Drama & Plays

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam return as the loving, long-married couple, in the seventh series of Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy ‘Beautifully written’ Observer Joanna and Roger have weathered a few storms in their 40-year marriage, but their passion for each other hasn’t dimmed...

Jimmy Edwards stars in this spin-off from The Navy Lark, chronicling life in and around the higher echelons of British United Plastics Ltd Following in the footsteps of The Navy Lark, The TV Lark and The Embassy Lark, The Big Business Lark aired for 13 episodes over the summer of 1969. Blending...

The award-winning 1990s sitcom, written by and starring Nick Revell Nick Revell plays a slightly stranger version of himself in this surreal comedy – a struggling writer in his mid-thirties who shares his untidy flat with Vince and Alan, a pair of talking geraniums. They, meanwhile, watch on...

A collection of dramas by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Mamet A novelist, playwright, filmmaker and director, David Mamet ranks among America’s most famous living writers. He has penned more than 40 stage plays and over 20 screenplays, won numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize...

Nine full-cast dramatisations of Schnitzler’s sizzling psychological plays and stories, plus a reading of Dream Story The sharp, provocative works of Viennese writer Arthur Schnitzler have been banned for transgressive content, burned by the Nazis, and beloved by fellow writers and artists –...

William Shakespeare gilt als der bedeutendste Dramatiker der Weltliteratur. Seine Werke erzählen von Liebe und Macht, Intrige und Leidenschaft, von Tragik und Komik – und vor allem vom Menschen in all seinen Widersprüchen. Diese Hörbuch-Edition eröffnet einen besonderen Zugang zu seinem Schaffen: In 20 meisterhaft nacherzählten Geschichten bringen Charles und Mary Lamb die großen Dramen Shakespeares in eine klare, erzählerische Form, ohne ihren poetischen Kern zu verlieren.

Three semi-autobiographical plays by Victor Pemberton telling the story of one family across the 20th century Novelist and playwright Victor Pemberton was best known for scripting Doctor Who and working on Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock. His many plays for BBC Radio included The Slide, Kill the...

Sie ist voller Energie, sie ist schön und eine begnadete Singer-Songwriterin: Mit 27 Jahren wird Ela von Messingen landauf, landab bei Konzerten gefeiert. In ekstatischen Auftritten zelebriert sie ihre neuen, von großem Pathos getragenen deutschen Songs. Phil – ihr Partner und Bassist auf der Bühne – kennt die dunkle Kehrseite ihrer Auftritte: Seit Jahren leidet sie an einer Krankheit. Nach und nach erfährt er, wie Ela sich für die Bühne aufputscht. Und dass sie alles, wirklich alles für den Erfolg in Kauf nimmt.

When the spirited and sassy ghost of Kadambari Devi―Rabindranath Tagore’s enigmatic sister-in-law―leaps across time, she finds herself guiding two iconic women from Tagore’s fiction: Charu and Bimala. Both brilliant, restless, and caught between love, intellect, and duty, they struggle...

What a treasure I found that my mother had left me. It was a typed, bound book, Heavy Bombardment. My father, Grenville Mott and his co-author, Martin Kern, wrote this play after being stationed in England with the Eighth Air Force during World War II and returning home in 1946. Mott and Kern hoped to sell their play as a screenplay to Hollywood. This historical three act play is a 24 hour eye-witness account in the War Room of a B-24 466th Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force, one day in England, during World War II and March 1945.

I am now growing in years, and — since I understand that Shakespeare and Mr. Emmons are deceased — it is not impossible that I may even die. It has occurred to me, therefore, that I may as well retire from the field of Letters and repose upon my laurels. But I am ambitious of signalizing my abdication of the literary sceptre by some important bequest to posterity; and, perhaps, I cannot do a better thing than just pen for it an account of my earlier career.

"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" is a dark comedy short story by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. First published in Graham's Magazine in November 1845, the story centers on a naïve and unnamed narrator's visit to a mental asylum in the southern provinces of France. The story follows an unnamed narrator who visits a mental institution in southern France (more accurately, a "Maison de Santé") known for a revolutionary new method of treating mental illnesses called the "system of soothing".

A shattered mirror. A silenced voice. A woman’s fight to reclaim her truth. The Mirror Memoir: With Deep Reflections is the unflinching true story of Samantha Jo Folio; a journey through abuse, betrayal, workplace harassment, and spiritual warfare.

Roger had been living the good life, no worries, no problems living that American dream, that was until the 2008 crash. Like many people across the globe, he lost his job, his retirement, and on the verge of losing his home, but even more than that, his identity. Roger had to do what most in his...

Unabridged version with stage directions! Hamlet is one of the most influential and psychologically profound works in world literature. In this complete and unabridged audiobook edition, William Shakespeare's great tragedy unfolds in its full dramatic richness—performed in English by a single narrator, with all stage directions included and every character clearly announced before speaking. After the sudden death of the King of Denmark, Prince Hamlet returns home to find his mother remarried to his uncle Claudius, who has claimed the throne.

An international mystery. A group of thieves working out of New York, Amsterdam and Paris set in motion a complex art forgery and theft project. Initially they are highly successful, that is until one member is overcome by greed and the promise of a quick buck, not necessarily shared with his...

Zwei Hörspiele mit Basti, der immer wieder versucht, sich das Leben schön zu gestalten. Manchmal gelingt es ihm sogar, wenn auch immer mit kleinen Problemchen. Er hat halt nicht die innere Ruhe und regt sich allzu schnell auf...

Der Spiegel ist ein Teil aus dem Werkzusammenhang Das andere Bitcoin. Der Text öffnet einen Raum zwischen Alltag, Markt, Kunst, Zweifel, Humor und Zukunft. An Tischen, an der Bar, im Campus und in einer Galerie entstehen Gespräche über Bitcoin, künstliche Intelligenz, Verantwortung und die...

Zwei rabiate Hörspiel-Satiren aus der Hauptstadt In „Groupiedämmerung“ steht der abgewirtschaftete Provokationskünstler Leo Greller vor einer schweren Entscheidung: Verrat an seinen autonomen Freunden oder Treue zu seinen Idealen? Eine beißende Satire über die Selbstgerechtigkeit der linken Szene, die 68er-Generation und wie aus Freiheitskämpfern schnell Freiheitsdämpfer werden.

Life has a way of testing the limits of our strength, faith, and determination. This book tells the story of someone who faced one of life’s hardest battles, homelessness, and turned that pain into purpose. A Friend That Went from Homeless to Saving Lives is not just about one person’s journey; it’s a message of hope for anyone who feels like giving up. Through dark nights and uncertain days, this friend found the courage to rise above despair and rebuild a life rooted in compassion, resilience, and service to others.