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Shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria, Viola assumes the role of a male page to Duke Orsino. The Duke sends Viola, now disguised as 'Cesario' to press his suit with the beautiful Olivia - who promptly falls in love with Cesario. Confusion reigns until the truth is untangled and true love triumphs. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2022. Adapted and directed by Martin Jarvis Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring: Rosalind Ayres as Maria Tara Lynne Barr as Olivia Chris Butler as Orsino JD Cullum as Antonio Sarah Drew as Viola Martin Jarvis as Sir Toby Belch Adhir Kalyan as Sir Andrew Aguecheek Stacy Keach as Feste, the Fool André Sogliuzzo as Fabian, Curio, Valentine and others Josh Stamberg as Malvolio Mark Jude Sullivan as Sebastian Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Recording and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll Editing and Sound Design: David Wilson and Charles Carroll Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner Guitar Accompaniment by JD Cullum

Martin Jarvis, William Shakespeare (Author), Adhir Kalyan, André Sogliuzzo, Chris Butler, Jd Cullum, Josh Stamberg, Mark Jude Sullivan, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, Sarah Drew, Stacy Keach, Tara Lynne Barr (Narrator)

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R.D. Wingfield: A Touch of Frost and other thrillers: A BBC Radio 4 Drama Collection

Five full-cast BBC Radio thrillers from renowned crime writer R.D. Wingfield Author and dramatist R.D. Wingfield was best known for creating one of Britain's most beloved fictional policemen, Inspector Jack Frost, who featured in 10 bestselling books and a hit ITV series starring David Jason. This collection includes the radio precursor to the novels and TV show, A Touch of Frost, plus four more gripping dramas. A Touch of Frost - DI Frost is tough, rough and rude. He does things his way - and gets results. But when Denton CID is faced with a spate of major crimes, including rape, robbery, a missing girl and a hit-and-run incident, he finds himself under pressure... Derek Martin stars as Jack Frost. Det Con Webster - Haydn Wood Det Chief Insp Cull - Stephen Thorne Supt Mullett - Alan Dudley Sergeant Wells - Ellis Dale PC Fletcher - Stanley Page WPC Susan Dean - Jill Lidstone Det Sgt Ingram - Gordon Reid PC Smith - Andrew Byatt Paula Grey - Alex Marshall Kitty Reynolds - June Brown Freddie Bicknall - Richard Gold-Parry Directed by Peter King First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 February 1982 Outbreak of Fear - When Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the sleepy West Country fishing village of Polford, he soon discovers he has a serial killer on his hands. Leslie Sands, Nick Orchard and Nicholas Courtney star in this suspenseful drama. Sergeant Fowler .... Leslie Sands PC Beaumont .... Nick Orchard Dave Clark .... Cornelius Garrett The Doctor .... Paul Nicholson Pete Carter .... Derek Graham Mitchell .... Conrad Phillips Rose .... Gillie Graham Fred Dickey .... Fred Bryant Albert .... Douglas Leach Kim .... Deborah Paige Mrs Trevor .... Patricia Gibson Joe Hardy.... John Gabriel Radio DJ..... Jim Reid Vicar .....Ronald Russell Miss Reed... Ann Morrish Chadwick .... Nicholas Courtney Eric Farrow... Malcolm Young Mrs Farrow.... Rosemary Sigel Operator .... Brian Gear Jackson... Roger Leach Director: Brian Miller First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 August-26 September 1982 Deadfall - Retired special agent and demolitions expert Harry Davis was once part of a disastrous attempt to assassinate an African leader. Now, years later, his past catches up with him when he is called back to try again. Harry Davis - Bob Peck Jenny Brown - Julie Berry Tom Crossland - Aubrey Woods Colonel Travers - Peter Howell Reynolds - Tim Reynolds Joe - Alan Dudley Det Sgt Redway - Stephen Thorne Police and Secret Agents- Michael Tudor Barnes Agent - Paul Gregory Directed by Ian Cotterell First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17 December 1987 Daylight Robbery - 'Elderly lady living alone in remote house, willing to take in paying guests.' Miss Pickering's newspaper advert seems innocuous, but she has an ulterior motive - as do the four gentlemen who reply. Miss Pickering -Monica Grey Colonel Fryatt - Norman Shelley Dr Brown - Jonathan Scott Harris - Peter Woodthorpe Wakeson - Howard Goorney Bank Manager - Lewis Stringer Woman in Telephone Kiosk - Daisy Bell Jones - Brian Gear Woman in Crowd - Elizabeth Havelock Constable - Douglas Leach Car Driver - David Ponting Other parts played by the cast. Directed at BBC Bristol by John Cardy First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2 June 1977 The Cellar In mourning for their little boy, the Bakers move into a secluded cottage - only to find that horror lurks below stairs... John Pullen and Rosalind Ayres star in this spine-tingling supernatural tale. Paul Baker - John Pullen Susan Baker - Rosalind Ayres Mr Crawford - Leonard Fenton Bill - Fred Bryant Alf - Gordon Dulieu Little Boy - Elizabeth Lindsay Directed by Gerry Jones First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7 April 1979 ©2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

