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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to An Inspector Calls (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: Gil Maine, J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Full-Cast Drama
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Combined for great value! The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options....
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Brilliant study tool
- By Karen Zea on 03-04-15
By: Gil Maine, and others
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Sophocles’ Greek Tragedies: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Oedipus, Antigone, Electra and More
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Kenneth Cranham, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Sophocles' The Theban Plays, all three of which are included in this collection alongside adaptations of Electra and Philoctetes, are brought to life by celebrated writers, poets, and playwrights....
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A great selection of adaptations.
- By Amazon Customer on 15-03-24
By: Sophocles
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Much Ado About Nothing
- A BBC Radio Shakespeare Production
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Samantha Spiro, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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In this BBC full-cast production of Much Ado About Nothing, some handsome soldiers return from battle. Yet one soldier finds himself locked in a merry war of his own....
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Classic Version
- By Ms on 23-12-12
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Oedipus the King
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference....
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Good representation
- By Anonymous User on 30-09-19
By: Sophocles
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The Oscar Wilde Collection
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Jacqueline Bisset, Alfred Molina, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Four classic comedies from one of the wittiest playwrights in Western literature....
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Excellent performances of superb plays
- By Amazon Customer on 13-02-17
By: Oscar Wilde
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An Ideal Husband
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Alan Weyman, Amanda Friday, Ben Lindsey-Clark, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption....
By: Oscar Wilde
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to An Inspector Calls (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: Gil Maine, J. B. Priestley
- Narrated by: Full-Cast Drama
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Combined for great value! The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options....
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Brilliant study tool
- By Karen Zea on 03-04-15
By: Gil Maine, and others
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Sophocles’ Greek Tragedies: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Oedipus, Antigone, Electra and More
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Kenneth Cranham, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Sophocles' The Theban Plays, all three of which are included in this collection alongside adaptations of Electra and Philoctetes, are brought to life by celebrated writers, poets, and playwrights....
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A great selection of adaptations.
- By Amazon Customer on 15-03-24
By: Sophocles
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Much Ado About Nothing
- A BBC Radio Shakespeare Production
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Samantha Spiro, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Original Recording
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In this BBC full-cast production of Much Ado About Nothing, some handsome soldiers return from battle. Yet one soldier finds himself locked in a merry war of his own....
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Classic Version
- By Ms on 23-12-12
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Oedipus the King
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference....
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Good representation
- By Anonymous User on 30-09-19
By: Sophocles
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The Oscar Wilde Collection
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Jacqueline Bisset, Alfred Molina, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Four classic comedies from one of the wittiest playwrights in Western literature....
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Excellent performances of superb plays
- By Amazon Customer on 13-02-17
By: Oscar Wilde
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An Ideal Husband
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Alan Weyman, Amanda Friday, Ben Lindsey-Clark, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption....
By: Oscar Wilde
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Salomé
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, James Marsters, Andre Sogliuzzo, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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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....
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Oscar Wilde
- By Mrs W. on 03-01-18
By: Oscar Wilde
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Antigone
- By: Jean Anouilh
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Marvel, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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The body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon....
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Gripping and credible performance
- By Dot Marshall-Gent on 23-12-13
By: Jean Anouilh
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Tartuffe
- By: Molière, Richard Wilbur - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Bedford, JB Blanc, Daniel Blinkoff, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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Initially banned in France by King Louis, Molière's celebrated social satire Tartuffe exposes false piety and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church....
By: Molière, and others
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The Importance of Being Earnest
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag....
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A brilliant audio Adaptation
- By J. J. Gladwin on 30-11-18
By: Oscar Wilde
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An Ideal Husband
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Jacqueline Bisset, Paul Gutrecht, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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A tender love story, a serpentine villainess, a glittering setting in London society, and a showering of Wildean witticism....
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Brilliant!
- By Carla Ribeiro Oleiro on 19-04-19
By: Oscar Wilde
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The Code of the Woosters (Dramatized)
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
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Here's one of the best known of Wodehouse's Bertie and Jeeves series. Bertie's beloved Aunt Dahlia pressures him into stealing a cow-shaped silver creamer....
By: P. G. Wodehouse
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Measure for Measure
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Royal Shakespeare Company
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
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A performance of the tragi-comedy by the Royal Shakespeare Company....
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Twelfth Night
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Jonathan Firth, Amanda Root, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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Shakespeare's most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity....
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TN
- By grandma on 27-03-21
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Antigone
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: John Fehskens
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Antigone, daughter of Jocasta and Oedipus, faces great challenges when she must arrange a formal burial for her brother, Polynices....
By: Sophocles
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Macbeth
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Stephen Dillane, Fiona Shaw, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
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By the time Shakespeare came to write Macbeth - almost certainly in 1605/1606 - he had already completed three of the great tragedies with which modern audiences are so familiar....
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A great play, poorly performed/recorded
- By Jklaw on 31-12-17
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Uncle Vanya
- By: Anton Chekhov, David Mamet, Vlada Chernornirdik
- Narrated by: Josh Radnor, Stacy Keach, Martin Jarvis, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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In this classic of Chekhov’s canon, an overbearing professor pays a visit to his country estate, where Sonya and Vanya, his daughter and former brother-in-law, have slaved to maintain his wealth....
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Great Performances
- By Maddie on 07-11-19
By: Anton Chekhov, and others
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The Odes of Anacreon
- By: Anacreon, Thomas Moore - translator
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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Anacreon (582 BCE–485 BCE) was a Greek lyric poet born in Teos, an Ionian city on the coast of Asia Minor. He likely moved to Thrace...
By: Anacreon, and others
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Death of a Salesman
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Jane Kaczmarek, Steven Culp, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in this 1949 masterpiece by Arthur Miller, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream....
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Linda Kazmarek, as Linda, is outstanding.
- By AlanKS on 21-12-23
By: Arthur Miller
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Julius Caesar
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Andrew Buchan, Sean Barrett
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most compelling Roman plays. The plot against Caesar and the infamous assassination scene make for unforgettable listening....
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Great performance
- By Mrs W. on 25-04-16
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Medea
- By: Euripides
- Narrated by: Judith Anderson, Anthony Quayle
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Judith Anderson and Anthony Quayle perform 'Medea', an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides. It is based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC....
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so so
- By Philip on 19-01-11
By: Euripides
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The Importance of Being Earnest
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Ben Lindsey-Clark, Jeff Moon, Amanda Friday, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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The play follows the misadventures of Algy and Jack as they attempt to woo and wed Cecily and Gwendolen under the assumed name "Ernest"....
By: Oscar Wilde
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Othello (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Jonathan Lomas
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Jude Akuwudike, Nick Murchie
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Here is a full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play....
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Informative but irritating
- By Catherine on 02-06-12
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Dramatised)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Warren Mitchell, Michael Maloney, Sarah Woodward
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
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This classic Shakespearean comedy is presented here in a colorful full-cast dramatization, drawn from the complete text....
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A lovely performance
- By Andrew on 13-04-13
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King Lear
- SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Mike Reeves
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Terrence Hardiman, Lucy Robinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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This is a full-cast, unabridged performance, with comprehensive commentary and analysis, enabling students to fully understand and appreciate the play....
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Brilliant way of learning
- By Jayne on 22-09-12
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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A Doll's House
- By: Henrik Ibsen
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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Nora, a banker's pampered and petted wife, forges a signature to obtain money for her ailing husband. The play's theme, touting a woman's independence, shocked audiences at the time of its premiere....
By: Henrik Ibsen
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Richard Burton's Hamlet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Richard Burton, a full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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This production of Hamlet, directed by Sir John Gielgud and starring Richard Burton, was recorded in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre...
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The finest noise ever created by vocal chords?
- By Pete UK on 08-04-13
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The George Bernard Shaw Collection
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Shirley Knight, Anne Heche, JoBeth Williams, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Eight of George Bernard Shaw's most memorable plays in one splendid collection....
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Good collection, good acting
- By muovikassi88 on 08-06-17
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The Master and Margarita (Dramatized)
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: David Catlin, Thomas Cox, Lawrence DiStasi, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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A full-cast dramatization of the classic Russian novel by Mikhail Bulgakov....
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Dramatised Master & Margarita
- By Amazon Customer on 26-03-22
By: Mikhail Bulgakov
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Faust: Parts I & II
- By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
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Goethe’s two-part dramatic work, Faust, based on a traditional theme, and finally completed in 1831, is an exploration of that restless intellectual and emotional urge which found its fullest expression in the European Romantic movement....
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I tried but it's so boring!
- By Amazon Customer on 16-09-22