The Drama & Plays category has 329 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 648 ratings. The most-rated is Girls & Boys.
My Name Is Lucy Barton (Dramatic Production)
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Presenting an original audiobook performance of the stage production of My Name is Lucy Barton, starring Academy Award and Tony nominee Laura Linney.
Praised as "deeply affecting" and "heartbreaking" by The Guardian (UK), this is a faithful adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's best-selling novel of the same name.
Unsteady after an operation, Lucy Barton wakes to find her mother sitting at the foot of her bed. She hasn't seen her in years, and her visit brings back to Lucy her desperate rural childhood, and her escape to New York. As she begins to find herself as a writer, she is still gripped by the urgent complexities of family life.
Published as the play comes to Broadway after a highly-acclaimed UK run in 2018, this is a unique opportunity to hear Laura Linney's "simply superb" (The Times UK) performance of this haunting, dramatic monologue.
My Name Is Lucy Barton was originally produced by Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr for the London Theater Company at the Bridge Theatre in June 2018. Produced on Broadway by the Manhattan Theater Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Producer and The London Theater Company, in association with Penguin Random House Audio.
©2016 Elizabeth Strout (P)2019 Random House Audio
Absent Forever
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A bright and politically engaged college student goes missing after a demonstration turns violent. But as her grieving mother begins her search, she uncovers a dark side to her daughter that she never knew existed. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring John de Lancie, Kaitlin Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Al Ruscio, and Jennifer Warren. Directed by Peggy Shannon and recorded before a live audience by L.A. Theatre Works.
©2014 L.A Theatre Works (P)2015 L.A Theatre Works
The Jew of Malta
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Christopher Marlowe wrote this spectacularly subversive play in 1589/1590. The setting is the island of Malta as a bone of contention between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in their struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean. The ghost of Machiavelli appropriately introduces this tale of murder and mayhem which unfolds in flamboyant episodes of blackmail, betrayal, revenge, scheming, theft, and poisoning on a breathtaking scale. The characters match the lurid plot, from the relentlessly wicked merchant Barrabas and his psychopathic servant Ithamore through the greedy prostitute Bellamira and her pimp Pilia-Borza to the corrupt Friar Bernadine and the lecherous Friar Jacomo. Closer to black comedy than to farce, The Jew of Malta is a masterpiece of Elizabethan theatre without a single dull moment.
Public Domain (P)2018 Museum Audiobooks
The Story of an Hour
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Kate Chopin is a widely considered the forerunner to the feminist authors of the twentieth century. Focusing on themes of race and gender, her short stories largely center on life in rural Louisiana. In "The Story of an Hour," Louise Mallard has just learned that her husband is dead - believed to have died during a train accident. Her family fears that the news will kill Louise, who suffers from a weak heart. Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.
Public Domain (P)2013 Blackstone Audio
Down with My Demons
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A radio play by Josh Bourne Presented by Voices of Today Ten years after a tragic incident on the lake, an AA meeting in a small, religious town in the deep south of the USA descends into bitterness and chaos when a flood hits. Trapped within the local church, tempers escalate and well-buried secrets begin to emerge. Personalities clash, reputations are dissected and questioned, and everybody's demons are laid bare. Cast: Vincent - Andy Harrington Pastor Talbot - Jeff Moon Samuel - John Burlinson Delilah - Amanda Friday Jael - Lee Ann Howlett Audio edited by Leanne Yau
©2019 Josh Bourne (P)2019 Josh Bourne
Occupied
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SOME PEOPLE LIVE UNDER OCCUPATION. SOME PEOPLE OCCUPY THEMSELVES. NO ONE IS FREE. Step into a world which is both magically fictitious and shockingly real. Walk side-by-side with a refugee, native, occupier and economic migrant. And watch on as the world around you transforms from a halcyon past into a dystopian future. Inspired by the occupations of Palestine, Kurdistan and Tibet, and by the corporate occupation of the west, Occupied is a haunting glance into a society which is a little too familiar for comfort. It truly is a unique piece of literary fiction… Here's what reviewers have said about Occupied: "Darker than George Orwell's 1984" (AXS) "Candid and disquieting" (Free Tibet) "Genre-busting" (Pak Asia Times) "Brilliant" (Middle East Monitor) "A must read" (Buzzfeed)
©2015 Joss Sheldon (P)2016 Joss Sheldon
Trifles
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Written by Susan Glaspell in 1916, Trifles is a one-act play about a woman accused of strangling her husband. Based on an actual murder case reported by Glaspell for the Des Moines News, the play represented an early exploration of gender relationships in a time when women often were considered to be mere trifles. A groundbreaking feminist play, Trifles is often included in anthologies of drama and literature. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring (in alphabetical order): Jeanie Hackett as Mrs. Peters; Amy Madigan as Mrs. Hale; Sam McMurray as the Sheriff; Steven Vinovich as Mr. Hale; and Steven Weber as the County Attorney. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, Los Angeles, in 2011.
