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The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town.
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Tartuffe
by Moliere
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Initially banned in France by King Louis, Molière's celebrated social satire Tartuffe exposes false piety and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church. When a pious fraud worms his way into a wealthy family
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Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
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In writing this extraordinary play Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy after an interval of roughly two thousand years - you would have to go back to the Greek dramatists of 5th century Athens to find anything of comparable depth and maturity.
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The Grapes of Wrath
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Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression follows the western movement of one family and a nation in search of work and human dignity. Stars Jeffrey Donovan and Shirley Knight.
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Aristotle's Poetics
by Aristotle
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Aristotle claimed “poetry is more philosophical and more significant than history.” In this postmodern era it is worthwhile to consider Aristotle’s way of connecting beauty, truth, and goodness.
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The Member of the Wedding
by Carson McCullers
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One of the most beautiful plays ever written about loneliness and love.
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The Rivalry
by Norman Corwin
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Academy Award-nominees Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn star in Norman Corwin's electrifying dramatization of the historymaking Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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Broken Glass
by Arthur Miller
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Though safe in Brooklyn, Sylvia suddenly becomes partially paralysed when reading about the events of Kristallnacht.
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The House of Blue Leaves
by John Guare
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This poignant Obie Award-winning comedy unfolds in New York City on the day the Pope is expected to visit.
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
by Herman Wouk
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This acclaimed WWII psychological court room drama was the sensation of 1954.
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Lost in Yonkers
by Neil Simon
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Set in Yonkers in 1942, two boys, aged 13 and 16, must spend one year with their austere and demanding grandmother.
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
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Jane Austen’s classic romantic comedy is the sparkling tale of the Bennets, a family blessed with five daughters and a mother desperate to marry them off.
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The Oscar Wilde Collection
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Four classic comedies from one of the greatest playwrights in Western literature: The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermeres Fan, An Ideal Husband, and A Woman of No Importance.
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Chapter Two
by Neil Simon
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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...
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Pack of Lies
by Hugh Whitemore
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Actual events during the Cold War inspired this thriller that takes place in a suburb of London during the autumn and winter of 1960-1961.
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Broadway Bound
by Neil Simon
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YA The final play in Simon's autobiographical trilogy, this is nothing short of brilliant. The story is both rib-tickling and heart-wrenching; the Jerome family is troubled, warm, and funny.
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Mary Stuart
by Friedrich Schiller
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Set in 16th century England, Mary Stuart follows the tale of Elizabeth I who is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary, who has been a prisoner for 19 years.
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Oedipus the King
by Sophocles
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In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference...
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
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Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy. James Marsters and Joanne Whalley star in this newly produced full cast dramatization.
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Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
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There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece.
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Hamlet: John Gielgud's Classic 1948 Recording
by William Shakespeare
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This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments.
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Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
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The tragic romance of Verona's two too-young star-crossed lovers, loving each other in spite of their parents' spite, told in beautiful imagery and poetry.
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All My Sons
by Arthur Miller
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A classic Arthur Miller drama about the terrifying journey towards truth when a devastating family secret is uprooted.
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Arcadia
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Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe’s influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through relationship between past and present.
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Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
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Pygmalion remains one of the most popular stories, but mainly in the medium of the musical; the evergreen My Fair Lady....
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