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.
Dial L for Latch-Key
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She tried to dial M for murder, but instead she accidentally dialed L for latch-key… A plotting husband who strongly resembles Ray Milland… A framed wife as elegant as Grace Kelly… An Inspector straight out of Monty Python… Hitchcock would be spinning in his grave if he weren’t suiting up for his cameo.Gather round and enjoy this intelligent, witty satire of the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Dial L for Latch-Key: The Radio Play has been selected as the opening audio presentation at the Second Annual HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival.
©2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2013 Scott Fivelson
Chapter Two
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Comedy and pathos mingle brilliantly in Neil Simon's portrait of a widowed New York novelist who fears he may never love again and has no interest in dating. Neither does smart, attractive Jennie Malone, who has just returned from getting a Mexican divorce. A grudging five-minute meeting between them blossoms into a passionate, witty romance - until they decide to marry. Performed by a full cast starring David Dukes, Sharon Gless, Gates McFadden, and Grant Shaud.
©1977 Neil Simon (P)2000 L.A. Theatre Work; All Rights Reserved
With and Without
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It should be a week full of wine, wit, and relaxation. However, Jill’s husband doesn’t show up at a lakeside vacation house, and instead of a holiday, the happily married Mark and Shelly are offered an intimate view of their friend’s erratic behavior as she tries to cope. The lake is serene, but in the house, old passions bubble to the surface in this "dramedy" about the limits of friendship and marriage. A full-cast performance featuring Lindsay Crouse, Jill Eikenberry, Tim Halligan, and Michael Tucker.
©2010 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2010 L.A. Theatre Works
The Time Is Not Yet Ripe
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Louis Esson is considered to be the first great Australian dramatist. The political comedy The Time is Not Yet Ripe was first produced in 1912 and is one of his best known works. Doris, daughter of the incumbent prime minister, Sir Joseph Quiverton, has news for her father - she has just become engaged. Much to Sir Joseph's dismay her fiancé is none other than an opposing candidate in the forthcoming general election - and a revolutionary socialist to boot. Is Sir Joseph in danger of losing both his reputation and his majority in parliament? Presented by the Online Stage Cast Sir Joseph Quiverton - Peter Tucker Doris/ A Cheeky Youth - Elizabeth Chambers English Butler/A Fat Man - Joseph Tabler Sir Henry Pilsbury - Denis Daly Lady Pilsbury - Maureen Boutilier John K. Hill/An Old Man - Ben Stevens Sydney Barrett - David Prickett Miss Perkins - Leanne Yau Otto - John Burlinson Harry Hopkins - Alan Weyman Peter Jensen - Marty Krz Arthur Gray - Phil Benson Bertie Wainwright - Ben Lindsey-Clark A Working Woman - Linda Barrans Violet Faulkner - Sarah Backholer Stage directions read by K. G. Cross Audio edited by Denis Daly Cover image by Denis Daly
Public Domain (P)2017 The Online Stage
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
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From the pen of the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama! The Crump family is adrift and in trouble. Widowed Godfrey is under the spell of Sweet Father Divine, while his teen daughters, Ernestine and Ermina, immerse themselves in the illusions of Hollywood to escape racial prejudice. But things change quickly when free-spirited Aunt Lily shows up: Godfrey remarries a white woman, Ermina discovers boys, and Ernestine is torn between Communism and bebop! Playwright Lynn Nottage received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner for her play Ruined. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring (in alphabetical order): Deidrie Henry as Ernestine Crump; Russell Hornsby as Godfrey Crump; Tinashe Kajese as Ermina Crump; Kate Steele as Gerte; and Charlayne Woodard as Lily Ann Green. Directed by Seret Scott. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, in December 2009.
©2011 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2011 L.A. Theatre Works
Les Fourberies de Scapin
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Écrite par Molière en 1671, Les Fourberies de Scapin est sans doute l'une des pièces les plus appréciées du répertoire théâtral. Pastiche en 3 actes de la commedia dell'arte, dont l'intrigue se déroule à Naples, les répliques en prose fusent à un rythme enlevé. Enregistré spécialement pour l'audio, ce livre audio présente la pièce dans sa version complète. L'auditeur retrouve avec délectation la voix des grands comédiens du théâtre français (François Périer, Jean Desailly,...) soutenus ici par la verve et l'inébranlable talent comique de Louis de Funès et Claude Rich, alors jeune premier. Frémeaux & Associés a le plaisir de remettre à disposition du public cet enregistrement historique, qui a reçu le Grand Prix du Disque Français lors de sa parution initiale en 1957.
