Following the acclaimed recordings of Beckett's Trilogy, Molloy , Malone Dies and The Unnamable , this title features two plays directed by John Tydeman. Last Tape finds an old man, with his tape recorder, musing over the past and future. Not I is a remarkable tour de force for a single actress, as a woman emits memories and fears.
Classic picture book available for the first time on CD, narrated by Roger McGough and Juliet Stevenson.
When Mrs Dashwood is forced to leave her home in Sussex, she takes her three daughters to live in a modest cottage in Devon. Elinor, the eldest, suffers a painful separation from the man she loves; her sister Marianne finds romance and excitement. The music is by Weber, Beethoven and Dittersdorf.
When orphaned young Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor she feels as if she's entered paradise. But there is something incredibly sad beneath all of this beauty and comfort. A past tragedy has left a shadow over Moonacre Manor and the town around it, but Maria is determined to learn about it, and change it.
Anne Elliot has grieved for seven years over the loss of her first and only love, Captain Frederick Wentworth. When their paths finally cross again, Anne finds herself slighted and all their previous intimacy appears gone. The music includes Beethoven piano trios and Krommer wind music.
A further eight plays introduced for younger audiences, including Much Ado About Nothing, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, Measure for Measure and All's Well That Ends Well. This is the third and last in the series which presents the major plays in easy-to-understand introductions with many of the major speeches.
A story of Lev, a middle-aged migrant from Eastern Europe, who moves to London in search of work after losing his wife and job. Lev's London is awash with money, celebrity and complacency.
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Fanny Price is 'adopted' by her rich relations and given a home in the opulence of Mansfield Park. But the transplantation is not a happy one.
Lucy Honeychurch makes her first foray into the world, touring Italy and discovering a country very different to the English countryside she was brought up in. A talented pianist with a good brain, Lucy finds herself between two lovers. Lucy has to choose between her heart and her head.
Introduces us to Bertha, who experiences a sense of rapture as she reflects on her life. On her walk home one day, she is overwhelmed by a sense of bliss. However, her joy later turns to disappointment as she discovers her husband is having an affair with her new friend Pearl. This set also contains five other short stories by Katherine Mansfield.
This 11 CD box set completes the main work of Jane Austen on Naxos AudioBooks. It features Persuasion , Pride and Prejudice , Sense and Sensibility and Lady Susan .
When Lady Windermere's Fan opened in 1892, it ran for 150 performances. The play contains many of Oscar Wilde's most quoted aphorisms. To this day, it continues to be revived frequently. The music supplementing the readings is by Beethoven and Johann Baptist Cramer.