Jonathan Pryce has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 5 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 19 ratings. The most-rated is My Cousin Rachel: Film Tie-In Edition.
My Cousin Rachel: Film Tie-In Edition
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Featuring an exclusive introduction written and narrated by Roger Michell, director of the 2017 film adaptation of My Cousin Rachel, starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin. Ambrose Ashley, Philip's cousin, guardian, and god, married Rachel in Italy and died there. Jealous of his marriage and grief-stricken by his death, Philip prepares to meet his cousin's widow with hatred in his heart.
©1951 Daphne du Maurier (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Oliver Twist
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This Audible Exclusive production revisits one of Dickens' most popular novels: Oliver Twist, narrated by internationally acclaimed, award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce. Part of the Dickens Collection, an exclusive series of unmissable performances, Oliver Twist is a gleaming example of the genius and foresight of Charles Dickens. When young orphan, Oliver Twist, is sold into an apprenticeship with an undertaker, he leaves behind years of miserable servitude and mistreatment at an English workhouse. Hoping to move on to better things, he decides to escape his new, equally dreary surroundings and head to London. It is there that the novel unravels as Oliver meets a host of larger-than-life characters, including The Artful Dodger, a high-ranking member of a juvenile pickpocketing gang, and their elderly leader, Fagin. Desperate for affection and the sense of belonging that he has never known, Oliver unwittingly throws himself into a life of petty theft, which soon takes a violent turn with the introduction of one of Dickens' most terrifying characters, Bill Sikes. Exposing the cruel and inhumane treatment of orphans in 19th-century England, Dickens created one of the most significant social novels of all time. With it, he condemned the establishment for neglecting homeless children and leaving them vulnerable to recruiters who would exploit and abuse them. Oliver Twist cemented Dickens’ reputation as one of the most talented, influential and revolutionary of English authors. Following his father’s incarceration, Charles Dickens had to abandon his studies at a young age and set to work in a factory so as to support himself. Despite his short-lived education, Dickens went on to write 15 novels, various articles, novellas and short stories. He lectured and led campaigns for children's rights and education and arguably became the ultimate self-made man. Jonathan Pryce is an award-winning actor of the stage and screen. He is best known for Brazil, Glengarry Glen Ross, Evita, Tomorrow Never Dies, and the Pirates of the Caribbean series as well as his widely recognised performances as High Sparrow in HBO’s Game of Thrones and Cardinal Wolsey in BBC’s Wolf Hall. Jonathan most recently starred opposite Glenn Close in the critically acclaimed film The Wife, directed by Björn Runge. He can soon be seen as Don Quixote in Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote and in the upcoming Netflix feature film The Pope, directed by Fernando Meirelles, in which he stars as Pope Francis opposite Anthony Hopkins.
Public Domain (P)2019 Audible, Ltd
Jonathan Pryce
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Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk about his narration of the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce. Dickens' second published novel, Oliver Twist, has been adapted numerous times. Following orphan Oliver from the workhouse to the streets of London, he meets a pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger, who offers him shelter. There we meet Fagin, Nancy and Bill Sikes. Oliver’s innocence is tested as he witnesses the darker side of London. With a commanding stage presence, Jonathan Pryce has had a hugely successful stage career - which includes his appearance in productions such as Oliver! and Miss Saigon, for which he won a Tony Award - and screen career, playing the High Sparrow in Game of Thrones, Governor Weatherby Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean, and many more. Pryce now narrates the audio version of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. In this interview, Jonathan Pryce talks to us about the narrating Oliver Twist, why he loves acting onstage and how he has carved quite a niche for himself by playing Argentinian heads of state.
©2019 Audible Ltd (P)2019 Audible Ltd
Aesop: The Complete Collection
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40 of Aesop's tales specially adapted for young children. Read by Richard Briers, Jane Horrocks, Jonathan Pryce, Alison Steadman, Richard E. Grant, Lindsay Duncan and Brenda Blethyn.
Stories include:
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Frogs and the Ox
The Fox and the Crow
The Monkey as King
The Bundle of Sticks
The Gnat and the Lion
The North Wind and the Sun
The Fox and the Grapes
The Dog, the Cockerel and the Fox
The Miller, His Son and the Donkey
The Wolf and the Heron
The Donkey in the Lion's Skin
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Vain Jackdaw
The Frogs who Wanted a King
The Cat and the Mice
The Lion and the Mouse
The Caged Bird and the Bat
The Fox and the Goat
The Lion and the Elephant
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Fox and the Stork/Two Travellers and a Bear
The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
The Kid and the Wolf
The Old Lion and the Fox
The Eagle and the Jackdaw
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
The Goatherd and the Wild Goats
The Dog in the Manger
Androcles and The Lion, plus 9 more.
©2012 AudioGO Ltd (P)2012 AudioGO Ltd
HR: The Complete Series 1-5
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Jonathan Pryce and Nicholas le Provost deliver first-class performances in this comedy drama series, which charts the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his troublemaking colleague. Lazy HR officer Sam (Nicholas le Provost) and his equally useless workmate Peter (Jonathan Pryce) realise they are in trouble: Peter for lateness and abusive phone calls to clients, and Sam for his over-relaxed attitude to errant staff members like Peter. Soon their worst fears are realised when they learn that one of the abusive phone calls made by Peter has been intercepted. Series 1 sees the duo inflict disastrous injuries on their boss on an away day, profoundly insult his successor on a train and rehearse for humiliating interviews for their own jobs. From Series 2 onwards, Peter, on a tiny pension, has moved into Sam’s suburban home, where the odd couple continues to play out the curious behaviours developed over a lifetime in work. Together they must face money worries (from pensions under threat to the perils of being rich) and navigate their increasingly complicated love lives. Written by Nigel Williams Produced by Peter Kavanagh
©2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd