Performance audiobooks

Grumpy Old Men The Secret Diary

By: BBC

Narrated by: Arthur Smith

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die, and a time to get a few things off your chest.The sequel to Grumpy Old Men: The Official Handbook covers a year in the sad and sordid life of a Grumpy Old Man, sorting into dates and seasons the many and manifold bloody irritations which multiply in this perpetual torment that we... Read more

Paul Temple Intervenes

By: Francis Durbridge

Narrated by: Bernadette Hodgson, Carl Bernard & Full Cast

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham... Read more

Only Fools And Horses 4

By: John Sullivan

Narrated by: Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Full Cast & Nic...

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The episodes included are: 'It’s Only Rock and Roll' - 14 March 1985, 'Sleeping Dogs Lie' - 21 March 1985, 'Watching the Girls Go By' - 28 March 1985 and 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' - 5 October 1986. Lovely jubbly! Del, Rodney and the boys are back in another pukka selection of shows. 'It’s Only Rock and Roll' sees Rodney’s aspirations to... Read more

Alan Bennett

By: Alan Bennett

Narrated by: Alan Bennett

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The humorous and moving tale of Miss Shepherd, an eccentric old lady who, by a bizarre series of twists and turns, lived in the author’s garden for many years. Alan Bennett reads his own acclaimed work, recently adapted as a West End smash hit starring Maggie Smith as the eccentric old lady. Read more

Why Bother?

By: Chris Morris & Peter Cook

Narrated by: Chris Morris & Peter Cook

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

1994 saw one of Peter Cook's most acclaimed performances since his 1960s' heyday. Chris Morris' surreal and inventive questions brought out the very best of eccentric aristocrat Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling - a character whom Cook had carried with him through 'Beyond the Fringe' and 'Not Only... But Also...' to his latter years. These five... Read more

Ein Hungerkünstler

By: Franz Kafka

Narrated by: Klaus Schreiber

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Hungerkünstler hungert auf Jahrmärkten für Schaulustige: er nimmt über Wochen hinweg nur etwas Wasser zu sich. Dieser unmenschliche Kampf gegen den Hunger, gegen sich selbst wird vom Protagonisten meisterlich beherrscht und vom Zirkusdirektor schaurig in Szene gesetzt. Irgendwann interessiert sich kaum jemand mehr für diese Kunst, doch der... Read more

Das Märchen

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Narrated by: Eva Meckbach

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Tauchen Sie ein in die erstaunliche Märchenwelt Goethes! Das Märchen ist ein faszinierender, vielschichtiger Text, der mit wunderbaren Symbolen und Bildern arbeitet; durch die bildreiche Sprache entsteht vor Ihrem inneren Auge der Kosmos, in dem die Schlange, die Irrlichter, der König, der Fährmann sich bewegen! Lassen sie sich entführen und... Read more

Kurzweilige Geschichten. Der Sohn, Die Dreifache Warnung und Frühlingsnacht im Seziersaal

By: Arthur Schnitzler

Narrated by: Eva Meckbach

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Drei Kurzgeschichten von Schnitzler: Der Sohn Eigentlich scheint alles klar: der Sohn ist ein Tunichtgut, dessen Mutter viel zu leiden hat. Doch auf ihrem Sterbebett enthüllt sie dem Arzt eine andere Version der Geschichte, deren Wurzel bis in die ersten Lebenswochen des mißratenen Sohnes zurückreicht..Die Dreifache Warnung Mut oder Übermut? Was... Read more

The Merry Wives of Windsor - Abridged

By: Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright, William S...

Narrated by: Dinsdale Landen, Sylvestra Le Touzel, a full ca...

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It is said that Queen Elizabeth gave Shakespeare two weeks to write this play that showcases her favorite comedic character, Sir John Falstaff. The dissolute Falstaff plans to seduce Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, two "Merry Wives of Windsor," thereby gaining access to their husbands' wealth. The two women have the old rogue's measure,... Read more

Henry VI, Part 2 - Abridged

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

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Rife with intrigue and treachery, this history play depicts the onset of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York.Young King Henry VI has married the beautiful Margaret of Anjou, but the new queen is ruthless and ambitious. Supported by the powerful Duke of Suffolk, Margaret plots the overthrow of her... Read more

Othello - Abridged

By: Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright, E.A. Cope...

Narrated by: Don Warrington, David Threlfall, a full cast, A...

