Audiobooks Narrated by Eliza Langland

Thou Art Alive!: Shakespeare Cue-scripts and the Secrets They Tell

"Written in two parts in an accessible, conversational style, this book is more than a ‘how-to’ primer on the cue-script method: how Shakespeare and his actors staged his plays with minimal to no full company rehearsal. In Part 2, the author (a professional actor, director and academic researcher) expands upon how she has used this approach to Shakespeare herself and, as a result, made some ground-breaking discoveries. For those listeners who may be unfamiliar with cue-scripts, and to bring the text to life, through performance, this edition, first published in print and e-book format in 2017, has been specially rewritten, updated and adapted for audio. The word on the page being, of course, vital to the process, the audiobook comes with a free, downloadable pdf and the updated version is also available in print and as an e-book.' A lifelong dedication to the theatre arts and a personal vow to help keep theatre alive, inspired its title. But of course it was Ben Johnson who said it first: “Thou art alive while thy book doth live.” Thy book being, of course, The first Folio (1623). The insights provided in this book, as well as in the other books you'll find recommended in its bibliography, confirm just how authoritative the First Folio (1623) really is. To anyone who finds this book useful, may you feel inspired to verify, refine and expand upon this work and, in turn, share your findings with you own audience, readers, students and colleagues. The modest number of personal, new and surprising insights it has been possible to include in this slim volume is suggestive of many more to come."

Eliza Langland (Author), Andrew Stanson, David Elder, Eliza Langland, Fiona MacKinnon, Steven Finley (Narrator)

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The Hydro: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama Series

"All three series of Ronald Frame’s acclaimed drama set in a luxury hotel in the Scottish Highlands, plus ten spin-off stories The Carnbeg Hydro is a high-class spa resort set amidst the scenic wooded foothills of the Grampians. Over 100 years old, it’s a grand country hotel in the old tradition – but times have changed, and the Hydro must change with them. Following her husband’s death in a speedboat accident, Fee Drummond has taken over as managing director, and is determined to succeed in her own right. But she has enemies who would love to see her fail – among them, her own mother-in-law Marjorie… Fee has a tough task ahead of her – the hotel is in financial trouble, and the bank has just dropped a legal bombshell. And there is an even greater shock to come: one that will send skeletons tumbling out of the Drummond closet, and precipitate a crisis within the family. But in the midst of all the turmoil, there are still the hotel guests to attend to, each of whom has their own problems and secrets – from the distinguished concert violinist suffering from stage fright to the soap star planning revenge, the artist's widow trying to avoid the probing lens of a TV documentary crew, and the famous novelist out to settle old scores… Written by award-winning novelist Ronald Frame, this captivating serial stars Eliza Langland as Fee, with a full cast including David Rintoul, Crawford Logan and Ann Scott-Jones. Also featured are two spin-off series following the lives of various Carnbeg characters past and present, in Carnbeg Stories and More Stories from Carnbeg. Cast The Hydro Fee – Eliza Langland David – David Rintoul/Crawford Logan Mrs Kirkpatrick/Mary – Sheila Donald Marjorie Drummond – Ann Scott-Jones Sergeant Wilkie/Dunbar/Chris – Finlay McLean Mr Edel/Drummond – Crawford Logan Laura – Wendy Seager Kirsty – Gayanne Potter Calum – Geoffrey Lee Colin – Crawford Logan/Simon Tait With John Buick, Jan Moffatt, James Bryce, Alexander Morton, Mairi Gillespie, Liam Brennan, Sandy Neilson, Una McLean, Edith MacArthur, Gregor Powrie, Deirdre Davis, Louise Ludgate, Vivienne Dixon, Paul Young, Emma Currie, Irene MacDougall, Sarah Collier, Allan Sharpe, Richard Greenwood, Edward Forge, Muriel Romanes, Monica Gibb, Isabella Jarrett, Tom Watson, Russell Hunter, Anne Downie, Tony Cownie, Douglas Russell, Gerda Stevenson, Rose McBain, Barbara Rafferty, Michael Elder, Margot Clair, Eric Barlow and Catherine Baxter Directed by Patrick Rayner Carnbeg Stories read by Tamara Kennedy (‘The Doocot’, ‘The Fitting’, ‘Bonfires’) and Michael Mackenzie (‘The New’, ‘Away from It All’) More Stories from Carnbeg read by Paul Young (‘Blind Shot’), Nick Farr (‘Bull’), Eileen McCallum (‘The Evening News’, ‘Ben the Hoose’) and Irene MacDougall (‘The Adventures of Rosie Applecheeks’) Produced by David Jackson Young First broadcast BBC Radio 4: 30 April-21 May 1997 (Series 1), 25 August-15 September 1998 (Series 2), 26 October-16 November 1999 (Series 3), 7-11 July 2003 (Carnbeg Stories), 4-8 October 2004 (More Stories from Carnbeg) © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Ronald Frame (Author), Ann Scott-Jones, Crawford Logan, David Rintoul, Eliza Langland, Full Cast (Narrator)

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P Division: The Complete BBC Radio crime series

"All 18 episodes of the police procedural featuring the Glaswegian cops of P Division Glasgow's finest are on the case in these thrilling radio adaptations, based on the books by Peter Turnbull. In the four-part serial Condition Purple, a murdered prostitute is found in the heart of Glasgow's prosperous business quarter. Could a tattoo on her body hold the key to finding her killer? In Two Way Cut, another four-parter, a headless body without a speck of blood on it has the cops puzzled - and who was the strange figure that PC Hamilton saw running along by the canal? Series 1 of Code Four One sees a skeleton found on a building site in The Bonepit, while in The Ladder, a wealthy couple disappear, believed murdered - but where are the bodies? And in the tense two-parter Long Pig/The Torchman, a brutal crime is linked to other murders, and a psychological profiler is called in to help find the serial killer... Series 2 of Code Four One opens with McInroy's Point, in which a policewoman is suspected of killing her own mother. A seeming suicide puts the police on the trail of a cult in Suffer the Children, and a young woman is found strangled in Kissogram. In Secret Affair, a murder in a rock band raises old nightmares for DS Sussock; in The Good Thief, a well-known TV personality is killed during a burglary; and in Hooked, when a pillar of the community is found dead in his office, P Division uncover his sordid past. Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine, this gritty, atmospheric series stars Martin Cochrane and Crawford Logan as DI Fabian Donoghue, Ralph Riach and Jake D'Arcy as DS Ray Sussock, Frank Gallagher as DC Malcolm Montgomery, Andrew Conlan as DC Tony Abernethy, Martin McCardie as PC Phil Hamilton, and Ann Louise Ross and Eliza Langland as WPC Elka Willems. Written by Peter Turnbull Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine Produced and directed by Hamish Wilson Recorded in a BBC studio and on location in Glasgow ©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Peter Turnbull (Author), Andrew Conlan, Ann Louise Ross, Crawford Logan, Eliza Langland, Frank Gallagher, Full Cast, Jake D’arcy, Martin Cochrane, Martin Mccardie, Ralph Riach (Narrator)

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