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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright ...

Narrated by Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, a full cast, Bob Peck, Jane Lapotaire, Norman Rodway ...

Series series The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Unabridged

3 hours 25 min

Shakespeare’s most famous play is one of the greatest stories in the literature of the world.Distressed by his father’s death and his mother’s over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, prince of Denmark is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness by his struggle to understand the situation he finds himself in and ... Read more

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Shakespeare’s most famous play is one of the greatest stories in the literature of the world.Distressed by his father’s death and his mother’s over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, prince of Denmark is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness by his struggle to understand the situation he finds himself in and
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We Happy Few

by Imogen Stubbs ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.While the men are fighting Hitler and the bombs are falling on London, a 'girls only' theatre company sets out in a battered 1920s Rolls-Royce to bring Shakespeare to a culture-starved Britain.Imogen Stubbs' play We Happy Few ... Read more

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A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.While the men are fighting Hitler and the bombs are falling on London, a 'girls only' theatre company sets out in a battered 1920s Rolls-Royce to bring Shakespeare to a culture-starved Britain.Imogen Stubbs' play We Happy Few
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In Search Of Lost Time

by Marcel Proust ...

Narrated by Corin Redgrave, Harriet Walters, Imogen Stubbs, James Wilby, Jonathan Firth ...

Unabridged

5 hours 40 min

A BBC Radio six-part dramatisation of Marcel Proust’s groundbreaking series of novels, tracing the extraordinary story of the author’s own life. Starring James Wilby and Jonathan Firth, and with a distinguished cast including Harriet Walter, Imogen Stubbs and Corin Redgrave, this rich, multi-layered adaptation brings out all the variety and subtlety of Proust’s magnificent masterpiece. Featuring a ... Read more

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A BBC Radio six-part dramatisation of Marcel Proust’s groundbreaking series of novels, tracing the extraordinary story of the author’s own life. Starring James Wilby and Jonathan Firth, and with a distinguished cast including Harriet Walter, Imogen Stubbs and Corin Redgrave, this rich, multi-layered adaptation brings out all the variety and subtlety of Proust’s magnificent masterpiece. Featuring a
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Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert ...

Narrated by Imogen Stubbs ...

Abridged

4 hours 38 min

One of the great novels of nineteenth-century France, Flaubert draws a deeply-felt but sympathetic portrait of a woman who, having warned a country doctor and found herself unhappy with a rural, genteel existence, longs for love and excitement. Her aspirations and her desires lead her into a tragic spiral downwards. ... Read more

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One of the great novels of nineteenth-century France, Flaubert draws a deeply-felt but sympathetic portrait of a woman who, having warned a country doctor and found herself unhappy with a rural, genteel existence, longs for love and excitement. Her aspirations and her desires lead her into a tragic spiral downwards.
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Chronicle Box Set, The

An epic journey into the past - The Complete Series

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, & Full Supporting Cast, Dame Maureen Lipman, Eleanor Bron, Imogen Stubbs, James Bolam, John Sessions, Joss Ackland, Robert Powell, Sir David Suchet, Sir Donald Sinden, Timothy West, Tony Britton ...

Series Audiobook 5 - The Chronicle
Unabridged

11 hours 24 min

Behold The Chronicle: an epic journey through history.Join us for an exhilarating and immersive adventure through 500 years of history, told entirely in the words of those who were there. With their artless prose and their polished & witty gossip, these are the men and women who have shaped our past. Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance ... Read more

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Behold The Chronicle: an epic journey through history.Join us for an exhilarating and immersive adventure through 500 years of history, told entirely in the words of those who were there. With their artless prose and their polished & witty gossip, these are the men and women who have shaped our past. Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance
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The Ultimate Iliad & Odyssey

Two Full-Cast Dramatisations: Rediscover the Epic Greek Myths Ahead of the Major Film

by Homer ...

Narrated by Derek Jacobi, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Eccleston, Iain Glen, Imogen Stubbs, Clive Mantle, Amanda Redman, Bertie Carvel, Mary Wimbush, Frances Barber, Adjoa Andoh, Tim McInnerney, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

The ultimate, full-cast dramatisations of Homer’s two epic Greek masterpieces, with exceptional casts including Derek Jacobi, Christopher Eccleston, Tim McInnerny and Benedict CumberbatchREDISCOVER THE EPIC MYTHS BEFORE YOU SEE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S MAJOR MOTION PICTUREAttributed to the Greek poet Homer, The Iliad and The Odyssey are among the greatest and most influential works of the past 3000 ... Read more

$25.83 CAD

The ultimate, full-cast dramatisations of Homer’s two epic Greek masterpieces, with exceptional casts including Derek Jacobi, Christopher Eccleston, Tim McInnerny and Benedict CumberbatchREDISCOVER THE EPIC MYTHS BEFORE YOU SEE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S MAJOR MOTION PICTUREAttributed to the Greek poet Homer, The Iliad and The Odyssey are among the greatest and most influential works of the past 3000
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy ...

Narrated by Imogen Stubbs ...

Abridged

3 hours 55 min

Socially critical and emotionally complex, Tess of the D’Urbervilles is Hardy’s masterpiece. It tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, forced by her family’s poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D’Urbervilles. Violated by the son Alec; her hopes of rebuilding her life with the gentle and bookish Angel Clare founder when he learns of her past. Set among the lush pastures and bleak uplands of ... Read more

$20.61 CAD

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Socially critical and emotionally complex, Tess of the D’Urbervilles is Hardy’s masterpiece. It tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, forced by her family’s poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D’Urbervilles. Violated by the son Alec; her hopes of rebuilding her life with the gentle and bookish Angel Clare founder when he learns of her past. Set among the lush pastures and bleak uplands of
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Émile Zola: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Nine Full-Cast Dramatisations

by Emile Zola ...

