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Importance of Being Earnest, The
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Importance of Being Earnest, The

Written By - Oscar Wilde
Narrated By - Full Cast Performance
Published By - NAXOS
Length - 1 hour 50 minutes
Categories - Classic Literature
Dramatizations
Download Price - $11.49
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Performed by: John Gielgud, Edith Evans and cast.

This is one of the great recordings of a great play. John Gielgud stars as Earnest and Edith Evans gives her indomitable performance as Lady Bracknell in this classic radio recording from 1951.

Performance styles may have changed, but this is an unmatched production bearing all the hallmarks of outstanding audio drama featuring some of the finest actors of the 20th century.

Also included are two collections of poetry readings by John Gielgud and Edith Evans.

 

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Crucible, The

Crucible, The

Written By - Arthur Miller
Narrated By - Stuart Pankin, Jerome Dempsey and cast
Published By - Harper Collins UK
Length - 2 hours 17 minutes
Categories - Classic Literature
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Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. A community stands accused of witchcraft, and in the mood of fear and recrimination that quickly develops men denounce their neighbours... See full description...
Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

Written By - Charles Dickens
Narrated By - Robert Whitfield
Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc
Length - 31 hours 30 minutes
Categories - Classic Literature
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Nicholas, the hearty young hero, takes us on a journey through nineteenth-century England in a delightful series of adventures accompanied by some of Dickens’s best swaggering scoundrels and most unforgettable eccentrics. See full description...
Lives of the Great Artists, The

Lives of the Great Artists, The

Written By - Giorgio Vasari
Narrated By - Neville Jason
Published By - NAXOS
Length - 7 hours 50 minutes
Categories - Arts & Drama
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The Lives of the Great Artists was the first truly comprehensive history of art. See full description...
Shakespeare's Speeches: Macbeth - Act I, Scene VII

Shakespeare's Speeches: Macbeth - Act I, Scene VII

Written By - William Shakespeare
Narrated By - Peggy Ashcroft
Published By - BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length - 5 minutes
Categories - Shakespeare
Classic Literature
Download Price - $1.35
From the BBC Sound Archives, one of Shakespeare's most famous and memorable speeches, with Paul Scofield and Peggy Ashcroft as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, bringing these ominous words vividly to life. See full description...

 

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