Aesop's Fables
Author : Various
Performed By : Anton Lesser
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 1 hour 20 minutes
Categories : Myths & Legends
Classic Literature
Our Price : $10.25
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The Fox and the Grapes
The Tortoise and the Hare
Androcles and the Lion
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing and many more
How can the Tortoise run faster than the Hare? What happens when the Dog growls at its image? Or when the Country Mouse goes to supper with the Town Mouse? These wonderful stories have delighted adults and children for centuries, with their witty observations on animals and humans too. In the Fox, in the Crow, in the Lion, in the Ass who puts on a wolf's skin, we see humankind with all its foibles.
The stories are told with the enduring magic of a master storyteller, and set against the bright sounds of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and other concertos.
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History Boys, The
Author : Alan Bennett
Performed By : Full Cast Production
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Dramatizations
Drama
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Alan Bennett's new, award-winning play as heard on BBC Radio 3 features the National Theatre cast
'A superb, life-enhancing play' Guardian
'Intensely moving as well as thought-provoking and funny' Daily Telegraph
After a sell-out national tour and an extended stage run, Alan Bennett's phenomenally successful play transfers to BBC Radio 3. Richard Griffiths, Clive Merrison and Frances de la Tour star as part of the National Theatre cast.
At a boys' grammar school in Sheffield, eight boys are being coached for the Oxbridge entrance exams. It is the mid-eighties, and the main concern of the unruly bunch of bright sixth-formers is getting out, starting university - and starting life.
At the heart of The History Boys are four characters, each with contrasting outlooks on teaching and school: Hector, an eccentric English teacher with no interest in exams; Irwin, a young supply teacher who sees history as'entertainment'; Mrs Lintott,a traditionalist, who teaches 'history, not histrionics'; and a Headmaster obsessed with results.
Described as 'the richest play Bennett has ever written'(Financial Times), staff-room rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence collide in an intensely moving and thought-provoking play.
Winner of the Olivier, Evening Standard, Critics' Circle and South Bank Show Awards for Best New Play.
'A superb, life-enhancing play' Guardian
'Intensely moving as well as thought-provoking and funny' Daily Telegraph
After a sell-out national tour and an extended stage run, Alan Bennett's phenomenally successful play transfers to BBC Radio 3. Richard Griffiths, Clive Merrison and Frances de la Tour star as part of the National Theatre cast.
At a boys' grammar school in Sheffield, eight boys are being coached for the Oxbridge entrance exams. It is the mid-eighties, and the main concern of the unruly bunch of bright sixth-formers is getting out, starting university - and starting life.
At the heart of The History Boys are four characters, each with contrasting outlooks on teaching and school: Hector, an eccentric English teacher with no interest in exams; Irwin, a young supply teacher who sees history as'entertainment'; Mrs Lintott,a traditionalist, who teaches 'history, not histrionics'; and a Headmaster obsessed with results.
Described as 'the richest play Bennett has ever written'(Financial Times), staff-room rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence collide in an intensely moving and thought-provoking play.
Winner of the Olivier, Evening Standard, Critics' Circle and South Bank Show Awards for Best New Play.
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