Performance audiobooks

Lobby Hero

By: Kenneth Lonergan

Narrated by: Tate Donovan, Cedric Sanders, Emily Swallow & M...

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Playwright Kenneth Lonergan has made a career of creating characters whose considerable flaws often get in the way of their good intentions. In Lobby Hero, two menial security guards are embroiled in an unexpected family fiasco… and the local beat police are divided by their own romantic and political allegiances.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast... Read more

Photograph 51

By: Anna Ziegler

Narrated by: Matthew Arkin, Maxwell Caulfield, Miriam Margol...

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Rosalind Franklin was a gifted research scientist who was part of the race to uncover the secrets of DNA in the 1950’s. Her more famous contemporaries Watson and Krick took all the kudos for the discovery of the molecule’s double helix structure – yet it was Franklin’s skill with X-ray diffraction that first uncovered what’s called “the secret... Read more

Shiloh

By: Jerry Robbins

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins, Joseph Zamparelli & The Colonial...

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

General U.S. Grant and General Sherman are caught off guard by the entire Confederate Army, with their backs to the Tennessee River! Confederate General Johnston's plan was to attack Grant's left and separate the Union army from its gunboat support (and avenue of retreat) on the Tennessee River, driving it west into the swamps of Snake and Owl... Read more

Moonfleet

By: J. Meade Falkner

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins, David Ault, Rob Cattrell & The C...

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Orphaned John Trenchard grows up in the village of Moonfleet with his aunt, entranced by the local legend of the ghostly Blackbeard, who rises each winter night to search for his lost diamond. While conducting his own hunt for the treasure, John is trapped in the church crypt and discovers the true secret of the village: smuggling. Taken under... Read more

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

By: James Otis

Narrated by: Derek Aalerud, J.T. Turner & The Colonial Radio...

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Classic story of a little orphan boy who runs away to join the circus, only to learn that his new employer is a cruel taskmaster. A story that will tug on the heartstrings of listeners of all ages as they enter the world of an old-time traveling circus. Read more

Dombey And Son

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Full Cast & Robert Glenister

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Mike Walker's adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale of family relationships tells the story of Paul Dombey, head of the House of Dombey, who lacks a son and cannot reconcile himself to his only daughter. First published in monthly parts between October 1846 and April 1848. Narrated by Alex Jennings. Starring Robert Glenister, Helen... Read more

Cyrano de Bergerac

By: Edmond de Rostand

Narrated by: JeanPaul Coquelin, Jeanne Boitel & various

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Ce chef d'œuvre du théâtre populaire valut à son auteur une gloire immédiate. Le soir de la représentation générale, c'est un déluge d'applaudissements qui appellent Edmond Rostand sur scène. Ce succès ne s'est jamais démenti et Cyrano de Bergerac, héros tragique et attachant, est entré dans le patrimoine universel. Peut-être parce qu'il incarne... Read more

Un caprice

By: Alfred de Musset

Narrated by: various

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Pièce en un acte écrite en 1837. Après un an de mariage, Mathilde, épouse aimante et passionnée d'Henri de Chavigny, apprend l'inconstance de son mari. Paris aux alentours de 1840. Délaissée par son mari après un an de mariage, Mathilde de Chavigny, jeune femme douce et sensible, tente de reconquérir son mari en lui confectionnant une petite... Read more

On ne saurait penser à tout

By: Alfred de Musset

Narrated by: various

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

L'action se passe à la campagne, à 2 lieues de Paris. Le baron vient chez la comtesse pour y trouver son neveu qu'il sait amoureux d'elle. Le roi l'a chargé d'aller avec ce neveu, qui est marquis, à Gotha en Allemagne pour y complimenter la grande duchesse qui vient d'accoucher. Le marquis est la distraction même. Il perd la mémoire, confond... Read more

Charles Paris: Murder in the Title

By: Simon Brett, BBC & Jeremy Front

Narrated by: Bill Nighy, Full Cast & Suzanne Burden

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles Paris is his own worst enemy, a louche lush who can resist anything except temptation – especially in the form of women and alcohol.

He’s been out of work so long now he feels he may never get a job and he’s driving Frances, his semi-ex-wife, mad. So when he’s offered a small role in a play, she nearly pushes him out of the door. But it... Read more

Sexton Blake Lilies For The Ladies & Other Stories

By: Donald Stewart

Narrated by: William Franklyn & Arthur Wontner

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: No

‘The history of crime detection has produced no more famous name than that of Sexton Blake’William Franklyn stars as paperback hero Sexton Blake, with David Gregory as his assistant Tinker, in four original BBC Radio dramatisations from 1967. Lost from the BBC archives for over 40 years, these rediscovered episodes are presented for the very... Read more

The Inspector McLevy Mysteries

By: David Ashton

Narrated by: Brian Cox

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

McLevy is hardly a natural Yuletide reveller. So as the good citizens prepare to make merry, it comes as a relief to the Inspector to find that a supernatural thief is haunting the city. Brian Cox stars as McLevy with Siobhán Redmond as Jean Brash and Michael Perceval-Maxwell as Mulholland in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Read more

