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Ever Yours, Oscar: Selected letters by Oscar Wilde performed by Brian Bedford

"Ever Yours, Oscar tells the story of Oscar Wilde's life through his letters, revealing little-known aspects of the man whose timeless works range from The Picture of Dorian Gray to The Importance of Being Earnest. Brian Bedford, the late Tony-winning actor, brings Wilde's words to life in this unique, engaging performance."

Peter Wylde (Author), Brian Bedford (Narrator)

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The Lunatic, the Lover & the Poet

"Brian Bedford's hugely successful one-man show is both an actor's celebration of Shakespeare and an act of Shakespearean scholarship. Bedford explores the emotion and psychology behind Shakespeare the man, as well as Shakespeare the playwright. In amusing, enlightening, and persuasive style-and with the use of quotes from several of Shakespeare's sonnets, narrative poems, and plays-Bedford uncovers the tragic, the comic, and the passionate guise of perhaps our greatest and most revered playwright. In this recording, Bedford includes selections from The Tempest, As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Henry VI, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Measure for Measure, The Tempest, King Lear, The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Titus Andronicus, and Richard II. A CBC Broadcast Centre solo performance featuring Brian Bedford. Recorded in front of a live audience at the Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto in March of 1995."

Brian Bedford (Author), Brian Bedford (Narrator)

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The The Misanthrope

"This timeless comedy of manners is considered one of Molière's most probing and mature works. While it's still an exemplar of 17th century farce, Molière went beyond his usual comic inventiveness to create a world of rich, complex characters, especially in the cynical title character Alceste, played here by the Tony Award-winning actor Brian Bedford. Includes an interview with Larry F. Norman author of "The Public Mirror: Molière and the Social Commerce of Depiction". Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in June 2012. Lead funding for this production was made possible with support by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation. Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Brian Bedford as Alceste JD Cullum as Clitandre Sarah Drew as Eliante Martin Jarvis as Philinte Darren Richardson as Basque, Du Bois Susan Sullivan as Arsinoe Nick Toren as Oronte Matt Wolf as Acaste, Guard Bellamy Young as Celimene Associate Producer: Christina Montaño. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Stage Manager, Michael Rhea."

Molière, Translated By Richard Wilbur (Author), Bellamy Young, Brian Bedford, Darren Richardson, Jd Cullum, Martin Jarvis, Matthew Wolf, Nick Toren, Sarah Drew, Susan Sullivan (Narrator)

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Tartuffe

"Initially banned in France by King Louis, Molière's celebrated social satire Tartuffe exposes false piety and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church. When a pious fraud worms his way into a wealthy family and manipulates the patriarch into giving up his fortune, it’s up to his family to expose the truth before they end up in the poorhouse! An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring: Brian Bedford as Tartuffe JB Blanc as M. Loyal and Officer Daniel Blinkoff as Damis Gia Carides as Dorine Jane Carr as Mme. Pernelle John de Lancie as Cleante Martin Jarvis as Orgon Alex Kingston as Elmire Matthew Rhys as Valere Sarah Zimmerman as Mariane Translated by Richard Wilbur. Directed by Dakin Matthews. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in June, 2010."

Moliere (Author), Brian Bedford, Matthew Rhys, Various Performers (Narrator)

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The School for Husbands and The Imaginary Cuckold

"Molière wrote some of the most durable and penetrating comedies of all time. The Imaginary Cuckold and The School for Husbands are two of his grand farces of marriage and misunderstanding, one set in Paris and the other in the provinces. In The School for Husbands, a tyrannical husband-to-be seeks to isolate his ward, while unwittingly carrying her messages of devotion to her lover. In The Imaginary Cuckold, an enraged husband imagines his wife is unfaithful, but is reluctant to defend his honor. Translated by Richard Wilbur. Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Two L.A. Theatre Works full cast performances featuring: The School for Husbands Brian Bedford as Sganarelle Emily Bergl as Isabelle Dakin Matthews as Ariste Juliet Mills as Lisette Christopher Neame as Magistrate Lloyd Owen as Valére Alan Shearman as Notary Rhashan Stone as Ergaste Olivia Williams as Léonor The Imaginary Cuckold Brian Bedford as Sganarelle Dakin Matthews as Gorgibus Christopher Neame as Magistrate/Gros-Rene Moira Quirk as Celie Darren Richardson as Lelie Carolyn Seymour as Celie's Maid Alan Shearman as Villebriquin/Madame Ralative Joanne Whalley as Sganarelle's Wife Includes an interview with actor, Brian Bedford. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in February of 2010. Lead funding for The School for Husbands and The Imaginary Cuckhold was made possible with support from the Sidney E. Frank Foundation."

Molière, Richard Wilbur (Author), Alan Shearman, Brian Bedford, Carolyn Seymour, Christopher Neame, Dakin Matthews, Darren Richardson, Emily Bergl, Joanne Whalley, Juliet Mills, Lloyd Owen, Moira Quirk, Olivia Williams, Rhashan Stone (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Brian Bedford