Bestsellers
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Death of a Salesman
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Jane Kaczmarek, Steven Culp, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in this 1949 masterpiece by Arthur Miller, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream....
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Simply a masterpiece
- By michelle alejandra men on 10-28-24
By: Arthur Miller
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Julius Caesar
- A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Julius Caesar to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording....
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good play, difficult to distinguish characters
- By Christian R. Unger on 05-17-18
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Understanding Literature and Life: Drama, Poetry and Narrative
- By: Arnold Weinstein, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Arnold Weinstein
- Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins
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You learn how drama makes visible the conflicts and wars of culture in ways other forms cannot manage....
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Shockingly Good
- By justme on 05-10-17
By: Arnold Weinstein, and others
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The Importance of Being Earnest
- A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Michael Ward
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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A classic comedy by the great Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest is his short farce consisting of numerous noms de plume....
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comedic delivery
- By Paul G on 10-24-24
By: Oscar Wilde
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Twelfth Night
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Jonathan Firth, Amanda Root, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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Shakespeare's most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity....
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If you be not mad, be gone
- By Darwin8u on 08-24-17
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Faust: Parts I & II
- By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
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Goethe’s two-part dramatic work, Faust, based on a traditional theme, and finally completed in 1831, is an exploration of that restless intellectual and emotional urge which found its fullest expression in the European Romantic movement....
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Great great book
- By John A. on 09-15-21
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Death of a Salesman
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Stacy Keach, Jane Kaczmarek, Steven Culp, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in this 1949 masterpiece by Arthur Miller, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream....
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Simply a masterpiece
- By michelle alejandra men on 10-28-24
By: Arthur Miller
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Julius Caesar
- A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Original Recording
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The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Julius Caesar to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording....
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good play, difficult to distinguish characters
- By Christian R. Unger on 05-17-18
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Understanding Literature and Life: Drama, Poetry and Narrative
- By: Arnold Weinstein, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Arnold Weinstein
- Length: 32 hrs and 48 mins
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You learn how drama makes visible the conflicts and wars of culture in ways other forms cannot manage....
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Shockingly Good
- By justme on 05-10-17
By: Arnold Weinstein, and others
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The Importance of Being Earnest
- A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Michael Ward
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A classic comedy by the great Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest is his short farce consisting of numerous noms de plume....
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comedic delivery
- By Paul G on 10-24-24
By: Oscar Wilde
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Twelfth Night
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Jonathan Firth, Amanda Root, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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Shakespeare's most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity....
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If you be not mad, be gone
- By Darwin8u on 08-24-17
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Faust: Parts I & II
- By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Goethe’s two-part dramatic work, Faust, based on a traditional theme, and finally completed in 1831, is an exploration of that restless intellectual and emotional urge which found its fullest expression in the European Romantic movement....
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Great great book
- By John A. on 09-15-21
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Hamlet
- Two Complete Full Cast Performances of Original Shakespeare Text & Modern English
- By: William Shakespeare, SparkNotes
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Jonathan Davis, Imani Jade Powers, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable....
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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Antigone
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: John Fehskens
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Antigone, daughter of Jocasta and Oedipus, faces great challenges when she must arrange a formal burial for her brother, Polynices....
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classic humor of suicide and murder
- By Paul Dion Brooks on 12-26-19
By: Sophocles
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Dramatized)
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag....
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Delightfully silly
- By Tad Davis on 09-12-11
By: Oscar Wilde
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The Oscar Wilde Collection
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Jacqueline Bisset, Alfred Molina, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Four classic comedies from one of the wittiest playwrights in Western literature....
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Good Collection
- By Anniebligh on 03-31-12
By: Oscar Wilde
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Romeo and Juliet
- Two Complete Full Cast Performances of Original Shakespeare Text & Modern English
- By: William Shakespeare, SparkNotes
- Narrated by: James Fouhey, Imani Jade Powers, Nikki Massoud, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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Oedipus the King
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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In Sophocles' tragedy, Oedipus discovers that he has been caught in his terrible destiny....
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Superb
- By Mark on 11-24-09
By: Sophocles
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Richard III
- A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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In Richard III, Shakespeare invites us on a moral holiday. The play draws us to identify with Richard and his fantasy of total control of self and domination of others....
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Need
- By Amazon Customer on 10-20-17
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Julius Caesar
- Two Complete Full Cast Performances of Original Shakespeare Text & Modern English
- By: William Shakespeare, SparkNotes
- Narrated by: Matthew Amendt, Rachel Fowler, Neil Hellegers, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.
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Audio edit errors
- By Tristan A. Jayol on 09-01-23
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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La importancia de llamarse Ernesto [The Importance of Being Earnest]
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Antón Palomar
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
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La comedia narra los divertidos entresijos en la alta burguesía del viejo Londres, y la doble personalidad que el protagonista....