Sexton Blake The Vampire Moon & Other Stories

By: Donald Stewart

Narrated by: William Franklyn

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

‘The history of crime detection has produced no more famous name than that of Sexton Blake’William Franklyn stars as paperback hero Sexton Blake, with David Gregory as his assistant Tinker, in four original BBC Radio dramatisations from 1967. Lost from the BBC archives for over 40 years, these rediscovered episodes are presented for the very... Read more

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The dead do not sleep in Denmark. Thrice the vision of the suddenly departed king has haunted the night watchmen. Upon seeing his own son, prince Hamlet, the ghost calls him away to divulge most nefarious secret. This most noble king was murdered by his own brother, Hamlet's uncle, who now wears his crown and beds his bride. To the prince he... Read more

Lost in Language and Sound

By: Ntozake Shange

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Lost in Language and Sound is a vibrant and vital collection that celebrates the three most important muses in the life and work of Ntozake Shange: language, music, and dance. In this deeply personal book, the celebrated writer reflects on what it means to be an artist, a woman, and a woman of color through a beautiful combination of memoir and... Read more

Le misanthrope

By: Molière

Narrated by: various

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

C'est un classique et pourtant cette célèbre pièce de Molière reflète bien le monde actuel. Dans une société où la compromission est indispensable au respect de l'ordre social, Alceste, le misanthrope, ne peut trouver sa place. Il plaide pour une sincérité absolue en toutes circonstances et critique avec véhémence l'hypocrisie et les politesses... Read more

Ruy Blas

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: various

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

La disgrâce de don Salluste est prononcée : il doit quitter la cour car il a fait un enfant illégitime à l'une des suivantes de la reine. Obsédé par sa vengeance, il rencontre son neveu César et lui demande de l'aider à l'accomplir, mais ce dernier refuse. Don Salluste va donc faire appel à son valet, Ruy Blas, amoureux de la reine, et lui... Read more

Les femmes savantes - Abridged

By: Molière

Narrated by: Michel Bouquet, Pierre vaneck, Rosy Varte & var...

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Les femmes soulèvent à chaque époque - croyant l'inventer- la querelle de l'égalité des sexes, qui dure en vérité depuis que le monde est monde. Dans 'Les femmes savantes', Molière s'attaque cependant moins au beau sexe qu'aux cuistres des deux bords. Si Bélise ou Philaminte revendiquent un savoir qui leur encombre la langue sans leur pénétrer... Read more

Les précieuses ridicules - Abridged

By: Molière

Narrated by: R. Manuel, G. Chamarat, M. Boudet & Y. Gaudeau

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Deux jeunes seigneurs parisiens, La Grange et Du Croisy, quittent fort mécontents la demeure de Gorgibus, riche bourgeois de province arrivé récemment à Paris pour marier sa fille Magdelon et sa nièce Cathos. Les deux amants n'ont pas été jugés suffisamment à la mode par les deux jeunes filles. La Grange comprend aussitôt la source de ce mépris... Read more

Bérénice - Abridged

By: Racine

Narrated by: Annie Ducaux, Maurice Escande & PaulEmile Deiber

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bérénice, reine de Palestine, et Titus, fils de l'empereur romain Vespasien, sont épris l'un de l'autre. Lorsque Vespasien meurt, plus rien ne s'oppose à l'union tant espérée du nouvel empereur et de sa maîtresse. Devant l'imminence de ce mariage, Antiochus, roi de Comagène, ami et soupirant malheureux de Bérénice, se prépare à un exil... Read more

Molière : L'avare - Abridged

By: Molière

Narrated by: Michel Galabru, Henri Doublier & various

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Harpagon sacrifie tout ce qui l'entoure à l'objet unique de son attention : sa fortune, son bien placé ou ses pièces d'or enfermées dans sa 'cassette'. Il lui sacrifie sa progéniture ou ses domestiques, réduits à la mendicité et au vol, sa maison inconfortable à l'extrême, sa réputation comme son train de vie, sa santé. Il abandonne sa fille à... Read more

Le bourgeois gentilhomme - Abridged

By: Molière

Narrated by: Louis Seigner & Roger Carel

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Monsieur Jourdain est un commerçant qui a fait fortune dans les perruques. Il décide de vivre 'en homme de qualité' et ouvre sa maison aux arts et aux lettres... Cette comédie-ballet consacre l'image d'Epinal de l'arriviste, dont Molière moque allègrement la fatuité et l'ignorance. Read more

Le médecin malgré lui - Abridged

By: Molière

Narrated by: Fernandel & various

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Le Médecin malgré lui est une comédie-farce de Molière en trois actes. 'Messieurs, en un mot autant qu'en deux mille, je vous dis que je ne suis point médecin.' Sganarelle a beau protester, rien n'y fait : on veut qu'il soit médecin, quitte à le rouer de coups de bâton pour cela. Son premier cas ? Une jeune fille obstinément muette. Aux grands... Read more

Lorenzaccio - Abridged

By: Alfred de Musset

Narrated by: Gérard Philipe & various

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Florence, Lorenzo projette d'assassiner son cousin, le tyran Alexandre de Médicis, un butor débauché et cruel. Entre désenchantement et idéalisme, la figure complexe de celui que l'on surnomme Lorenzaccio a inspiré à Alfred de Musset ce chef-d'œuvre du drame romantique. Read more