©2015 Frémeaux & Associés (P)2015 Frémeaux & Associés
A View from the Bridge
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Italian-American immigrant life in the 1950s textures this searing drama of love and revenge. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife, Beatrice, and to his niece, Catherine. When Beatrice's impoverished Sicilian cousins enter the U.S. illegally in the hope of finding work, Eddie gives them a helping hand. But when Catherine and one of her cousins fall in love, Eddie's affection for his niece turns into obsession.
(P)1998 L.A. Theatre Works
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a fascinating portrait of 19th-century Europe - disillusioned and ravaged by the wars of the postrevolutionary and Napoleonic eras. Our protagonist, whose breathtaking journey eerily echoes Byron's own life story, forgoes his destiny back home for the exciting unknown - the nature of humanity and the transformative effects of travel burst through the pages in four powerful cantos of Spenserian stanzas. Here is the poem that set Byron on his meteoric rise to fame in London society.
Public Domain (P)2015 Naxos AudioBooks
Hamlet (Classic Radio Theatre)
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Ronald Pickup, Angela Pleasance, and Maxine Audley star in this BBC Radio 4 1971 production of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of the Prince of Denmark. Written over 400 years ago, Hamlet still remains one of the most powerful, influential, and thrilling tragedies in the English language. The story of Prince Hamlet and his quest for vengeance has been interpreted countless times on stage, film, and television. With its riveting plot, featuring murder and supernatural horror, and presenting possibly the most fascinating character in the history of drama, it never fails to enthral. This BBC archive production from 1971 was produced by the renowned John Tydeman and features a cast of highly regarded actors, with music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. 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)1971 AudioGO Ltd
An American Daughter
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein spins a comic and moving tale about the pitfalls that await female political appointees. On the eve of Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes' nomination as Surgeon General, a witty and dangerous cast of characters stir the calm waters of her Georgetown home. And when sexy "post-feminist" Quincy Quince enters the picture, even Lyssa's husband Walter can't be trusted.
(P)2000 L.A. Theatre Works, All Rights Reserved
All My Sons
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World War II is over and a family, mourning a son missing in action, plants a memorial tree and tries to go on with their lives. A storm blows down the tree and a devastating family secret is uprooted, setting the characters on a terrifying journey towards truth.
(P)1998 L.A. Theatre Works
Les femmes savantes
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Les femmes soulèvent à chaque époque - croyant l'inventer - la querelle de l'égalité des sexes, qui dure en vérité depuis que le monde est monde. Dans Les femmes savantes, Molière s'attaque cependant moins au beau sexe qu'aux cuistres des deux bords. Si Bélise ou Philaminte revendiquent un savoir qui leur encombre la langue sans leur pénétrer l'esprit, l'art et la science de Trissotin se résument également à un ridicule jargon mondain. Trissotin et trissotines : renvoyés dos à dos, enfin à égalité ! Avec peut-être... sûrement même, l'idée derrière la tête que si les hommes et les femmes sont égaux, ma foi, il en est de plus égaux que d'autres.
(P) et © Compagnie du Savoir
The Goodbye Girl
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In this unique audio adaptation of Neil Simon’s screenplay, Paula McFadden’s a down-on-her-luck actress who’s forced to take in a new roommate - the eccentric, noisy, and generally unpleasant Elliot Garfield - who also happens to be an actor. As their careers and finances hit new lows, their reluctant partnership threatens to turn into something neither one wants. Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in January 2018. Director: Rosalind Ayres Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg Ellis Greer as Donna Douglas and Others Anna Mathias as Multiple Roles Matthew Floyd Miller as Elliot Garfield Amy Pietz as Paula McFadden Raini Rodriguez as Lucy André Sogliuzzo as Multiple Roles Inger Tudor as Mrs. Crosby and Others Matthew Wolf as Mark Bodine and Others Adam Wylie as Multiple Roles Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Music Supervisor: Ronn Lipkin Sound Effects Artist: Jeff Gardner Production Manager: Katie Friesen Editor: Mitchell Lindskoog Assistant Engineer: Julian Nicholson
©1993 Neil Simon (P)2018 L.A. Theatre Works
Pour un oui ou pour un non
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Deux amis de toujours se séparent parce que l'un a dit à l'autre "c'est bien... ça" avec une intonation que ce dernier a jugé condescendante. Les personnages de Nathalie Sarraute veulent tout dire, s'expliquer infiniment, réduire autant que faire se peut la part de l'indicible. Ils ne renoncent qu'à bout de force, à bout d'arguments. L'auteur s'amuse à creuser le sillon de l'obsession - cette rumination inquiète qui nous fait monter en épingle l'incident le plus banal. Sous l'apparence de la conversation ordinaire, Nathalie Sarraute met à nu avec un humour et une précision diaboliques nos angoisses irrationnelles, nos peurs obscures devant l'autre, cet ennemi. Avec une grande complicité, les deux comédiens s'engagent dans ce combat où chaque mot est là pour faire mouche. Il s'agit de solder l'amitié en toute franchise, de saisir avec exactitude l'instant de la rupture pour mieux la consommer. C'est malicieux et cruel, chirurgical, avec la langue et ses abîmes au centre de tout. >> Ce livre audio en version intégrale vous est proposé en exclusivité par Audible et est uniquement disponible en téléchargement.
