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Blockade Runners, The

Author : Jules Verne

Performed By : Colonial Radio Theatre

Publisher : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air

Runtime : 1 hour 10 minutes

Categories : American
Audio Theater
Drama
American
Dramatizations

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From Jules Verne comes this radio production about an English Blockade Runner in the American Civil War, and its attempt to free a prisoner held by the Confederates.

A sea story by a great author comes to life

Bob from Colorado - 19 Jun 2004

Jules Verne wrote some incredible stories in his day many of which have been made into successful movies. It only seems right that the Colonial Radio should present one of his little known Civil War short stories to the listening public. while it may not be one of his most fanciful tales, it is packed with action and suspence, and remains quite true to its time.

I think you will find this program to be an enjoyable hour spent, and then you will begin to wonder about what else Jules wrote that needs to be performed by these guys.

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Glimpses of the Moon, The

Author : Edith Wharton

Performed By : Anna Fields

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 9 hours

Categories : Classic Literature

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"As Wharton tells [the] story, the sharp irony of both her prose and her characters
bleeds into pools of true feeling."Kirkus Reviews

"There are only three or four American novelists who can be thought of as 'major'and Edith
Wharton is one."Gore Vidal

Set in the 1920s, The Glimpses of the Moon details the romantic misadventures
of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a couple with the right connections but not much in the way of funds.
They devise a shrewd bargain: they'll marry and spend a year or so sponging off their wealthy friends,
honeymooning in their mansions and villas.

As Susy explains, "We should really, in a way, help more than we should hamper each other. We both
know the ropes so well; what one of us didn't see the other mightin the way of opportunities, I mean.
And then we should be a novelty as married people. We're both rather unusually popularwhy not be
frank?and it's such a blessing for dinner-givers to be able to count on a couple of whom neither one
is a blank."

The other part of the plan is that if either one of them meets someone who can advance them socially,
they're each free to dissolve the marriage. How their plan unfolds is a comedy of Eros that will charm
all fans of Wharton's work.