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Oedipus the King
by Sophocles
Formats: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($16.18)
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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A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($18.38)
This classic Shakespearean comedy is presented here in a colorful full-cast dramatization, drawn from the complete text...
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Aristotle's Poetics
by Aristotle
Formats: Audio Download ($7.50)
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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La Bete
by David Hirson
Formats: Audio Download ($18.66)
In a comic whirlwind of high style, La Bęte tells the story of Elomire, a 17th century French playwright, and his touring acting troupe who have come to lead the high life due to the patronage of the fickle Prince of Conti.
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Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
Formats: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($14.38)
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
Formats: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($18.38)
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
Formats: Audio CD ($19.96)
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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The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Formats: Audio Download ($18.66)
In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town.
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Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
Formats: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($17.98)
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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King Richard III
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio Download ($18.38)
Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays...
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Othello
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($18.38)
Shakespeare's legendary tragedy is revisited in this spirited and entertaining production that ran in London from November 2007 to February 2008. The flawless, talented cast features Ewan McGregor as the conniving Iago, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Othello (whose performance won him the Olivier Award as best actor) and Kelly Reilly as Desdemona.
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($15.98)
By the time Shakespeare came to write Macbeth - almost certainly in 1605/1606 - he had already completed three of the great tragedies with which modern audiences are so familiar...
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The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio CD ($15.96)
In this comedy, a rich Paduan gentleman refuses to marry off his younger daughter until a husband is found for her insufferable older sister, Kate.
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($12.78)
Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare's last great play.
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Seven Classic Plays
by Various Artists
Formats: Audio Download ($19.95)
Here in one volume are seven great plays: Medea, The Tempest, The Imaginary Invalid, Camille, An Enemy of the People, Arms and the Man, and Uncle Vany.
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Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
Formats: Audio Download ($14.38)
Hedda Gabler, a deceased General’s daughter, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of middleclass tedium stretching ahead when they return from a honeymoon they could not afford to a house they cannot afford.
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King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio Download ($18.38)
The third of Shakespeare's great tragedies, King Lear, written in 1605, is a tale of vanity, lust and betrayal.
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Voices of Black America
by Booker T. Washington
Formats: Audio Download ($12.78) | Audio CD ($12.78)
This unique collection, compiled especially for Naxos AudioBooks, features original recordings from 1908-1946 of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Address, the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes…
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Blithe Spirit
by Noel Coward
Formats: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($15.98)
When novelist Charles Condomine invites a medium into his house...
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Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio Download ($13.00)
Hamlet is one of the great classics, if not the greatest, of English drama.
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Othello
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio Download ($13.00)
Because of its diverse subject, namely love, jealousy, racism and betrayal, Othello remains relevant and valid even today.
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The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio Download ($11.00)
Petruchio arrives in Padua determined to gain his fortune by marrying the volatile Katherina. Their tempestuous meeting and marriage leads to a great love affair.
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio CD ($15.96)
Seduced by the promises of witches and spurred by his wife, Macbeth lives by the law of ambition alone. Experience this haunting study of power that traces the rise and fall of an ambitious man.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
Formats: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($17.98)
This is one of the great recordings of a great play. John Gielgud stars as Earnest and Edith Evans gives her indomitable performance as Lady Bracknell in this classic radio recording from 1951.
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Henry V
by William Shakespeare
Formats: Audio Download ($18.38)
Henry V, which dates from 1599, is the last in Shakespeare's series of plays based on English history. It is also...
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