Afternoon Play: Brief Lives - Series 2 03-11-2008 24-11-2008
Series of plays by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly, set in a Manchester legal practice.
From The Telegraph
New serial, by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly, about legal representatives. They’re not exactl
Bizarre coincidences spark a British nuclear submarine's preparations for all-out attack. Stars Manning Wilson and John Rye.
SNT 1974-07-06 The Light Of A Thousand Suns (James Follett).mp3
Read more…My complete Shakespeare collection, all in one place and all available to everyone.
The Arkangel series is already posted . This is a large (30 GB+) collection of all sorts of radio productions of all the plays. For a few of the more obscure ones, I
Read more…By Martin Boyd, dramatised by Elspeth Sandys.
Martin Boyd's novel follows the trials and tribulations of an Australian girl who marries into the English aristocracy at a time in which the established order is experiencing a period of tremendous c
Read more…Several months ago, David posted As You Like It from the Arkangel Shakespeare series.
I have the complete set, with liner notes, so i thought I'd post them all. I'll be adding the Sonnets later, probably posting them in Poetry, along with Venus and
Read more…Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston take the lead roles in this great tragedy of love and power, a new production to mark the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare.
Lovers, politicians, superstars. Antony and Cleopatra is Shakespeare
Read more…Imelda Staunton stars as Nigel Molesworth, the Curse of St Custards, in this brand new adaptation of the notorious Goriller of 3B's guide to skool life for tiny pupils and their parents.
Aided by best friend Peason and thwarted by everyone from Grabb
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Focus on the Family Radio Theater
96K
1 238-MB rar file containing 35 mp3s and 2 jpgs
Escape to another place & time with this full-cast audio dramatization of the Charles Dickens' timeless tale set in 1830's London
Jean-Paul Sartre - Huis-clos
BBC Third Programme
Broadcast: Tuesday 8th October 1946
"Huis-clos" is a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for eternity, and is the sou
This wry play suggests that the 18th Century equivalent of the Secret Service was perhaps not the most cogent or rational. Especially when the Government’s man on the inside claims to have met Napoleon and gone t
Read more…Helene Hanff's classic story, adapted by James Roose-Evans, chronicles the enduring friendship between a feisty American writer and a reserved English gentleman.
The tale spans two continents and three decades.
Cast:
Helene Hanff....Gillian Anders
Read more…BBC R4 - Eric Williams' 'The Wooden Horse'
Adapted by Mark Power
Directed by Adrian Bean
Broadcast in six parts September 16 to October 21, 1992
Coded mono from tape at 128/44.1
One of the best known WWII PoW escape stories. Three men, Michael Codnor, Eri
BBC R4 - Alan Bennett's 'An Englishman Abroad' 2005
Matthew Compton and David Carrol
Produced by Susan Roberts
Broadcast September 17, 2005
Coded from tape at 128/44.1
Alan Bennett's moving play about a meeting between actress Coral Browne and Englis
Read more…The Fatal Flaw
By Chris Allen
SNT 20.2.1982
Martyn Read/Margaret Robertson
128K
This is an outstanding play about shady deeds in the production of blockbuster novels. A teacher who's written a couple of unsuccessful novels is approached by a publish
Robinson Crusoe
Dramatization of Daniel Defoe's castaway classic stars Roy Marsden
1/2 Ignoring his family's advice, the castaway ends up shipwrecked and arrives on an island.
2/2 Solitude on the desert island gives way to cannib
Read more…1/3 The epic adventures of pilgrim Christian and his perilous journey to the
Read more…Based upon actual events, Bruce Stewart 's play tells the story of an English priest who is sent incognito to discover whether a Franciscan monastery in Sicily has been taken over by the Mafia.
Unknown: Bruce Stewart
Director: Martin Jenkins
Anselmo: J
If you understand the term "masterwork," you'll grab this set of dramas.
The BBC has adapted Powell's novels twice. The first, in 1979-1982 spanned twenty-six plays, which represented the twelve novels in Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time, done
Read more…Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekhov
A new production of the version by Christopher Hampton.
160/44; 124.5 MB; sound quality excellent
Drama on 3: Sunday 01 June 2014
Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes
Life on a provincial Russian estate is thrown into turmoil
