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Oscar Wilde
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The collected BBC radio productions of the major works of Oscar Wilde, plus bonus play by Neil Bartlett.
Loved for his flamboyant personality, sparkling wit and brilliant epigrams, Oscar Wilde was a comic genius and a literary icon.
This collection reflects the many facets of his dazzling talent. Here are dramatisations of his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Gothic tale of a gilded aristocrat who makes a dangerous pact, as well as four scintillating social comedies – Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband. Among the distinguished casts are Ian MacDiarmid, Joely Richardson, Edward Fox, Diana Rigg, Martin Clunes, Michael Hordern and Judi Dench.
Moving examples of his correspondence are revealed in The Letters of Oscar Wilde and De Profundis, read by Simon Callow and Simon Russell Beale respectively, and his most famous poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, is performed live by stars including Ian McKellen, Neil Tennant and Stephen Fry.
In addition, a bonus drama, In Extremis by Neil Bartlett, starring Corin Redgrave and Sheila Hancock, reimagines Oscar Wilde's hastily arranged sitting with a society palm reader, a week before the trial that would cost him so dearly.
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A stunning collection of the Bronte sisters' novels, adapted by the best-selling author Rachel Joyce. The collection includes Agnes Grey, Jane Eyre, Shirley, The Professor, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Villette and Wuthering Heights.
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Great introduction to the Brontes
- By Suzie on 12-03-18
By: Anne Brontë, and others
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The Christopher Marlowe BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Productions Including Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine & The Jew of Malta
- By: Christopher Marlowe
- Narrated by: Conn O'Neill, Kenneth Cranham, Paterson Joseph, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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Christopher Marlowe was most celebrated writer of his generation, surpassing even William Shakespeare during his lifetime. A playwright, poet, hellraiser, rebel and spy, he lived fast and died young, stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house aged only 29. This definitive collection comprises all six of his groundbreaking plays.
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Marlowe wrote the plays - all of them
- By Charles Matheson on 12-06-22
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The Arthur Miller Collection
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Emily Bergl, Kevin Chamberlin, Tim DeKay, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
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This collection includes ten plays by Arthur Miller. In The Crucible, Stacy Keach and Richard Dreyfuss lead an all-star cast in Miller’s searing play about witchcraft that famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip. Death of a Salesman follows Willy Loman, the iconic traveling salesman whose family is torn apart by his desperate obsession with greatness. In Incident at Vichy, in Nazi-occupied France, nine men are detained under a shadowy pretext and face a terrifying fate.
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Great!!! 9k
- By B Huygens on 10-06-22
By: Arthur Miller
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Tennessee Williams: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- A Streetcar Named Desire, A Glass Menagerie, Spring Storm and More
- By: Tennessee Williams
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Celia Imrie, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams is one of the three most important American dramatists of the 20th century, alongside Arthur Miller and Eugene O'Neill. Acclaimed for their lyrical language, dark themes and vivid portrayal of the American South, his works have spawned several Oscar-winning films and been translated and performed worldwide. Collected here are some of the best, beginning with the play that launched Williams' career: The Glass Menagerie.
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Henrik Ibsen
- Nine Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations
- By: Henrik Ibsen
- Narrated by: David Threlfall, Full Cast, Harriet Walters, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
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Often described as ‘the father of realism’, Henrik Ibsen was a pioneer of modernist drama. He influenced playwrights as diverse as George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde, and is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. Included in this collection are adaptations of his tragicomic masterpiece The Wild Duck, his complex and compelling play Rosmersholm, the epic drama Brand and the tragedy John Gabriel Borkman.
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A Doll’s House Alone is Worth the Credit
- By Jeffrey Epstein on 12-15-21
By: Henrik Ibsen
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Oscar Wilde
- A Life
- By: Matthew Sturgis
- Narrated by: John Pirkis
- Length: 34 hrs and 27 mins
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The fullest, most textural, most accurate - most human - account of Oscar Wilde's unique and dazzling life - based on extensive new research and newly discovered materials, from Wilde's personal letters and transcripts of his first trial to newly uncovered papers of his early romantic (and dangerous) escapades and the two-year prison term that shattered his soul and his life.