R D Wingfield (Author), Bob Peck, Derek Martin, Full Cast, John Pullen, June Brown, Leslie Sands, Monica Grey, Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

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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)

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Jefferson's Garden

You say you want a Revolution? The story of this country's struggle for independence is told with a fresh slant and theatrical inventiveness. As Thomas Jefferson struggles to find the right words to frame a nation, a young Quaker must weigh his desire to participate in the struggle against his pacifist beliefs. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring: Rosalind Ayres as Martha/Nelly Rose Nate Corddry as Christian Ellis Greer as Betty Gregory Harrison as Carl/Thomas Jefferson Lovensky Jean-Baptiste as James Hemmings Ifan Meredith as Harry/Jim Madison Darren Richardson as Daniel/George Mason/M. Perrault Emily Swallow as Louisa/Imogen Inger Tudor as Susannah/Sally Additional chorus roles performed by the cast Directed by Martin Jarvis. Recorded live in performance at UCLA's James Bridges Theater in March 2017. Sound Effects Artist, Jonathan Kells Phillips. Production Manager, Katie Friesen. Music Supervisor, Ronn Lipkin. Associate Producer, Anna Lyse Erikson. Editor, Mitchell Lindskoog. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Timberlake Wertenbaker (Author), Darren Richardson, Ellis Greer, Emily Swallow, Gregory Harrison, Ifan Meredith, Inger Tudor, Lovensky Jean-Baptiste, Nate Corddry, Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

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An Enemy of the People

When a small town relies on tourists flocking to its baths, will a report of dangerously polluted waters be enough to shut them down? Henrik Ibsen weighs the cost of public health versus a town’s livelihood in An Enemy of the People. Also includes an interview with Joel K. Bourne, Jr., former senior environment editor for National Geographic, on man-made environmental disasters, climate change, and the state of the world's water supply. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, featuring: Richard Kind, Gregory Harrison, Rosalind Ayres, Emily Swallow, Josh Stamberg, Tom Virtue, Alan Shearman, Alan Mandell, and Jon Matthews. Additional voices by Sam Boeck, William Hickman, Adam Mondschein, Julia Coulter, and Jeff Gardner. Directed by Martin Jarvis. An Enemy of the People is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed play. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

Henrik Ibsen, Henrik Ibsen Adapted By Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Author), Adam Mondschein, Alan Mandell, Alan Shearman, Emily Swallow, Gregory Harrison, Jeff Gardner, Jon Matthews, Josh Stamberg, Julia Coulter, Richard Kind, Rosalind Ayres, Sam Boeck, Tom Virtue, Various Performers, William Hickman (Narrator)

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Salome

A dark tale of hubris, lust, and self-destruction … as told by a man who famously fell prey to those same impulses in his own life. Oscar Wilde wrote his original interpretation of the Biblical story of Salomé in French, and the play was so controversial that no theatre in England would produce it for nearly four decades. Includes a conversation with director Michael Hackett and Wilde scholar David Rodes. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring: Rosalind Ayres as Herodias James Marsters as Iokanaan Andre Sogliuzzo as The Young Syrian and others Kate Steele as Salomé John Vickery as Herod Matthew Wolf as Page of Herodias and others Music by Djivan Gasparyan and Lian Ensemble. Directed by Michael Hackett. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Oscar Wilde (Author), Andre Sogliuzzo, James Marsters, John Vickery, Kate Steele, Matthew Wolf, Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

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Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare

Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (Author), Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

