Marty Krz has narrated 9 audiobooks on Listento.it by 12 authors, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 4 ratings. The most-rated is Finder.
Finder
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From acclaimed short-fiction star Suzanne Palmer comes an action-packed sci-fi caper that launches a high-stakes space adventure trilogy. Fergus Ferguson, repo-man, has one job: find the spacecraft Venetia's Sword and steal it back from Arum Gilger, ex-nobleman turned power-hungry trade boss. Finding Gilger in the farthest corner of human-inhabited space, a gas-giant harvesting colony called Cernee, was easy. The hard part will be getting past a field of space mines, hacking into the Sword's compromised AI, and fighting a crew of hostile enemies to take control of the ship. But when a cable car explosion launches Cernee into a civil war, Fergus finds himself caught in the crosshairs. Repossessing the Sword requires him to side with Gilger's enemies, risk death, and get abducted by aliens. Fergus must learn to set aside his pride - and confront a past he's been running from his whole life - in order to take back the Sword and simultaneously save Cernee from destruction.
©2019 Suzanne Palmer (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Spring Awakening
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Spring Awakening By Frank Wedekind Translated by Francis J. Ziegler Presented by The Online Stage Spring Awakening (German: Frühlings Erwachen) was the first major play by Frank Wedekind. It was written in the early 1890s but, due to opposition from censorship authorities, was not presented on stage until 1906. The play explores two contentious themes: the development of adolescent sexuality and the repressive nature of the German education system. As with most of Wedekind's plays, the action is presented in a series of snapshots. In Wedekind's view, life is a series of episodes linked by the action of deeply seated human impulses, rather than the more conventional view of it as a journey to a heightened level of personal understanding. Cast Wendla Bergman - Amanda Friday Frau Bergman - Elizabeth Klett Melchior Gabor - Andy Harrington Moritz Stiefel - Ted Wenskus Frau Gabor - Maureen Boutilier The Masked Man - Denis Daly Stage directions read by Marty Krz. Also featuring the voices of Jeff Moon, P.J. Morgan, Arielle Lipshaw, Chris Marcellus, Grace Keller-Scotch, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Ron Altman, Larry Wilson, Andrew Coleman, Alan Weyman, John Burlinson, and Joseph Tabler. Audio edited by Denis Daly.
Public Domain (P)2019 The Online Stage
The Final Alibi
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A new monster is here to keep you up at night. In the tradition of The Silence of the Lambs comes a killer with an appetite. Harry Lightman, known as the Daylesford Devil by the press and dubbed "Lucifer" by the locals, has been sitting in a prison cell for the best part of 20 years, sentenced to life imprisonment for the torture and murder of 14 women. Each one had been preyed upon by a monster that fed on the flesh of his victims, the peaceful country towns reeling from the terror that had stalked their communities. Now, on the eve of the first victim's 20-year anniversary, a new killer has taken up where the Devil left off, his victims dying in the same horrific circumstances as his predecessor's, the trademark signature announcing its horrific return with bloody consequences. But is it really a new killer or does Lucifer have the perfect alibi? The authorities have no leads, no clues, and no time as they enlist the help of the original police officer, Jim Lawson, now a respected and sought-after psychiatrist, who felled the devil the first time. Has Lucifer truly returned, killing from behind the walls, or is another vying for his title? Only Jim can face the devil and hope to learn his secret. Together with the young and beautiful police constable, Stephanie Connor, Jim is fighting the devil, the clock and the hierarchy, to piece together the clues and end the killing before another fall's victim. Does the Devil have his final alibi?
©2020 Simon King (P)2020 Simon King
Earth Spirit
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Earth Spirit: A Tragedy in Four Acts by Frank Wedekind Translated by Samuel A. Eliot Presented by the Online Stage Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) was the most controversial dramatist of his age. Most of his work focuses on the ubiquity and inevitably corrupting influence of sexual attraction. His most famous plays are the two that depict the rise, fall, and eventual gruesome death of the vampish Lulu, who, in Wedekind’s presentation, became a ghastly parody of Goethe’s “Eternal Feminine”. The first of the plays is Earth Spirit, in which Lulu marries and survives three husbands, only to face prosecution for the shooting of the third. Lulu’s later adventures are described in the following play, Pandora’s Box. The two plays were later bundled with Death and the Devil and Castle Wetterstein to form a tetralogy that was published as Tragedies of Sex. Cast Ringmaster/Rodrigo - Ron Altman Lulu - Charlotte Duckett Countess Geschwitz - Leanne Yau Schigolch - Marty Krz Alva Schön - Brett Downey Dr. Schön - John Burlinson Schwartz - Garrison Moore Prince Escerny and Ferdinand - Joseph Tabler Dr. Goll and Escherich - Alan Weyman Alfred Hugenberg and Henriette - Chyanne Donnell Stage directions read by Denis Daly Audio edited by Denis Daly
Public Domain (P)2018 The Online Stage
Humorous Ghost Stories
