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Title: Oscar Wilde

Subtitle: The Comedy and the Tragedy

Author: Neil Titley

Narrator: Neil Titley

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-05

Publisher: Laughing Stock Productions Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Based upon letters, anecdotes, and his own writings, this is Oscar Wilde's account of his descent into into infamy and ruin.

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Title: Forty Years On (Dramatized)

Author: Alan Bennett

Narrator: Alan Bennett, Full Cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-05

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

The Headmaster has been at Albion House for 50 years, man and boy. Now he is retiring and takes part in the end-of-year entertainment for the last time. Entitled Speak For England, Arthur, it weaves together a multi-generational story of England: the glorious era at the turn of the century, when the summers were always golden; the fast-living inter-war years peopled by the Bloomsbury Group; and the growing cynicism of a country going to war twice in so many decades.

Tongue-in-cheek, the play-within-a-play prompts an outraged response from the Headmaster, who can only see his beloved standards being mocked. Yet within the parody lies an almost-painful nostalgia for a more peaceful age and the timeless misunderstanding of one generation by another.

Clever, funny, and poignant, Alan Bennett's masterful play is rightly regarded as a modern classic.

Members Reviews:

100 years on it will still be great.

A brilliantly written and performed work of England dealing with its war-time struggles. A master writer and satirist at work.

All those years ago

I was greatly privileged to see Alan Bennett and Sir John Geilgud (as the headmaster) in this creation of his in the West End at the tail-end of the ?swinging sixties? in 1969. This more recent audio recording does justice to the play, with one exception ? only strains of the classic ?The dogs they had a party? can be heard, as the victorious rugby team return. A full rendition was called for! This is a great listen, but be warned ? there is no slapstick stuff here. The humour ranges from the subtle, the laconic, to the lavatorial.

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Title: Going to St. Ives (Dramatization)

Author: Lee Blessing

Narrator: Caroline Goodall, L. Scott Caldwell

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-22-04

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

The dignified mother of a ruthless African dictator travels to England to seek treatment for her failed eyes from a renowned ophthalmologist. At first glance, it looks like one woman helping another, but each woman brings to the other her true agenda, triggering a profound moral dilemma and a chain reaction of events with great personal and political aftershocks.

(P)2004 L.A. Theatre Works

Editorial Reviews:

American playwright Lee Blessings Going to St. Ives is a complex psychological interplay between two women of disparate backgrounds. The mother of an African dictator journeys to England for a surgery on her eyes. Her English doctor has an agenda beyond providing care. Both women harbor their own secrets. Can they live with the consequences of their actions? L. Scott Caldwell - best known as Rose on the television show Lost - plays May N'Kame in a regal and commanding fashion, while Caroline Goodalls Dr. Cora Gage is delightfully frustrating, delivering a performance that is equal parts empathy and condescension.

Members Reviews:

Gripping....

If you could sum up Going to St. Ives (Dramatization) in three words, what would they be?

I was totally mesmerized by this dramatization. So much so that, even though I only heard a few lines live on L.A. Theater Works the day it was broadcast, not even the title, I went back weeks later and searched to try to find the play. I was able to download and listen to the program in its entirety, and was not disappointed. The performances of both actresses were excellent, but I was simply rapt, enraged, and challenged by the acting of L. Scott Caldwell, who plays the dictator's mother.The subject matter is extremely heavy, but the pace is quick enough so it doesn't weigh down the drama.

What did you like best about this story?

The tension between the two women, watching their mutual resentment turn to something bordering on a type of affection, was extremely well crafted.

Which character as performed by Caroline Goodall and L. Scott Caldwell was your favorite?

Cora, the dictator's mother.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When the dictator's mother describes what she did (can't say what it is), it was amazing. It's like I was there.

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Título: El Siglo de Oro

Subtitular: Cervantes

Autor: Frank Rivera

Narrador: Graciela Lecube, Frank Rivera

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 1 hr and 40 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 10-15-04

Editor: Coral/ Nueva Onda

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Resumen del editor:

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Título: El Siglo de Oro

Subtitular: Culteranismo y Conceptismo

Autor: Frank Rivera

Narrador: Graciela Lecube, Frank Rivera

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 3 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 10-15-04

Editor: Coral/ Nueva Onda

Categorías: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Resumen del editor:

Culteranismo: Luis de Gongora

Conceptismo: Francisco de Quevedo

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Title: Dinah Was (Dramatization)

Author: Oliver Goldstick

Narrator: Yvette Freeman

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-29-04

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

In a white fur coat, "The Queen of the Blues" sits on her luggage outside a Las Vegas hotel. It is 1959; the legendary star cannot enter the hotel without a white escort. So Dinah Washington, in her inimitable style, takes a long pull from her flask and starts kicking up a fuss. Yvette Freeman reprises her Obie award-winning performance in this passionate play that reminds us "What a Difference a Day Makes". Features songs made famous by Dinah Washington and performed in the play by Yvette Freeman.