Narrated by Charlotte Riley, David Bradley, Claire Goose, Michael Maloney, Imogen Stubbs, Struan Rodger, Trevor Peacock, Full cast ...

Unabridged

16 hours 49 min

BBC radio adaptations of novels and short stories by Émile Zola, plus a fascinating short documentary and an original dramaNovelist, journalist and literature’s greatest whistleblower, Émile Zola was one of the 19th century’s pre-eminent authors. He is renowned for his philosophy of naturalism, which informed his 20-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle, an epic family saga set during France’s Second ... Read more

$29.51 CAD

BBC radio adaptations of novels and short stories by Émile Zola, plus a fascinating short documentary and an original dramaNovelist, journalist and literature’s greatest whistleblower, Émile Zola was one of the 19th century’s pre-eminent authors. He is renowned for his philosophy of naturalism, which informed his 20-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle, an epic family saga set during France’s Second
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Classic Letters BOX SET

A 3-volume collection of intimate letters presented in a dramatised setting.

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Fiona Shaw, Robert Powell, Imogen Stubbs ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Classic Letters & Journals
Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

Embark on a remarkable journey through time with three of the most celebrated authors of the 19th Century.The Letters of Jane Austen featuring the incomparable Fiona Shaw as the beloved Jane Austen herself. With candid and occasionally wickedly indiscreet insights, these letters provide a fascinating window into the life of England's literary luminary. “Frequently indiscreet and occasionally ... Read more

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Embark on a remarkable journey through time with three of the most celebrated authors of the 19th Century.The Letters of Jane Austen featuring the incomparable Fiona Shaw as the beloved Jane Austen herself. With candid and occasionally wickedly indiscreet insights, these letters provide a fascinating window into the life of England's literary luminary. “Frequently indiscreet and occasionally
... Read more
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Young Victoria

A BBC Radio 4 drama

by Juliet Ace ...

Narrated by Adrian Lukis, Anna Massey, Christopher Cazenove, Full Cast, Imogen Stubbs, John Rowe, Selina Cadell ...

Unabridged

2 hours 15 min

A girl becomes a Queen…This illuminating serial charts the transformation of the young Victoria from spirited teenager to shy young bride to celebrated ruler of Britain and ‘Mother of Europe’. But while her roles changed, her essential nature remained the same: vibrant, passionate, principled and fiercely independent.Through extracts from Victoria’s own diaries and letters, and dramatised episodes ... Read more

$11.07 CAD

A girl becomes a Queen…This illuminating serial charts the transformation of the young Victoria from spirited teenager to shy young bride to celebrated ruler of Britain and ‘Mother of Europe’. But while her roles changed, her essential nature remained the same: vibrant, passionate, principled and fiercely independent.Through extracts from Victoria’s own diaries and letters, and dramatised episodes
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Chronicle, The - Book Four

Full-cast dramatisation

by Mr Punch ...

Narrated by Sir David Suchet, Dame Harriet Walter, Charles Dance, Dame Maureen Lipman, Eleanor Bron, Imogen Stubbs, James Bolam, John Sessions, Joss Ackland, Robert Powell, Sir Donald Sinden, Timothy West, Tony Britton ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Chronicle
Unabridged

2 hours 55 min

Voices from the Past with David Suchet as Lord Nelson writing to his beloved Emma on the eve of Trafalgar, hoping in God that he will live to finish his letter after the Battle, while Harriet Walter as Virginia Woolf hangs about the House of Commons mourning the passing of Edward VIII and the coming of King Albert I. Winston Churchill is captured and imprisoned by the Boers and Jane Austen sells ... Read more

$18.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Voices from the Past with David Suchet as Lord Nelson writing to his beloved Emma on the eve of Trafalgar, hoping in God that he will live to finish his letter after the Battle, while Harriet Walter as Virginia Woolf hangs about the House of Commons mourning the passing of Edward VIII and the coming of King Albert I. Winston Churchill is captured and imprisoned by the Boers and Jane Austen sells
... Read more
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Classic Letters Box Set

A Three Volume collection of intimate letters presented in dramatised setting

by Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Charlotte Brontë ...

Narrated by Fiona Shaw, Robert Powell, Imogen Stubbs ...

Series Audiobook 10.0 - Classic Letters & Journals
Unabridged

1 hour 14 min

The Letters of JANE AUSTEN performed by Fiona Shaw“Frequently indiscreet and occasionally acerbic or heartless, Jane Austen’s letters are always engaging. Fiona Shaw gives a sensitive reading” (Daily Telegraph)Born in 1775, Jane Austen was the youngest of seven children. It is to her elder sister Cassandra that most of her surviving letters are written. Candid and wickedly indiscreet, they provide ... Read more

$44.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Letters of JANE AUSTEN performed by Fiona Shaw“Frequently indiscreet and occasionally acerbic or heartless, Jane Austen’s letters are always engaging. Fiona Shaw gives a sensitive reading” (Daily Telegraph)Born in 1775, Jane Austen was the youngest of seven children. It is to her elder sister Cassandra that most of her surviving letters are written. Candid and wickedly indiscreet, they provide
... Read more

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