Like its predecessor Dragnet – Tales of the Texas Rangers adapted actual police case files for its broadcasts. Leading each week’s investigation of an actual Texas Ranger case was the same Texas Ranger, Jayce Pearson, portrayed by movie star Joel McCrea. Because the stories were set in present day, Pearson used the latest scientific techniques to identify criminals. Unlike Joe Friday, Pearson didn’t have a regular partner, typically working with the local sheriff instead (who was usually portrayed by Parley Baer). Working environments would range from big cities to isolated wilderness areas that could only be reached on horseback. Produced and Directed by Stacy Keach, Sr. Tales of the Texas Rangers ran from 1950 to 1952 and featured radio’s top supporting actors. Its popularity spawned a 1955 Saturday morning television series starring Willard Parker and Harry Lauter broadcast on CBS until 1958. 9/30/50 “Clean Up” 10/8/50 “Living Death” 10/15/50 “Dead Give-Away” 3/25/51 “Breakdown” 4/1/51 “Pressure” 4/8/51 “Bad Blood” 4/15/51 “Conspiracy” 4/22/51 “Canned Death” 10/14/51 “Play for Keeps” 10/21/51 “Fugitive Trail” 10/28/51 “The White Elephant” 11/4/51 “Helping Hand”

Black Eye Entertainment (Author), Full Cast (Narrator)

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Fibber McGee and Molly, Collection 1

Fibber McGee & Molly had a long and successful run on radio (1935-1959). The program showcased terrific comic and musical talent, headlined by its creators and stars, married couple Jim and Marian Jordan. Living in the fictional Midwestern town of Wistful Vista, Fibber was an American teller of tall tales and a braggart, usually to the exasperation of his long-suffering wife Molly. Life in Wistful Vista followed a well-developed formula, but was always fresh. Fibber’s weekly schemes would be interrupted, inspired by, and often played upon the people of Wistful Vista, a set of regular players and characters including Mayor LaTrivia, Doc Gamble, Mrs. Uppington, Wallace Wimple, Alice Darling, Beulah, Myrt, the Old Timer and Fibber’s next-door neighbor, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. The program used a series of running gags that would become part of the common language, many treasures can be found in the Closet at 79 Wistful Vista. The show began as a comic reflection of Depression Era America, but as time went on and the shadows of war came over the nation, the show again caught the mood of the country. WWII was fought on the Home front at Wistful Vista as surely as anywhere else in America, but here they had the benefit of Fibber’s somewhat addled perspective.Now, enjoy 12 of their funniest radio broadcasts.10/7/47 Football Game Anniversary 10/14/47 Catching Teeny’s Cat 10/21/47 Late Car Payment 10/28/47 Big Deal at the Farm 11/4/47 McGee Gets Weighed 11/11/47 War Surplus Store 12/30/47 $10 Gift Certificate 1/6/48 Magic Act 1/13/48 Portable Radio 1/20/48 Molly’s Pickles 1/27/48 Missing Laundry 2/3/48 McGee Makes a Lamp

Black Eye Entertainment (Author), Full Cast (Narrator)

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Powder River - Season Three

POWDER RIVER returns with fifteen new and exciting episodes filled with action, adventure, plot twists, and the heartwarming characters that have made it a favorite on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Set in 1877 Clearmont, Wyoming, Chad MacMasters returns home and confesses to Britt that he has infiltrated the notorious Clyde gang set on robbing the Clearmont Bank - Lucas Clyde hides out in the home of elderly Etta Wilkins - Judge Parker "the Hanging Judge" arrives in Clearmont - Britt takes on cattle rustlers in the trilogy "Morgan's Town," and Vincent Kelly, once engaged to Sandy, arrives in Clearmont as the new owner of "The Golden Nugget." These and many other exciting adventures are featured in this collectors edition. Episodes include: Wanted/ Bandit's Pass/ Just Like Home/ Judge Parker/ The Awful Tooth/ Morgan's Town, Part 1/ Morgan's Town, Part 2/ Morgan's Town, Part 3/ Till Death Do Us Part/ The Winds of the Prairie/ The Bride From The East/ The Instant of Unexpected/ The Wagon Boy/ The New Owner/ The Moment of Truth

Jerry Robbins (Author), Colonial Radio Players, Derek Aalerud, Jerry Robbins, The Colonial Radio Players (Narrator)

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