By: Oscar Wilde
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Odissea
- By: Omero
- Narrated by: Claudio Carini
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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L'Odissea è un testo che conserva sempre intatto il suo fascino particolare. Restiamo sempre ammaliati da quello che si può considerare il viaggio più...
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Bellissima interpretazione di un testo senza tempo
- By Lillie on 04-14-19
By: Omero
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Sophocles’ Greek Tragedies: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Oedipus, Antigone, Electra and More
- By: Sophocles
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Kenneth Cranham, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Sophocles' The Theban Plays, all three of which are included in this collection alongside adaptations of Electra and Philoctetes, are brought to life by celebrated writers, poets, and playwrights....
By: Sophocles
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Dante's Paradise
- A Study on Part III of The Divine Comedy
- By: Anthony Esolen PhD
- Narrated by: Anthony Esolen PhD
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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Professor Esolen who has served as your guide through both the Inferno and Purgatory will guide you through the profound and elevated poetry of Paradise....
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Best ever!
- By army brat on 08-06-23
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Cyrano de Bergerac
- By: Edmond Rostand
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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The story of Cyrano, his famous nose, and his undying love for the beautiful Roxanne evokes the spirit and panache of 17th century France....
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Cyrano de WHO?
- By David A on 12-20-12
By: Edmond Rostand
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Tartuffe
- By: Molière, Richard Wilbur - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Bedford, JB Blanc, Daniel Blinkoff, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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Initially banned in France by King Louis, Molière's celebrated social satire Tartuffe exposes false piety and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church....
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Great!
- By Kevin Pablo on 03-01-17
By: Molière, and others
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Five Plays by Anton Chekhov
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett, Amanda Friday, Jeff Moon, and others
- Length: 9 hrs
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A collection of four of Chekhov's most popular dramas together with his unusual one-act comedy, The Boor, presented by members of The Online Stage....
By: Anton Chekhov
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The Theogony
- By: Hesiod
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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The Theogony "the genealogy or birth of the gods" is a poem by Hesiod (8th – 7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the...
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Genealogies and marriages of the gods with slight mentions of other narratives.
- By CypherDaimon on 10-11-24
By: Hesiod
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Four Greek Comedies
- 'The Birds', 'The Frogs', 'The Clouds', and 'The Peace'
- By: Aristophanes, C. A. Wheelwright - translator
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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These four plays, translated into blank verse by C. A. Wheelwright, present to us the wide range of this ancient playwright's fertile imagination....
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Fabulous!
- By Amazon Customer on 02-12-19
By: Aristophanes, and others
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Much Ado About Nothing
- Much Ado About Nothing (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Samantha Spiro, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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In this BBC full-cast production of Much Ado About Nothing, some handsome soldiers return from battle. Yet one soldier finds himself locked in a merry war of his own....
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Come...bid me do anything for thee.
- By Irene Adler on 08-01-14
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Antigone by Sophocles
- By: Sophocles, George Young - translator
- Narrated by: full cast, Libby Stephenson, Amanda Friday, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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After the death of their father, Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene return to Thebes. The ruler is their unyielding uncle by marriage, Creon....
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terrible purchase
- By Amazon Customer on 05-14-20
By: Sophocles, and others
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Macbeth
- Two Complete Full Cast Performances of Original Shakespeare Text & Modern English
- By: William Shakespeare, SparkNotes
- Narrated by: January LaVoy, Wayne Carr, Eileen Stevens, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
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Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.
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Why are you censoring Shakespeare?!
- By T. WASSOM on 02-06-24
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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Theogony and Works and Days
- By: Hesiod
- Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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The Greek poet, Hesiod, stands out as the first personality in European literature....
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Audio Editing Needs to be Redone
- By Daniel Harper on 07-19-21
By: Hesiod
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Walt Whitman Poetry Collection
- Leaves of Grass, Various Works and Poems, and a Complete Biography of Walt Whitman
- By: Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, CSA Publishing
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Five works in one collection. This audiobook of his treasured poetry collection walks you through a time when the American Experiment came to a new maturity; when the Transcendentalist Movement forever changed life and poetry....
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Tremendous Value!
- By Patrick on 04-07-22
By: Walt Whitman, and others
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The Odyssey of Homer (Dramatization)
- By: Yuri Rasovsky
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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When this groundbreaking serialized dramatization premiered on 320 U.S. radio stations, critics were unanimous in their praise....
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Lack of Editing Makes Listening Tedious
- By Michael on 12-03-04
By: Yuri Rasovsky
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La Vita Nuova [The New Life]
- By: Dante Alighieri
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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Written in alternating prose and poetry, La Vita Nuova is a profound reflection on the nature of love, devoted to Dante's muse Beatrice....
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A must
- By Barnaby on 11-15-20
By: Dante Alighieri