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Wilde Made Tame
- By Secutor on 11-21-21
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Oscar
- A Life
- By: Matthew Sturgis
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 36 hrs and 8 mins
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Oscar Wilde's life – like his wit – was alive with paradox. He was both an early exponent and a victim of 'celebrity culture': famous for being famous, he was lauded and ridiculed in equal measure. His achievements were frequently downplayed, his successes resented. He had a genius for comedy but strove to write tragedies. Matthew Sturgis draws on a wealth of new material and fresh research, bringing alive the distinctive mood and characters of the fin de siècle in the richest and most compelling portrait of Oscar Wilde to date.
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The Henry James BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 10 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Henry James
- Narrated by: full cast, Henry Goodman, Jodie Comer, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
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The definitive collection of full-cast BBC radio dramatisations of Henry James’ classic novels - plus a bonus documentary about his life and work. One of the greatest and most influential American novelists, Henry James is loved for his compelling storytelling, vividly realised characters and perceptive exploration of the shifting relationships between Europeans and Americans. But he also possessed extraordinary insights into the secrets of the human heart, as shown in the 10 dramas in this collection.
By: Henry James
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, Full Cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
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A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: eight comedies with all-star casts including David Tennant, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Martin Jarvis, Siân Phillips and Miriam Margolyes. The plays included in this collection are: Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, and All's Well That Ends Well.
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- By Gabsalot on 12-11-21
What listeners say about The Oscar Wilde BBC Radio Drama Collection
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- Wendy Agnes
- 07-23-20
Brilliant and delightful
The plays of Oscar Wilde are filled with sharp irony. Clever word games that turn ordinary expressions around, providing a mirror to the "Edwardians" (at that time and their contemporary equivalents). I loved them!
De profundis is technically a letter but actually is a mini biography. It is a beautifully composed reflection, introspect analysis of Oscar's situation and his relationship with Bosie.
The letters are interesting and I find it easier to listening to them instead of reading them.
If you like good hear plays or love Oscar Wild's stories, a must have.
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- C. M. Otto
- 04-25-19
A great book and a great cast
Wish it didn’t end.
Great book great stories. Easy to see why movies were made from them and why they are classics.
There is a new way to experience these stories thanks to BBC Radio (seriously does anyone make a listen come alive like the British?)
Listening allows a person to imagine the characters and scenes. I believe we have great imaginations and can spin a scene to fit our personal perspectives and not be bound to a movie directors vision.
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- Douglas Grey
- 07-08-20
better than reading it yourself.
BBC gets the snoot Mr Wilde requires. the recording does not have a laugh track.
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- Blake Firner
- 11-28-19
Better every time!
I knew I loved Wild, but I always seem to forget how much till I re-experience it! The voice actors were perfect!
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- Clara Miller
- 04-09-20
Oscar Wilde is a great man,
these are great performances and i loved listening to every word. highly recommended for one listener or a group
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- J. NEW
- 07-12-22
Better performance by LATW.
In comparison, the performances of the same plays by LATW is much better with a better cast who has much better mastery of Wilde’s wit and humor.
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- Lindsay
- 02-20-20
Performances were amazing!
Perfectly acted. Wonderfully put together. The only negatives I can give are I wish the chapers were labeled to the plays performed and the last work not by Oscar Wilde was seriously lacking comparatively and felt like a slightly weak note to end the collection on.
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- keyisfake
- 10-05-19
Oscar
Wonderful read. Wished he died a happy man. He deserves much more than what he go. The world missed out on an amazing writer.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-25-23
Excellent, excellent, excellent
These productions were just fantastic. While the ending was sad, the stories were very good. I'm very glad I got this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-27-20
Oscar Wilde BBC radio dramatization
I really was expecting this to be better than it was. It was enjoyable. A little disappointing. I guess I expected too much from the cast.
If you love Oscar Wilde You should enjoy this.
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