Maison d'édition: Charles River Editors
Lewis Carroll was a prominent English writer and mathematician. Carroll is now most famous for writing Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. On top of his great works of fantasy fiction, Carroll was influential for his use of word play and logic. This edition of The Hunting of the Snark includes a table of contents.
The story centers on the all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and the people around them. There are differing opinions on whether this is the ultimate love story or the ultimate story of revenge. (Summary by Wikipedia and Amanda Friday) CastMr. Lockwood: Jason MillsHeathcliff: Bruce PirieCatherine Earnshaw/Narrator: Amanda FridayEllen Dean: Tiffany Halla ColonnaJoseph: Algy PugEdgar Linton: Alan MapstoneIsabella Linton: Arielle LipshawHindley Earnshaw: AnthonyHareton Earnshaw: John TrevithickCathy Linton: Elizabeth KlettLinton Heathcliff: Chuck WilliamsonFrances: Charlotte DuckettMr. Kenneth: Ken GarrettZillah: Caprisha PageJabez Branderham/Ostler: Martin GeesonMr. Earnshaw: DublinGothicRobert: Ernst PattynamaMr. Linton/Laborer/Servant: MoromisMrs. Linton: April GonzalesMary: Grace GarrettHousekeeper: KristingjHerd Boy: Donna WintersOld Woman: Sally McBoy: Katalina WattAudio edited by ToddVoir livre
Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to’ place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in Heaven Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays – on the sponsors dime of course. Classic films now become audiobooks with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's The Buccaneer starring Clark Gable.Voir livre
Ten short plays for stage, radio and TV, selected by Caryl Churchill, opening up a little-known aspect of her writing, and demonstrating her considerable versatility and breadth of concern. Includes an introduction by the author. Abortive (Radio 3, 1971) The After-Dinner Joke (BBC TV, 1978) The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution Hot Fudge (Royal Court Theatre, 1989) The Judge's Wife (BBC TV, 1972) Lovesick (Radio 3, 1967) Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen (Radio 3, 1971) Schreber's Nervous Illness (Radio 3, 1972) Seagulls Three More Sleepless Nights (Soho Poly Theatre, 1980)Voir livre
LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 recordings of A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day by John Donne. This was the fortnightly poetry project for winter solstice 2008.Voir livre
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of "O Captain! My Captain!" This was the Weekly Poetry for the week of August 17, 2014."O Captain! My Captain!" is an elegy for Abraham Lincoln written by Walt Whitman, who worked as a clerk and army hospital nurse during the Civil War. The Captain of the poem is Lincoln, and the ship represents the United States, brought safely through the storm of war. In the poem, Whitman juxtaposes the people's joy at the end of the war with his grief at the assassination of the President. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)Voir livre
Comedy and pathos mingle brilliantly in Neil Simon’s portrait of a widowed New York novelist who fears he’ll never love again and has no interest in dating. Neither does smart, attractive Jennie Malone, who has just returned from getting a Mexican divorce. A grudging five-minute meeting between them blossoms into a passionate, witty romance–until they decide to marry. A BBC co-production.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring David Dukes, Sharon Gless, Gates McFadden and Grant Shaud.Voir livre