Public Domain (P)2011 L.A. Theatre Works
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Dom Juan [French Version]
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Le personnage de Dom Juan est avant tout un mythe. Les efforts d'identification à un personnage réel sont vains, on peut seulement lui reconnaître certains critères qui lui sont propres. Fondamentalement, Dom Juan recherche et vit dans le plaisir et la jouissance de l'instant présent, en s'opposant aux contraintes et aux règles sociales, morales et religieuses, ainsi qu'en ignorant volontairement autrui. C'est donc à la fois un jouisseur et un libertin, également égoïste et destructeur.
© 2011 Editions Eponymes
Time Flies
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A series of short comic vignettes from playwright David Ives. In the title work, two houseflies try to make the most out of their brief time on earth. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Fran Adams, Ed Begley Jr., Shannon Cochran, Evan Gore, Arye Gross, and Victoria Principal. Directed by Ron West. Recorded before a live audience in March 1998.
©2012 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2012 L.A. Theatre Works
Neat
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In Neat, writer/performer Charlayne Woodard shares her memories of growing up black in America in the '60s and '70s. The play focuses around the life of Woodard's Aunt Beneatha, Neat, who was mistakenly fed camphor oil as a baby, resulting in permanent brain damage. Alternating between Neat's home in Savannah, GA and Albany, NY, where Woodard was raised, stories of family and of time spent with Neat are weaved together with touching results.
(P)2000 L.A. Theatre Works
Le mot de Cambronne
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Madame Cambronne, qui est anglaise, c'est historique, aimerait bien savoir ce qu'est ce fameux "mot de Cambronne", qu'elle n'a jamais entendu. De la difficulté à faire répéter au général Pierre Cambronne son célèbre mot. Comédie en 1 acte, interprétée par Sacha Guitry : Pierre Cambronne ; Marguerite Moreno : la générale Cambronne ; Pauline Carton : la préfète ; Jacqueline Delubac : la servante.
(P) et © Compagnie du Savoir
Voir Dire
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A highly-placed school official is accused of buying drugs on the street. Is he an out-of-control addict or a victim of discrimination? Voir Dire - a legal term meaning “to say what is true”- is the story of the racially-mixed jurors who will decide the official’s fate. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Christine Avila, Barbara Bosson, Shannon Cochran, Ella Joyce, Kevin Kilner and Amy Pietz. Directed by Ken Frankel. Recorded before a live audience.
©2012 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2012 L.A. Theatre Works
My Favorite Husband
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Before Lucy and Desi became America’s favorite television couple, Lucille Ball developed her show-business-aspiring housewife character from 1948-1951 on CBS Radio. Some of TV’s most popular sitcom stars reprise two episodes from the radio series that inspired I Love Lucy. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Samantha Bennett, Jeff Conaway, Harold Gould, Marilu Henner, Joe Liss and Alley Mills.
©1953 Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll Jr. (P)2000 L.A. Theatre Works
Brief Encounter (Classic Radio Theatre)
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Jenny Seagrove and Nigel Havers star in this BBC Radio 2 production of Noël Coward’s classic tale of forbidden love.
Laura Jesson is a happily married woman until a chance encounter in a train station café draws her to Dr Alec Harvey. Literally bumping into each other brings temptation, danger and guilt into their lives and a doomed love affair ensues...