©1982 Gallimard (P)2015 l'Harmattan
The Man Who Had All the Luck
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The Man Who Had All the Luck, Arthur Miller's first Broadway play, offers a fascinating first look into the playwright that would go on to become one of the most celebrated of the 20th century. Depicting themes of justice, family, luck, and fate; The Man Who Had All the Luck focuses on David Beeves, a Midwesterner who has good fortune shine upon, while passing others around him by. Will his luck run out and at what price? Features an exclusive discussion with Director and Profession of Theatre at UCLA's School of Theatre, Film, and TV Michael Hackett.
©2007 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2007 L.A. Theatre Works
I'm Still Here
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The journey started on a cold, crispy, gloomy winter day way back in November 1960 on the mean streets of Chicago. I was born to a married couple who were high school sweethearts who were madly in love with each other. Mom was very disappointed in the fact that she did not have a son. She blamed my Dad - her husband - for not giving her a son. Even though I was not what she wanted God still kept me through it all. He has kept me and made sure that I had the strength to go through all God had in store for me. When people think of their personal strength, the first thing they think of is weakness. They think they can’t do whatever the activity is. When you feel that you can’t do something, turn your thinking around and know that you can and you will, and you can do anything. Know this with all your heart - that this too shall pass. I get all my strength from God and his precious son. They have carried me over some rough mountains, through some low valleys, high waters, major floods, sunny days, cloudy days, happy days, and some sad days. Threw it all I remembered that He loves me and He cares. Now I can say that I am truly grateful for it all because I am still here…
©2018 Maria Antoinette (P)2018 Frazier Publishing and Services
Unboxed
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Greg Zipper is a paranormal vlogger whose livelihood relies on his online popularity. When a fight between him and his girlfriend goes viral for all the wrong reasons, Greg purchases a dark-web mystery box in hopes of restoring his audience's faith in him and hitting one million subscribers. But when Greg opens the box, he gets much more than he bargained for, including a Boxer who’s determined to stop him from taking his loved ones for granted. Now Greg must do all he can to stop the Boxer, or else he'll lose his livelihood - along with the woman he loves.
©2020 Briana Morgan (P)2020 Briana Morgan
Broken Glass
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Set in 1938 Brooklyn, this gripping psychological mystery begins when attractive, level-headed Sylvia Gellburg suddenly loses her ability to walk. The only clue lies in Sylvia's obsession with news accounts from Germany. Though safe in Brooklyn, Sylvia is terrified by Nazi violence; or is it something closer to home?
(P)1997 L.A. Theatre Works
Course Hero's Audiobook of the Study Guide to Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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©2020 Course Hero (P)2020 Course Hero
Lorenzaccio
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1537. Alexandre de Médicis, Duc de Florence, règne en tyran débauché et sanguinaire avec la bénédiction du Pape et de l'Empereur d'Allemagne. Orgies, tueries, beuveries illustrent le climat dans lequel baigne alors la ville des Arts. C'en est trop pour Lorenzo ! Idéaliste et pur, il prend à charge de supprimer Alexandre pour libérer Florence et la livrer aux soins des Républicains. A cette fin, il prend la peau de "Lorenzaccio" : un être vil, sournois, méprisé de tous et à l'entier service du Duc...Sur une idée de Georges Sand, inspirée par la réalité historique, ce drame de Musset écrit en 1834 dans un style de feu, nous donne à contempler l'âme humaine où misère et grandeur se côtoient avec passion. Superbement interprété par Xavier Béja.
(P) et © Lyre Audio 2008