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Collected and edited by Dorothy Scarborough Narrated by Susan Iannucci, Marty Krz, Jennifer Fournier, and John Burlinson. Dorothy Scarborough (1878-1935) was an academic and author who had a particular interest in the supernatural. The following collection, first published in 1921, features stories that have a strong comical or satirical focus. In the introduction, the anthologist notes: The modern spook is possessed not only of humor but of a caustic satire as well. His jest is likely to have more than one point to it, and he can haunt so insidiously, can make himself so at home in his host's study or bedroom that a man actually welcomes a chat with him - only to find out too late that his human foibles have been mercilessly flayed. 1. Introduction: "The Humorous Ghost" by Dorothy Scarborough 2. "The Ghost-Extinguisher" by Gelett Burgess 3. "The Transferred Ghost" by Frank R. Stockton 4. "The Mummy's Foot by Théophile Gautier 5. "The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall" by John Kendrick Bangs 6. "Back from that Bourne" by Anonymous 7. "The Ghost-Ship" by Richard Middleton 8. "The Transplanted Ghost" by Wallace Irwin 9. "The Last Ghost in Harmony" by Nelson Lloyd 10. "The Ghost of Miser Brimpson" by Eden Phillpotts 11. "The Haunted Photograph" by Ruth McEnery Stuart 12. "The Ghost that Got the Button" by Will Adams 13. "The Specter Bridegroom" by Washington Irving 14. "The Specter of Tappington" by Richard Barham 15. "In the Barn" by Burges Johnson 16. "A Shady Plot" by Elsie Brown 17. "The Lady and the Ghost" by Rose Cecil O'Neill
Public Domain (P)2021 Voices of Today
Afternoon Adventures at My Club
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Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944) is considered by many to be the Canadian counterpart to the better known American humorists Mark Twain and S.J. Perelman. In the early 20th century he was one of the most widely read authors in the English speaking world. Jack Benny and Groucho Marx considered Leacock as one of the funniest writers they had ever read. The following sketches have been adapted from pieces in the miscellanies Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy and Further Foolishness, in which Leacock satirizes many of the social institutions of his time. The Amazing Travels of Mr. Yarner The Anecdotes of Dr. So and So The Ground Floor The Hallucination of Mr. Butt The Reminiscences of Mr. Apricot The Shattered Health of Mr Podge The Spiritual Outlook of Mr. Doomer Are the Rich Happy?
Public Domain (P)2020 The Online Stage
The Storm
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Translated by Constance Garnett Although his work has somewhat fallen into obscurity, Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886) is considered to be one of the greatest of Russian dramatists. He was one of the pioneers of a realistic style, which later found exponents in celebrated European dramatists like Ibsen and Strindberg. Of Ostrovsky's 47 plays, one of the best known is The Storm, the portrait of an idealistic young woman trapped in a world of crushing and venal orthodoxy. The Storm formed the basis of Janacek's opera, Katya Kabanova. Featuring: Marty Krz as Vanya Kudriash and First Person John Burlinson as Savil Prokofievitch Dikoy Robert Curran as Boris Grigorievitch Bob Neufeld as Kuligin Jennifer Fournier as Feklusha, Old Woman and a Woman Erin Marie White as Katerina Kabanova and Glasha Aisling Gray as Marfa Ignatievna Kabanova David Shears as Tihon Kabanov Terah Tucker as Varvara and Denis Daly as the Narrator, Shapkin, and Second Person. Music composed and performed by Marty Krz. Audio edited by Denis Daly.
Public Domain (P)2021 Voices of Today
Nightmare Tales
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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891) is best known for her major role in the development of Theosophy, a syncretic religious philosophy the principles of which underlie the New Age philosophy of today. The original version of Nightmare Tales consisted of the last five stories in this recording and was published in 1892, shortly after the author's death. An expanded edition incorporating four earlier stories was published in 1907. Table of Contents 1. Can the Double Murder? - (c. 1876-77) 2. An Unsolved Mystery - (c. 1876-77) 3. Karmic Visions - (June 1888) 4. The Legend of the Blue Lotus - (April 1890) 5. A Bewitched Life - (c. 1890-91) 6. The Luminous Shield - (c. 1890-91) 7. The Cave of the Echoes - (c. 1890-91) 8. From the Polar Lands - (c. 1890-91) 9. The Ensouled Violin - (c. 1890-91)
Public Domain (P)2019 Voices of Today
Antigone by Sophocles
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Antigone by Sophocles. Translated by Sir George Young. Presented by the Online Stage. Sophocles (497 BC-406 BC), Aeschylus, and Euripides formed a trio of ancient Greek tragedians whose works represent the foundation of the Western tradition of classic drama. Of the more than 100 plays written by Sophocles, seven have survived to the present day. Perhaps the most famous of these are the three that are now known as the Theban plays: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. After the death of their father, Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene return to Thebes. The ruler is their unyielding uncle by marriage, Creon, who assumed command after the death of the sons of Oedipus, Eteocles, and Polynices in a fratricidal struggle to take control of the city. Creon has the body of one brother buried with full civic honors but forbids the burial of the body of the other, whom he regards as a traitor. Antigone's challenge to Creon's decree, which she considers unjust, results in the extinction of the family line of Oedipus. Cast: Libby Stephenson as Antigone, Amanda Friday as Ismene, Alan Weyman as Creon, Marty Kris as First Senator, Peter Tucker as Sentinel, Jennifer Fournier as Haemon, John Burlinson as Tiresias, K. G.Cross as Messenger in Attendance on Creon, Cate Barratt as Eurydice; Chorus performed by Brett Downey, Elizabeth Klett, Ed Humpal, and Cate Barratt; stage directions read by Grace Garrett.
Public Domain (P)2016 The Online Stage