Performance audiobooks

Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost

By: Gareth Tilley & Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins, J.T. Turner, The Colonial Radio ...

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet the Otis family: Mister and Missus, and their four children - Washington, the twins called Stars and Stripes, and their daughter Virginia.  They've just moved from America and into the English country manor of Canterville Chase.  Though rumors persist that the house is haunted, the Otis's have none of it, and set about making the house... Read more

The Lost World

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: David Robb & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

When the hot-headed Professor Challenger claims that extinct species of animals are still to be found living on an isolated Amazonian plateau, Dr Summerlee, Lord John Roxton and intrepid reporter Edward Malone find themselves committed to a journey of a lifetime. Arriving in the Amazon, they find themselves marooned and at the mercy of... Read more

Anthony and Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Prunella Scales, Irene Worth & Richard Johnson

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A full cast classic recording of one of Shakespeares best-loved tragedies. Read more

Gargantua & Pantagruel (Classic Serial)

By: Francois Rabelais

Narrated by: David Troughton & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Dramatised by Lavinia Murray. Episode 1: Gargantua. The bawdy, exuburant adventures of medieval giants. A dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy and scatological humour. The world's a messy place. The first episode depicts the young life of the giant Gargantua, who is reduced to laughable... Read more

The Waves (Classic Serial)

By: Virginia Woolf (Dramatised by Terence Davies)

Narrated by: Janet Suzman

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The Waves: Terence Davies's dramatisation of Virginia Woolf's story. Episode 1: Louis, Bernard, Neville, Jinny, Susan and Rhoda recall their childhood and first steps into adulthood.Episode 2: Louis, Bernard, Neville, Jinny, Susan and Rhoda struggle to come to terms with life after Percival. Read more

Expedition Of Humphrey Clinker

By: Tobias Smollet & Yvonne Antrobus

Narrated by: Nigel Anthony & Full Cast

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Tobias Smollet's uproarious satire of 18th-century life, dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus. Squire Bramble and family embark on their whistle-stop tour of Great Britain. They encounter adventure, mayhem and the enigmatic Humphry Clinker. Episode 2: The family is stranded. Bramble is keen to continue their grand tour, but how can they leave London... Read more

Grand Babylon Hotel, The (Classic Serial)

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Murder mystery by Arnold Bennett, adapted in two parts by Chris Harrald. Episode 1. American tycoon Theodore Racksole buys Europe's most exclusive hotel on a whim, but is warned by the seller that he will live to regret it. Soon, a mysterious death occurs and Theodore and his daughter Nella find themselves in danger in their own hotel.... Read more

The Ramayana

By: Amber Lone

Narrated by: Manjinder Virk

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

By Amber Lone. Part 1: A distinctive modern version of an ancient Indian epic and one of the world's most popular love stories. Teenage Sita sees the most beautiful stranger in the street. She'll marry him or die. He is Prince Rama, heir to the throne but his stepmother wants Rama sent into exile.Part 2: A distinctive modern version of an... Read more

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 5 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg & Pedro Pablo Sac...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, a full cast, Ken...

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 5 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated kids camp in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and... Read more

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 4 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg & Pedro Pablo Sac...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, a full cast, Ken...

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 4 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated kids camp in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and... Read more

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 3 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg & Pedro Pablo Sac...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, a full cast, Ken...

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 3 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated kids camp in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and... Read more

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 1 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg & Pedro Pablo Sac...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Kenny Savoy, Jim...

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 1 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated kids camp in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg,... Read more

We Take You Now to Grover’s Mill - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this 1988 documentary, award-winning NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua looks at how the landmark broadcast came about and examines its impact on broadcast history. The half-hour program includes rare interviews with Mercury Theater producer John Houseman, writer Howard Koch, actor Arthur Anderson, and the people of Grover's Mill, NJ, who lived... Read more

Tobin’s Palm - Abridged

By: O. Henry

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings.Performed by Joe Bev and Lorie Kellogg. Read more

The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor: Their Ways in the Worlds - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua & Robert J. Cirasa

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua & Margaret Juntwait

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is an epic science fiction/fantasy comedy about a boy and his professor who travel willy-nilly across time and space in a failed attempt to "cure the world of all its ills."Stories include: Episode One: "I'll Teach You!" or "Box of Nothing" Episode Two: "Holy Smoke" or "The Red-Suited Man" Episode Three: "More Edible Than Durable" or "You... Read more

The Pace of Youth - Abridged

By: Stephen Crane

Narrated by: a full cast, Joe Bevilacqua, Leslie Spital, Pet...

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Though best known for The Red Badge of Courage, his classic novel of men at war, Stephen Crane produced a wealth of other stories that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of American fiction. This adaptation of Crane's classic short story "The Pace of Youth" was produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran... Read more

The New Stories of Old-Time Radio - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The New Stories of Old-Time Radio is the first anthology of new fiction based on the beloved OTR characters and shows we know and love. Old Time Radio fans have something new to listen to!Includes: Our Miss Brooks: "One Principal Too Many, One Principal Too Meanie" by Clair Schulz; Tom Mix: "Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman" by... Read more

The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Charles Dawson Butler & Robert ...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Vernon Morris, Henry J. Quinn, ...

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Comedy and mystery are happy bedfellows in The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. Veteran award-winning radio producer Joe Bevilacqua's ten-part radio theater series pays humorous homage to the classic characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are filled with sly references to the original "Canon," and even the Baker Street Irregulars and... Read more

The Christmas That Almost Never Was - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler, Don Messick & Marian Ric...

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It is Christmas Eve at the North Pole when Santa Claus loses his "remembery" and only a child who has been good for 365 days can save Christmas! Producer Joe Bevilacqua has unearthed this vintage 1940s recording of the charming Yuletide children's radio play, written and starring Daws Butler, the voice and Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick... Read more

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 2 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg & Pedro Pablo Sac...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, a full cast, Phi...

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 2 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated kids camp in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and... Read more

The Time of My Life

By: Cecelia Ahern

Narrated by: Amy Creighton

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Lucy Silchester keeps receiving this strange appointment card and sweeping its gold embossed envelope under the rug. Literally. She busies herself with a job she doesn't like, helping out friends, fixing her car, feeding her cat, and devoting her time to her family’s dramas. But Lucy is about to find out that this is one appointment she can’t... Read more

NPR Laughter Therapy

By: NPR

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Looking for an alternative to the seriously reliable, soothing yet informative sound of NPR? Try NPR!

Prepare to be surprised by this collection of interviews with some of the funniest personalities on the planet, and by the memorable, unbelievable news that delights NPR listeners on the 1st of April each year. 

Interviews include: Charlie... Read more

The Seagull

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: Gordon Clapp, Stephen Collins, Logan Fahey, Cal...

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull is considered one of his most haunting and atmospheric character studies. A would-be playwright is at war with his egoistic mother while the town has become intoxicated by a sensational author. And as the alluring newcomer steals away Kosta’s only love, their new romance could have devastating consequences.

An L.A.... Read more

Pride and Prejudice (2012)

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Diane Adair, Jane Carr, Chloe Dworkin, Nicholas...

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A full-cast stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel.

The dour, Mr. Darcy is anything but popular with the Bennets, especially when he fancies a member of their clan. And as Elizabeth reluctantly deals with Mr. Darcy’s advances, their romance seems destined to fail.

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set the standard for romantic comedies... Read more