Literary figures from a book thief’s library come alive, offering romantic and other advice. The “Incunabula” is a prize book that the thief has purloined. Will he get away with his greatest theft, or will hard reality intervene to strip him of his prized possesion?
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Alan Corduner, Ken Danzinger, Joanna Frank, Marabina Jaimes, Alan Raichins, Elizabeth Ruscio, Jeanne Sakata, Carolyn Seymour and James Warwick.
Directed by Robert Robinson. Recorded before a live audience in February, 1993.
In Vichy, France, in 1942, nine men are detained under a shadowy pretext. As the tension builds, the men are questioned – are they the sort of people whom the new Nazi regime considers "inferior?"
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Jon Matthews as Lebeau, A Painter
Arye Gross as Bayard, An Electrician
Robert Lesser as Police Guard and Marchand, A Businessman
Gregory Itzin as Monceau, An Actor
Jamie Hanes as Gypsy
Shahar Sorek as A Waiter and Second Detective
Ben Diskin as A Boy
Andrew Hawkes as A Major
Armin Shimerman as First Detective and Professor Hoffman
Raphael Sbarge as Leduc, A Doctor
Jamie Hanes as Police Captain
Lawrence Pressman as Von Berg, A Prince
Robert Lesser as Ferrand, A Café Proprietor
This historical novel, told in two stories 20 twenty years apart, explores the relationships that unfold on the West Coast of Te Wai Pounamu New Zealand, in the mid-19th century, as isolated, difficult to access parts of the country are entered by European explorers guided by local Maori.
Set in the 19th Century, it plaits together as a flax-root narrative prose and poetic imagery to tell a timeless love story. It links people with the natural environment, and blends languages, cultures, shared endeavour and compassion in a vivid multi-cultural epiphany of life in Aotearoa-New Zealand. - John Weir
Kathleen Gallagher is a poet, playwright, filmmaker and novelist. She received the New Zealand Playwrights Award in 1993, and the Sonja Davies Peace Award in 2004 for the film Tau Te Mauri Breath Of Peace. She has authored three collections of poetry, 16 plays, six feature films, and two novels.
The Trial of Alger Hiss, The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer. At the height of the cold War, American democracy was challenged by the anti-Communist atmosphere of the McCarthy era. In the Name of Security re-opens three famous spy cases that rocked America between 1948 and 1954: Alger Hiss, Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Each hour-long program combines dramatic re-enactments based on original trial transcripts, archival material, new evidence, the latest assessments of American historians and scientists, and the commentaries of relatives and friends of the accused.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring John de Lancie, William Frankfather, Arthur Hanket, Ella Joyce, Richard Hoyt Miller, David Hyde Pierce, Amy Pietz, Tom Virtue and Alan Wilder,
Playwright Gil Landau is finally experiencing a Broadway smash after many years of draught and disaster. Gil has finally produced an overnight sensation, but his reverie quickly turns to panic when rumors begin circulating about the questionable authorship of his play. Adding to the mix is an unscrupulous agent, a boozy leading lady, and Gil's estranged son, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown after attempting to leap from the top of a building.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Shelley Berman, Jonathan Emerson, Lyvingston Holmes, Bill Macy, Rita Moreno and William O'Leary.
Directed by Dorothy Lyman. Recorded before a live audience.
In the final play of a trilogy that began with Pretty Fire, and continued with Neat, In Real Life finds Charlayne Woodard pursuing her dreams in New York City. From her early days as a struggling actor to being nominated for a Tony Award, the harsh realities of Broadway are balanced by the unusual and comforting characters that touched her life.
An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Charlayne Woodard.
Improve your French while listening and appreciating the wisdom of one of the greatest French writers: Alexandre Dumas.
You can adjust the speed depending on your level in French. You can also buy the book to follow with the transcription as you are listening.
The literature has been adapted into useful French words and verb tenses for conversation. With this book, you can improve your French progressively with natural fun, focus and motivation. Indeed, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo is a really interesting book!
Normally, the problem with reading literature in French is that the vocabulary is too complex and not useful for conversations. It's like trying to learn English with Shakespeare: a big mistake!
So this book is for you if you want to progress in French by reading.
Continue à apprendre le français!
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 two collections of poetry readings by John Gielgud and Edith Evans.
Imperial Leader traces the life of one of the most important men in world history at that time: Winston Churchill. Through the 52 episodes, we follow Churchill from his birth in 1874 to his election as Prime Minister of England and, by the time "Imperial Leader" reaches its conclusion, we know exactly why the Empire stood behind this man in its greatest time of need, why this man was in exactly the right place and time when he was most needed, and what he went through to get there. "Imperial Leader" is a very powerful serial and an enjoyable way to learn about the priavte and public life of one of the most improtant men in history.
Impact: The Impersonal Actor, is Shawn Clement Nelson's initial master work on acting philosophy and technique. In twelve audio chapters, it contains almost 5 hours of detailed lectures, examples, exercises and quotations to guide the actor in film, television and stage to the very highest concepts in theatrical craft. These are not taped classes - but a one-on-one audio course recorded live in studio, in Burbank, Ca. Designed to be listened to again and again, The Impersonal Actor brings the actor to an increasing understanding of the craft of acting - but not as it is commonly taught. In fact, it has been called heretical in its positions toward the subjects of character, circumstances, spontaneity and performance psychology. IMPACT has been used as course material at colleges and universities.
Shawn Clement Nelson has been a teacher and coach to stars and working actors in Hollywood for three decades. He has taught acting at the University of Southern California and has been a guest instructor in acting and directing at Pasadena City College, the Sedona Film School, Liberty University, Louisiana State University, Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University. Shawn's new book, Comprehensive Contemporary Acting, Revised Edition (amazon), is also college course material.
Bianca Himmelfarb, eine entfernte Verwandte des Rabbis, wird tot aufgefunden.
Rabbi Kleins Grossvater war der Fluchthelfer der kleinen Bianca Himmelfarb, als diese über die Schweiz aus Nazi-Deutschland floh. Kurz
nach einem Besuch des Rabbis bei der erfolgreichen Unternehmerin und Kunstmäzenin ist 'Tante Himmelfarb' tot. Der Rabbi vermutet
ein Verbrechen als die Polizei noch von Selbstmord ausgeht. Rabbi Klein beweist einmal mehr detektivischen Spürsinn.
