Performance audiobooks

The Voysey Inheritance

By: Harley Granville-Barker

Narrated by: Suzan Crowley, Kenneth Danziger, Diana Douglas,...

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In this surprisingly modern psychological portrait, a prosperous Edwardian family is torn apart when young Edward Voysey discovers that his family’s wealth was obtained through three generations of deceit and theft. A captivating study of turn-of-the-century morals.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Suzan Crowley, Kenneth... Read more

Murder Must Advertise

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

When copywriter Victor Dean falls to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency, no one seems to mind. That is, until Lord Peter joins the firm incognito as Dean's replacement and starts asking questions which lead him into a network of blackmailers, drug pushers and one of the most deadly plots of crime fiction. However, before the... Read more

Aliens In The Mind (Classic Radio Sci-Fi)

By: Robert Holmes

Narrated by: Full Cast, Peter Cushing & Vincent Price

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

On a remote Scottish island, Doctors Curtis Lark and John Cornelius are convinced that the violent death of their friend Dr Hugh Dexter was no accident... Dexter's research notes reveal that he was investigating an island sickness affecting many of the inhabitants, turning them into zombies blindly obeying orders from an unknown source. The... Read more

Quatermass Memoirs, The (Classic Radio Sci-Fi)

By: Nigel Kneale

Narrated by: Andrew Keir, Emma Gregory & Zulema Dene

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1950s, the British public was gripped by three adult-oriented BBC science-fiction serials which became the keystone and benchmark for the genre on television. In many ways Professor Bernard Quatermass symbolised an era in which pioneering scientific discoveries encouraged both the hopes and the fears of a nation. Mixing extracts from... Read more

Blue/Orange

By: Joe Penhall

Narrated by: Teagle F. Bougere, Matt Letscher & Daniel Davis

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Two pschychiatrists - one new and inexperienced, the other his well-established mentor - battle over the diagnosis and treatment of Chris, a young black man who claims to be the son of African dictator Idi Amin. This dark, edgy comedy - winner of the 2001 Olivier Award for Best New Play - will leave you wondering if anyone in this threesome is... Read more

Love’s Labor’s Lost - Abridged

By: E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, William Shakes...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A play replete with puns and double-entendres, this is one of Shakespeare’s earliest and most lighthearted.The young king of Navarre and three of his courtiers have vowed to lock themselves away for three years of study and fasting, and to forswear the company of women for this period. No sooner is their vow made than it is tested, however, as... Read more

The Comedy of Errors - Abridged

By: Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Copen, William Shakespear...

Narrated by: a full cast, David Tennant & Brendan Coyle

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Chaos and confusion mount to a crescendo in a wild and fast-paced comedy of mistaken identity, one of Shakespeare's earliest plays.Young Antipholus of Syracuse is searching the world for his identical twin brother, separated from him at birth. With him is his servant Dromio, who lost his twin brother at the same time. The pair arrive in Ephesus... Read more

Twelve Angry Men

By: Reginald Rose

Narrated by: Dan Castellaneta, Jeffrey Donovan, Hector Elizo...

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the course of a steamy and tense afternoon, twelve jurors deliberate the fate of a 19-year-old alleged to have murdered his own father. A seemingly open and shut case turns complicated, igniting passions and hidden prejudices.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Dan Castellaneta as Juror #5
Jeffrey Donovan as Juror #8
Hector... Read more

Jeeves Joy In The Morning

By: P.G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: Full Cast, Michael Hordern & Richard Briers

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves and Richard Briers as Wooster. Steeple Bumphleigh is the sort of picturesque place where you can't throw a brick without hitting a honeysuckled cottage or beaning an apple-cheeked villager. But for Bertie Wooster, it is a place to be avoided, containing not only the... Read more

A Tale of Charles Dickens

By: Paul Lazarus & Janet Dulin Jones

Narrated by: John Apicella, Anne Gee Byrd, Jane Carr, Josh C...

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

An exhilarating epic by the award-winning Antaeus Theatre Company with 16 actors portraying more than 130 characters. London in the 1830's - the most colorful and chaotic city in the world - and young journalist Charles Dickens is uncovering a dark conspiracy of arson and murder. A fanciful look at the man before he became the iconic author we... Read more

King John - Abridged

By: E.A. Copen, William Shakespeare, Pierre Arthur ...

Narrated by: a full cast, Michael Feast, Michael Maloney, Ei...

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

King John of England is pitted against the united powers of France, Brittany, Austria, and the papacy. Will England be destroyed by his fatal indecision?As alliances are made, broken, and remade, the paranoid and erratic John reveals his weakness and reliance on those around him—including his powerful mother Queen Elinor and Faulconbridge, the... Read more

The Two Noble Kinsmen - Abridged

By: Pierre Arthur Laure, William Shakespeare, Tom W...

Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Jonathan Firth & a full cast

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Palamon and Arcite, cousins and bosom friends, are taken prisoner by Duke Theseus of Athens. While in captivity, they spy the beautiful Emilia. Both fall instantly in love with her, and their attachment to each other turns to hate. This dark-edged tragicomedy is now widely regarded as having been written by Shakespeare in collaboration with John... Read more

War And Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy

Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Leo McKern, Nicola Pagett ...

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A thirty-five strong cast including Leo McKern as Kutuzov, Simon Russell Beale as Pierre Bezuhov, Emily Mortimer as Natasha Rostov and Gerard Murphy as Andrei Bolkonsky, brings all the passion and turbulence of Tolstoy’s epic masterpiece to the airwaves in this unique BBC Radio 4 dramatisation. 'Nine hours of blood-and-thunder period drama on... Read more

The Lion in Winter

By: James Goldman

Narrated by: Lars Carlson, Kathleen Chalfant, Kevin Daniels,...

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

It's a typical family Christmas for the Plantagenets, complete with backstabbing, double-crossing, and rampant infidelity. James Goldman's brilliant historical drama pits King Henry II against the strong-willed Eleanor of Aquitaine, brought to life by Alfred Molina and Kathleen Chalfant. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural... Read more

Wild Amerika

By: Erika Schickel

Narrated by: Shannon Cochran, Paul Mercier & Erika Schickel

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

From hot marital sex to Julia Child's own recipe for the perfect French kiss, Wild Amerika will take you on a hilarious, Darwinist romp through mating, marriage and monogamy. Using the tropes of documentary and her own life story, Schickel stitches together a crazy quilt of dream and experience and satire and longing, taking us from the dawn of... Read more

The Perfectionist

By: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrated by: Barbara Bosson, Annabeth Gish, Harold Gould, Va...

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Prize-winning author Joyce Carol Oates turns her satiric eye to Tobias Harte, a man obsessed with perfection in everything from ethics to egg salad. Rollicking comedy ensues as Harte struggles with his highly imperfect family and friends.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Barbara Bosson, Annabeth Gish, Harold Gould, Valerie... Read more

The Odd Couple

By: Neil Simon

Narrated by: Dan Castellaneta, Stanley DeSantis, Steven Hack...

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Poker buddies Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison suddenly find themselves bachelors again and innocently decide to share an apartment. In this classic comedy by America’s most prolific and successful playwright, these two legendarily mismatched roommates bring down the house when they try to live together in one eight-room New York City apartment.

An... Read more

The Lucky Spot

By: Beth Henley

Narrated by: Jack Black, Brandon Maggart, Jim McLure, Laurel...

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, and 15-year-old Cassidy Smith is very pregnant with the child of 40ish Reed Hooker. Cassidy is desperate to marry Reed, Reed is desperate to open Louisiana’s hottest new taxi-dancing emporium and neither are prepared for the arrival of Reed’s wife, Sue Jack Hooker, a dangerous beauty who has just been let out of the... Read more

Titus Andronicus - Abridged

By: Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laur...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The noble Titus returns victorious to Rome, bringing Tamora, queen of the Goths, as his captive. When one of Tamora's sons is condemned to die, she vows revenge, and, aided by the villainous Aaron, she exacts a terrible retribution, inaugurating a grim cycle of rape, murder, and cannibalism. This macabre, often brilliant tragedy comes from the... Read more

Pericles - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare, Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Cope...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Pericles, Prince of Tyre, undergoes a tyrant's fury, storm, and shipwreck. He wins love and suffers loss, but what is lost may also be found. With the ancient poet Gower acting as narrator, we follow the adventures of Pericles from young manhood to maturity. This strange and powerful tale of loss and recovery is the first in the group of romance... Read more

Grumpy Old Women The Official Handbook

By: Judith Holder

Narrated by: Alison Steadman

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Move over Grumpy Old Men - it's time for the Grumpy Old Women to have their say in this hilarious guide, read by the narrator of the BBC TV series Alison Steadman. OK, enough is enough. Grumpy Old Men have had their turn at complaining and now the Grumpy Old Women are taking over. It's about time the world knew what struggles and trials they... Read more

Troylus and Cressida - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Troilus and Cressida is set during the latter years of the Trojan War, faithfully following the plotline of the Iliad from Achilles' refusal to participate in battle to Hector's death. This full-cast dramatization is performed by The Marlowe Society. Read more

Venus & Adonis and A Lover's Complaint - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Claire Bloom & Max Adrian

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Venus and Adonis was the young Shakespeare’s way of introducing himself as a poet to be reckoned with. Its poetry is rich with marvelous language and imagery. More pastoral and delicate is A Lover’s Complaint, in which a careworn lass laments her seduction by a false young man. Read more

King John - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatizes the reign of King John of England (ruled 1199-1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s but was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623.... Read more