(P)2004 L.A. Theatre Works

Editorial Reviews:

Singer Dinah Washington battles with a Las Vegas hotel where she can headline but not get a room, while scenes from her life play through her mind, interspersed with musical numbers. Hers is the many-times-married rough-and-tumble life of a strong, selfish diva bedeviled by her family, her own failings and addictions, and the ugliness of racism. A (somewhat unconvincing) epiphany lets her see how to do the show without selling out. The cast, mostly playing multiple roles, is sometimes stagy, but still effective, especially Yvette Freeman, who rightly does not try to imitate Washington's singing, except in its intensity.

Critic Reviews:

"Freeman is excellent as Washington...a whirlwind, lustily sucking up huge gulps of life." (The New York Times)

Members Reviews:

Brilliant!

Yvette Freeman IS Dinah Washington. Her story is a remarkable one that is also the story of an era in America where talent was valued but your race ruled your destiny. Anyone who loves jazz or who is a student of American cultural history should take a listen. If you have never seen the performance on stage, this is the next best thing. Ms. Freeman takes you there.

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Title: The Worst of Bogosian, Volume One

Author: Eric Bogosian

Narrator: Eric Bogosian

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-03

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Explicit Language Warning: You Must be 18 years or older to purchase this program.

Members Reviews:

This guy is a genius.

And this audio captures pretty well what it was like to see him perform live.

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Title: Monticello

Author: Leroy Adams

Narrator: Shana Blake Hill, Christopher Schuman, full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-03

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

A timely and hauntingly beautiful new opera with libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Leroy Aarons and score by accomplished composer Glenn Paxton. Scandal erupts in the White House - and in the national press - when Thomas Jefferson's longtime love affair with his slave mistress Sally Hemings is revealed.

(P)2000 L.A. Theatre Works, All Rights Reserved

Editorial Reviews:

L.A. Theatre Works performs a haunting opera based on the love affair between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Leroy Aarons and score by composer Glenn Paxton. This alternative history sets melodic but assumption-challenging arias and recitatives in the service of social commentary, with stirring performances set in motion by a White House "scandal" initiated when the national press happens upon the longtime love affair between founding father and current president Jefferson and his slave-mistress. The production is directed by John Rubinstein; the cast includes Broadway veteran Stan Chandler as Jefferson, and acclaimed soprano Shana Blake Hill in the role of Hemings.

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Title: God's Man in Texas

Author: David Rambo

Narrator: Robert Pescovitz, Morgan Sheppard, full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-07-02

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Performed by a full cast including Robert Pescovitz, Morgan Sheppard, and Andy Taylor.

Editorial Reviews:

L.A. Theatre Works presents David Rambos serio-comic take on merchandized religion. The 1999 Humana Festival of New American Plays selection casts veteran TV, screen, and stage actors Robert Pescovitz, Morgan Shepphard, and Andy Taylor, the 2010 Ovation Award nominee. Their performance of the preacher vs. preacher battle at Houstons Rock Baptist Church entertainingly highlights a struggle of faith and ambition between Godly men acting in un-Godly ways to control a fundamentalist empire encompassing a college, dinner theater, bowling alley, eight-screen movie theater, Christian satellite network, restaurants, coffee shops, gymnasium, two swimming pools, baby care, and, of course, the pulpit.

Members Reviews:

"idea play" without any ideas

I was not sure what to expect when I bought this audio. The three caricatures are well read, so the actors should not be blamed.

Plot? None

Humanity of characters? None, shallow caricatures

Message? None

Since the characters have no depth and there is no "story", I am guessing this is meant to be a "play of ideas" rather than character or plot. The disgusting older preacher could be a meaty role for a major actor in a live production --- but the text is too slight to bear the weight with just words. The other two characters have still less interest, and none has any depth. Combined with the non plot, this is not something to get excited about. Still, I'm glad I bought the audio. It's a heck of a lot cheaper than two theater tickets.

If the point is that marketing religion isn't the ideal, most moral and loving way to spread Christianity. . .well, wow! Thought everyone knew that from the time of Jesus, right?

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Title: Wiretap, Episode 3

Subtitle: Love Hurts - Sex Heals

Author: Mark Leyner, Brian Fielding

Narrator: various

Format: Original Recording

Length: 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-25-02

Publisher: Audible

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

The Kid's parents are apparently captives of the fearsome Filipino Islamic terrorist group, Abu Sayyaf - Bearers of the Sword. Their demands? Produce a million dollars or heads will roll. The Kid beseeches Kim for advice on placating these terrorists - but where's Kim? He turns to Dr. Darwin for more meds. Holly and her friends wonder where her dance mix is. Coach Franks peddles athletic prowess and the power of the NCAA. The Concierge explains the mysteries of love. The Kid and Kate may mate. Amelia the sweet chanteuse sings a sexy song.

©2002 Audible, Inc. and ©2002 Mark Leyner

Members Reviews:

Groundbreaking Internet Theatre

Where does Wiretap, Episode 3 rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Disclosure: Mark Leyner and I created the story in 2001. We recorded it on the phone line, just as a real wiretap would be. We'd write out the rough plot line, talk the actors through it briefly, including what was then happening in the real world, then the actors improvised all the dialogue. We wanted these fictional characters to react to not only the fictional storyline but to include commentary on what was actually happening in the world at that time. Alas, we could only do 3 episodes, on less than a shoe-string, before the Internet winter set in and I had to get back to spending 100% of my time on doing content and biz dev deals for Audible...where I toiled from 1997 to 2012. -BMF