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The Rivals

Romantic havoc ensues in the town of Bath when Sir Anthony arrives to arrange the marriage of his son Captain Jack Absolute to the wealthy Lydia Languish. Jack and Lydia are already in love, but because of Lydia’s obsession with romantic novels, Jack has disguised himself as a poor officer named Ensign Beverly – and he is only one of Lydia’s many suitors. The Rivals was Sheridan’s first play, and this charming comedy of manners continues to be widely performed today. Includes an interview with Linda Kelly, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: A Life. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Lloyd Owen as Captain Jack Absolute Lucy Davis as Lydia Languish Rosalind Ayres as Mrs. Malaprop Kenneth Danziger as Thomas Neil Dickson as David Sarah Drew as Julia Julian Holloway as Sir Lucius O’Trigger Christopher Neame as Sir Anthony Absolute Moira Quirk as Lucy Alan Shearman as Fag Simon Templeman as Bob Acres Matthew Wolf as Faulkland Directed by Martin Jarvis. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in 2010.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Author), Alan Shearman, Christopher Neame, Julian Holloway, Kenneth Danziger, Lloyd Owen, Lucy Davis, Matthew Wolf, Moira Quirk, Neil Dickson, Rosalind Ayres, Sarah Drew, Simon Templeman, Various Performers (Narrator)

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She Stoops to Conquer

In this classic comedy of manners, two young men set out to woo the alluring and upper-crust Kate and Constance. But is anybody in this rural estate ruly who they seem? Bawdy hijinks and popped pretensions are the hallmarks of this romping frolic that’s kept audiences laughing for over two centuries. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Rosalind Ayres as Mrs. Hardcastle Adam Godley as Tony Lumpkin Julian Holloway as Elder Marlow and Stingo James Marsters as Charles Marlow Christopher Neame as Roger Paula Jane Newman as Bet Bouncer and Pimple Ian Ogilvy as Mr. Hardcastle Moira Quirk as Constance Neville Darren Richardson as Diggory and Jeremy Joanne Whalley as Kate Hardcastle Matthew Wolf as George Hastings Directed by Martin Jarvis. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

Oliver Goldsmith (Author), Adam Godley, Christopher Neame, Darren Richardson, Ian Ogilvy, James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Julian Holloway, Matthew Wolf, Moira Quirk, Paula Jane Newman, Rosalind Ayres, Various Performers (Narrator)

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Beloved Clara

In Beloved Clara, the intense relationships between Robert Schumann, his wife Clara, and Johannes Brahms are brought to vivid life through music and excerpts from their passionate writings. With the arrival of the young, dynamic Brahms into their household, the Schumanns’ fragile marriage is threatened by the deepening bond between Clara and their gifted guest. “This is a beautifully put - together portrait…Kleenex required” says The Guardian (London). An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis and Lucy Parham.

Lucy Parham (Author), Lucy Parham, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

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Odyssey of Love

Throughout his life, Franz Liszt burned the candle at both ends. A child prodigy who became the greatest keyboard virtuoso of his time, he was also a prolific composer, whose output ranged from hundreds of piano pieces to symphonies, tone poems, songs and oratorios. Mixing the colorful letters of Franz Liszt with some of his most ecstatic piano music, Odyssey of Love depicts his tempestuous relations with the two most important women in his life. Acknowledged as one of Britain's finest pianists, Lucy Parham first came to public attention on winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year, since when she has performed extensively throughout the world. An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis and Lucy Parham. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

Lucy Parham (Author), Lucy Parham, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

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The Essential King James Bible

The King James Version of The Bible was first published in 1611, and aside from small modernisations in spelling, has stayed true to the original manuscript ever since. Originally produced to quell tensions in England over which Bible Translation was the truer to use in the Church of England, the KJV is now the most widely-used version of the Bible. The keys to the version's success have been simplicity of language and majesty in execution and presentation. Compiling the old and new testaments, the religious text can equally listened to as a story, encompassing a large number of shorter stories. The Bible charts man's creation in Genesis, as well as the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It also includes many well-known parables such as The Prodigal Son and The Good Samaritan. This audio version brings together the Essentials' for gaining a better understanding of this great work, and will appeal to everyone who is curious to learn more about Christianity, regardless of their age, race or personal religious views. Truly an essential' listen for everybody.

King James Version, Martin Jarvis (Author), Martin Jarvis, Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Rosalind Ayres