Drama Audiobooks | LoveReading

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)

Audiobook

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Words and Music

Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, William Shakespeare, Wrongwilliam Shakespearew (Author), Bart Wolffe (Narrator)

Audiobook

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare’s most imaginative and merry play is set in an enchanted wood amidst fairies and sprites. When Oberon, King of the Fairies, uses his magic upon four runaway lovers in a midsummer wood outside Athens, chaos ensues. Who really loves whom? Meanwhile, a band of well-meaning but bungling local actors have thier rehearsal sabotaged by the mischievous Puck, who bewitches their leader, Bottom, and Titania, the Fairy Queen. The result is a lively and anarchic comedy which can only be resolved by an elaborate disentangling of spells. Hermia is played by Amanda Root, Oberon by David Harewood, and Bottom by Roy Hudd. “Comedy…interwoven with pathos.”—Guardian (London)

E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Tom Wheelwright, William Shakespeare (Author), A Full Cast (Narrator)

Audiobook

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Unabridged)

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Love blossoms under the Athenian moon, but a mischievous sprite throws a wrench, or rather, a love potion, into the mix. Hermia and Lysander seek refuge in the heart of a magical forest, unaware they've stumbled into a world of feuding fairies, tangled emotions, and spells gone awry. As Oberon, the king of fairies, and his mischievous servant, Puck, play their tricks, love triangles twist and turn, leading to hilarious confusion and unexpected desires. Will love conquer all by the light of dawn, or will the magic of the midsummer night leave hearts forever changed?

William Shakespeare (Author), Digital Voice Marcus G (Narrator)

Audiobook

A Passage to India (Unabridged)

A Passage to India by E. M. Forster. Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, A Passage to India turns on a tragic clash of cultures in British India after the turn of the century, at the height of the Indian independence movement. Centering on an ambiguous incident between a young Englishwoman of uncertain stability and an Indian doctor eager to know his conquerors better, Forster’s book explores both the historical chasm between peoples and the eternal one between individuals struggling to ease their isolation and make sense of their humanity.

E.M. Forster (Author), Brian Morris (Narrator)

Audiobook

A Pelican Beach Affair (Pelican Beach Book 3)

In the third installment of the Pelican Beach series, Payton and Cole are back, and they're ready to commence their union. It sounds easy enough, but will life circumstances keep them apart? The theme of new beginnings continues as Rebecca and Ethan prepare to welcome their firstborn. However, these two have a lot more to figure out besides navigating parenthood. With the clock winding down before the baby's arrival, will they decide to make things official by getting married? Lastly, we can't forget about Cole's mother, Alice. She spent many years looking after the family. She's been the perfect grandmother, and supportive when Cole needed her most. But it's been a long time since she's had someone to call her own. Will she continue her life's journey as a single woman? Or perhaps find herself in the middle of a love triangle? The Matthews are back, and they're sure to take you on a journey. You might find yourself crying, laughing, or ready to give a character a piece of your mind. Either way, pull up a beach chair and get ready to be entangled in A Pelican Beach Affair.

Michele Gilcrest (Author), Virginia Ferguson (Narrator)

Audiobook

A Room with a View

In this original adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, an encounter in Florence and an offer to exchange rooms brings George Emerson to the attention of Lucy Honeychurch. Their flirtation is cut short by Lucy's chaperone, but when they meet again back home in England, Lucy must negotiate the demands of her station with the desires of her heart. Includes an interview with Julian Sands. Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in March, 2019. Adapted and Directed by Kate McAll Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Rosalind Ayres as Charlotte Bartlett Edita Brychta as Mrs. Honeychurch, Miss Lavish, Signora Alastair James Murden as Freddy Honeychurch, Guide, Italian Driver Moira Quirk as Miss Catherine Alan, Miss Teresa Alan, Maid Darren Richardson as Mr. Beebe and Sir Harry Julian Sands as Mr. Emerson Eugene Simon as George Emerson Eleanor Tomlinson as Lucy Honeychurch Matthew Wolf as Cecil Vyse, Shopkeeper, English Driver Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson Sound Designer, Recording and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley Artist: Brian Wallace Production Manager: Jessie Vachiano Editor: Julian Nicholson

E.M. Forster (Author), Alastair James Murden, Darren Richardson, Edita Brychta, Eleanor Tomlinson, Eugene Simon, Julian Sands, Matthew Wolf, Moira Quirk, Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

Audiobook

A Rough in the Diamond

Three former big-league baseball players reunite at a fantasy camp and reveal funny and poignant things about their lives and careers. This bittersweet comedy comes from playwright Jeff Santo, whose father Ron Santo was a beloved player and broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Dennis Franz, Joe Mantegna and Richard Zavaglia. Directed by Joe Mantegna. Recorded before a live audience in May, 1995.

Jeff Santo (Author), Dennis Franz, Joe Mantegna, Richard Zavaglia (Narrator)

Audiobook

A Scattering

In Highland Scotland in 1850, Catrìona lives life to the rhythm of seasons and Gaelic songs, until a dramatic change of circumstances forces her to fight for everyone and everything she loves. Years later Rose, an artist, who's trying to make sense of her fractured family and her own restlessness, searches among ruins in a deserted landscape.

Emma Cameron (Author), Eilidh Beaton (Narrator)

Audiobook

A Sense of Darkness: Broken Loyalties

Kristen Howe (Author), Kristen Howe (Narrator)

Audiobook

A Stan & Ollie Festival

A Stan & Ollie Festival is a hilarious collection of tributes, parodies and rarities of the Laurel & Hardy comedy team-written, produced and performed by Joe Bev. Bonus tracks feature remastered clips of their classic performances on radio, stage and screen. Included in this set: For the Freedom of the WorldFatherland Security OfficersA Pilgrim's ProgressThe Courtship of Miles StandishOllie Ox and Stanley FrogFor the BirdsDeconstructing Laurel and HardyKnuclear KnuckleheadsMr. Slater's Poultry MarketThe Marriage of Stan LaurelThe Driver's LicenseStan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were a popular comedy duo during early classic Hollywood. Between 1927 and 1955, they performed their unique brand of slapstick, wearing their iconic bowler hats, to the silly tune of 'Dance of the Cuckoos,' with Laurel the childlike friend of pompous Hardy. They appeared as a team in 107 films, starring in 32 short silent films, 40 short sound films, and 23 full-length feature films still popular around the world today.

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

Audiobook

A Streetcar Named Desire

Caedmon is proud to release this archival full-cast recording of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire on cd for the first time! Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past, but her ethereal spirit irks Stella's husband, the loutish Stanley Kowalski. Crudely, relentlessly, he unmasks the lies and delusions that sustain Blanche, until her frail hold on reality is shockingly severed. This atmospheric recording of Tennessee Williams's powerful classic stars Rosemary Harris and James Farentino as Blanche and Stanley, roles they performed to acclaim in a smash revival at New York's Lincoln Center.

Tennessee Williams (Author), Theater Lincoln Center (Narrator)

Audiobook