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

This great tragedy confronts the mystery at the heart of evil and contains some of Shakespeare's most magnificent dramatic verse.Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian senator. But Iago, Othello's malignant ensign, is determined to destroy their happiness. Cunningly bending... Read more

New and Not Bad Pretty Good Jokes

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

What better way to spend an hour than with some audience-tested and certified Not Bad jokes? Join guest Paula Poundstone, Garrison Keillor, and the cast of A Prairie Home Companion as they share more puns, one-liners, and light bulb jokes than you can shake a rubber chicken at. You get bar jokes, political jokes, Ole and Lena jokes, grade school... Read more

Fabulation

By: Lynn Nottage

Narrated by: Daniel Breaker, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Jon Matt...

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Knocked-up and seriously broke, a successful publicist is plunged into a topsy-turvy world of welfare mothers and drug addicts, and forced to confront the family she left behind. Fabulation is a darkly comic rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of falling down and reaching up to find the goodness within.

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

Troilus and Cressida - Abridged

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

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lust poses as love and ambition as patriotism in this dark and brilliant play depicting the heroic action of the Trojan War.Troy is besieged by the invading Greeks, but the young Trojan prince Troilus can think only of his love for Cressida. Her uncle Pandarus brings the two together, but after only one night news comes that Cressida must be... Read more

Henry VI, Part 1 - Abridged

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

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The all-conquering King Henry V is dead and the throne is occupied by his infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed protector, but a struggle for power soon develops between the young king’s Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile the French, led by Joan of... Read more

The Taming of the Shrew - Abridged

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

Narrated by: Frances Barber, Roger Allam & a full cast

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Love and wit conquer all in Shakespeare's sparkling comedy of self-delusion and disguise.Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister, Kate, is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take on Kate? The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. While he sets about transforming... Read more

Billy Collins Live

By: Billy Collins

Narrated by: Billy Collins

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading for WNYC, New York Public Radio. Often compared to Robert Frost, his poetry has been embraced by people of all ages and backgrounds, and his readings are most often standing room only.

Performed by the author... Read more

Becket, or The Honor of God

By: Jean Anouilh

Narrated by: Asher Book, Kevin Daniels, Ken Danziger, Jean G...

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Waiting to be punished for his part in Becket's murder, King Henry II re-lives his deeply felt relationship with the saint, once his dearest friend and partner in unbridled decadence. His catastrophic mistake? To appoint Becket Archbishop - for Becket finds his allegiance shifting from king and country to God and Church.

An L.A. Theatre Works... Read more

The Ride Down Mt. Morgan

By: Arthur Miller

Narrated by: Brian Cox, Jenny O'Hara, Amy Pietz, Kirsten Pot...

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Lyman Felt has it all. Wealth, success, power and the kind of good solid wife he needs. Oh, and he also has another wife, the kind of earthy, sexy woman he wants. Lyman juggles his artful lie until a car accident on the slippery slope of Mt. Morgan lands him in a hospital bed and the two wives in the waiting room. But really, is there any such... Read more

Henry V - Abridged

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

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Henry V is a study of kingship, patriotism, and heroic determination tempered by tender comedy as Henry courts Katherine, princess of France. Henry, the noble and courageous young king of England, decides to invade France, believing he has a rightful claim to the throne. At Agincourt he leads his army into battle against the powerful French... Read more

Fired

By: Annabelle Gurwitch and company

Narrated by: Hillary Carlip, Carl Capotorto, Illeana Douglas...

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Rejection has never been so hilarious! After her role in a Woody Allen play was rethought, actress Annabelle Gurwitch was devastated. Then, she got funny. Gurwitch and a revolving cast of fellow show-biz veterans share their stories of getting fired.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Hillary Carlip, Carl Capotorto, Illeana... Read more

Frozen

By: Bryony Lavery

Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Jeffrey Donovan & Laila Robins

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

One evening ten-year old Rhona goes missing. As her mother retreats into a state of frozen hope, a psychologist studies the brain of a serial killer to find out if what he does is pure evil—or simply beyond his control. Drawn together by horrific circumstances, these three embark on a long, dark journey that ends in the discovery of a common... Read more

Pack of Lies

By: Hugh Whitemore

Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis, Megan Austin Obe...

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Actual events during the Cold War inspired this thriller that takes place in a suburb of London during the autumn and winter of 1960-1961. Loyalty, duty and friendship collide when the Jacksons slowly discover the Krogers, their neighbors and cherished friends, are not what they appear. A gripping play that may leave you wondering exactly what... Read more

Julius Caesar - Abridged

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

Narrated by: Michael Feast & a full cast

Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

At the heart of this tragic history is one of Shakespeare's most noble characters, the statesman Brutus, who is caught in a devastating conflict between private affection and public duty.Julius Caesar has become the most powerful man in the Rome. Does his power now threaten the very existence of the Republic itself? A conspiracy is hatched, one... Read more