A classic love story, Brief Encounter was made into a much-loved and hugely successful film in 1945, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. This 2009 adaptation is faithful to Coward’s original screenplay and features a distinguished cast including Jenny Seagrove and Nigel Havers.
The 'Classic Radio Theatre' range presents notable radio productions of much-loved plays by some of the most renowned playwrights, and starring some of our finest actors.
©2011 AudioGO Ltd (P)2011 AudioGO Ltd
Sin
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Featuring Steve Carell and Amy Morton, Sin is a contemporary morality play about a helicopter traffic reporter who is trying to keep herself above life's messiness. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband is a charming alcoholic, her roommate is a glutton, she's trapped daily in a helicopter with an envious coworker, and her blind dates are disasters. It takes her dying brother to make her see that pride is the deadliest of sins, and it takes an Act of God to bring her back down to Earth. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring (in alphabetical order): Steve Carell as Date (Greed); Kyle Colerider-Krugh as Fred (Envy); Jeffrey Hutchinson as Gerard, Avery’s Brother (Pride); Amy Morton as Avery; David M. Pasquesi as Michael (Sloth); Steve Pickering as Jason (Wrath); Tim Rhoze as Man (Lust); Karen Vaccaro as Helen (Gluttony). Recorded at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, for Chicago Theatres on the Air in 1995.
©1995 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2011 L.A. Theatre Works
The Price
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Arthur Miller's deeply moving drama reunites two long-estranged middle-aged brothers. Nostalgia and recrimination erupt as they sell off an attic of furniture, their last link to a family and a world that no longer exist. This 1968 classic is a wrenching saga of plaintive gestures and missed opportunities. A BBC co-production.
(P)1995 L.A. Theatre Works
Doctor Who - Loups-Garoux
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Germany, 1589: the townspeople of Cologne pronounce a sentence of death on a mass murderer who has stalked the countryside in the guise of a ferocious wolf. Russia, 1812: retreating from Napoleon's invading forces, a merchant's daughter is rescued from bandits by a handsome partisan with a ravenous appetite. Brazil, 2080: the Doctor and Turlough arrive for the Rio de Janeiro carnival. Is wealthy heiress Ileana de Santos all that she seems? What sinister ailment afflicts her invalid son, tended by the mysterious Dr Hayashi? And who exactly is Rosa, engaged on a secret quest to fulfil the destiny of her extinct tribe? Time is running out for Rosa, Ileana and the Doctor as the fearsome shadow of an ancient werewolf moves ever closer.... Written by Marc Platt. Directed by Nicholas Pegg.
©2001 Big Finish Productions (P)2001 Big Finish Productions
Julius Caesar: CliffsNotes
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This CliffsNotes study guide on William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, and commentaries, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read Julius Caesar. Reading a literary work doesn’t mean that you immediately grasp the major themes and devices used by the author; this study guide will help supplement you reading to be sure you get all you can from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more. For further information on William Shakespeare and Julius Caesar, check out the CliffsNotes Resource Center at www.cliffsnotes.com.
©2000 Martha Perry (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Transfers
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In this riveting drama by acclaimed playwright Lucy Thurber, two gifted young men from the South Bronx - one Black and one Latino - compete for a life-changing scholarship at an elite university. Refusing to be defined by their circumstance, each man must find his own way out of his difficult past.
©2020 Lucy Thurber (P)2020 AO Media LLC
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Macbeth [Spanish Edition]
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Cuando Macbeth y Banquo cruzan un páramo de vuelta a casa tras su victoria frente a los ejércitos enemigos de Escocia y de su rey Duncan, se encuentran con tres brujas que profetizan que Macbeth será nombrado Barón de Cawdor y después rey de Escocia.También profetizan que Banquo empezará una dinastía de reyes escoceses. Tras desaparecer las brujas, llegan dos mensajeros del rey que les informan que el rey ha nombrado a Macbeth Barón de Cawdor. Lady Macbeth es una mujer profundamente ambiciosa que desea conseguir el poder a cualquier precio y por ello incita a Macbeth para que asesine al rey Duncan y así pueda convertirse en rey. Sin embargo Lady Macbeth no sabía que su conciencia la iba a atormentar de la manera que lo hace, por lo que.... Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
Public Domain (P)2015 SAGA Egmont