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History of the Musical, The

Author : Richard Fawkes

Performed By : Kim Criswell

Publisher : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 5 hours 15 minutes

Categories : Social & Economic
Music Related
Music Related

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The musical is one of the great art forms of the 20th century. Showboat Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Oliver, Cabaret - one masterpiece after another packed the theatres on Broadway, in London's West End and around the world. And it made a successful transfer to the cinema. A truly popular art, the musical closely reflected society and its needs - sometimes providing a message and often providing a much-needed romantic escape.

Richard Fawkes traces the development of the musical, from its origins in European light opera and operetta to its transformation in the hands of the great American song composers and lyricists - among them Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe. The talent of Lloyd Webber and Sondheim has assured that in the 21st century, it is as lively as ever.

The History of The Musical is presented by the vivacious singer Kim Criswell, who starred in Cats, sang on Broadway, won awards for her recordings and has lived and breathed the musical since she was a young girl.

It is an enthralling story - and it is told with nearly 100 famous musical extracts.

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Dozen Red Roses, A: From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Author : Edward Fitzgerald

Performed By : Bill Wallis

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Some meditations on love from Edward Fitzgerald’s translation from the enigmatic Persian poet, read by Bill Wallis.

A single poem, available also within the collection entitled  "A Dozen Red Roses: 12 Valentines Poems"

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Dozen Red Roses, A: To His Coy Mistress

Author : Andrew Marvell

Performed By : Bill Wallis

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 3 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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Andrew Marvell’s classic plea to his mistress to show her love for him while they are both still young and passionate, read by Bill Wallis.

A single poem, available also within the collection entitled  "A Dozen Red Roses: 12 Valentines Poems"

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Dozen Red Roses, A: From Paradise Lost

Author : John Milton

Performed By : Jenny Agutter

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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A short section from Milton’s epic poem, expressing how much sweeter the world is when you are with the one you love, read by Jenny Agutter.

A single poem, available also within the collection entitled  "A Dozen Red Roses: 12 Valentines Poems"

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A+ Audio Guide: The Sun Also Rises

Author : Robert Murray

Performed By : Frank Dwyer

Publisher : Hachette Audio

Runtime : 1 hour

Categories : Classic Literature
Self Help

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A+ Audio will help you better understand, appreciate and enjoy great works of literature. With a dramatic presentation that gives voice to the printed word, you'll experience these classic works as never before. Welcome to A+ Audio .



Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises



Audio contains:



Introduction to Hemingway's Europe

Detailed Narrative Guide to the Novel

Dramatic Readings

Critical Analysis



PDF Booklet includes:



Character List

Scene-by-Scene Synopsis

Glossary of Terms

Sample Test and Review Questions

Study Reference for Books, Music, Film



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Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto De Aranjuez

 

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Dozen Red Roses, A: Delight in Disorder

Author : Robert Herrick

Performed By : Bill Wallis

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 1 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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Robert Herrick’s poetic tribute to his mistress’s beautifully carefree style of dress, which he finds more strangely attractive than absolute perfection, read by Bill Wallis.

A single poem, available also within the collection entitled  "A Dozen Red Roses: 12 Valentines Poems"

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In Chancery: Book Two of The Forsyte Saga

Author : John Galsworthy

Performed By : David Case

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 11 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Classic Literature

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In Chancery, the second novel in John Galsworthy's epic social satire The

Forsyte Saga, follows the events of A Man of Property. After suffering the death of her

lover and abuse from her husband Soames, Irene Forsyte finally leaves her marriage for good.

Though socially disgraced by her affair, she forms a bond with the late Old Jolyon, a father of the

Forsyte clan who had grown distant from the family after reconciling with one of his outcast sons.

The young Jolyon had been disinherited after divorcing his wife to marry a penniless foreign governess.



Now, with both his father and his beloved wife dead, the younger Jolyon finds himself drawn in sympathy

to Irene, who was so dear to Old Jolyon in his final days. Their shared troubles blossom into a romance,

to the horror of Soames Forsyte.

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Dozen Red Roses, A: A Birthday

Author : Christina Rossetti

Performed By : Jenny Agutter

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 1 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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A Birthday: Christina Rossetti’s  joyful celebration that her one true love has arrived, read by Jenny Agutter.

A single poem, available also within the collection entitled  "A Dozen Red Roses: 12 Valentines Poems"

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Farmer Giles of Ham

Author : J. R. R. Tolkien

Performed By : Derek Jacobi

Publisher : Harper Collins UK

Runtime : 3 hours

Categories : Classic Literature
Classics
Myths & Legends

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Farmer Giles of Ham is one of Tolkien’s most popular stories, full of wit and humour, set in the days when giants and dragons walked the earth. He did not look like a hero. He was fat and red-bearded and enjoyed a slow, comfortable life.



Then one day a rather deaf and short-sighted giant blundered on to his land. More by luck than skill, Farmer Giles managed to scare him away. The people of the village cheered: Farmer Giles was a hero.



His reputation spread far and wide across the kingdom. So it was natural that when the dragon Chrysophylax visited the area it was Farmer Giles who was expected to do battle with it!



Two further stories in this collections are Smith of Wooton Major which tells of the preparation of the Great Cake to mark the Feast of Good Children, and the strange events which follow, and Leaf by Niggle, which recounts the strange adventures of the painter, Niggle.

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‘A fabulous tale of the days when giants and dragons walked the kingdom’

Sunday Times

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Dozen Red Roses, A: 12 Valentines Poems

Author : Various

Performed By : Various

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 22 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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Twelve specially selected favourite love poems, read by acclaimed actors Bill Wallis and Jenny Agutter.

This literary bouquet of blooms includes Andrew Marvell’s classic To His Coy Mistress, a beautiful extract from The Song of Solomon, Christina Rossetti’s joyful A Birthday, and Christopher Marlowe’s The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.

As well, there are Edward Fitzgerald’s meditations from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward Lear’s comic verse The Owl and The Pussycat, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s If Thou Must Love Me, John Donne’s The Sunne Rising and lines from John Milton’s Paradise Lost.

Completing the dozen are Robert Burns’ My Love is Like A Red, Red Rose, Robert Herrick’s Delight in Disorder and Shakespeare’s Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day.

The poems are also available as individual downloads under the "Dozen Red Roses, A" series.

 

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Importance of Being Earnest, The

Author : Oscar Wilde

Performed By : Alec McCowen, Lynn Redgrave and cast

Publisher : Harper Collins UK

Runtime : 3 hours

Categories : Classic Literature
Classics
Modern Classics

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Jack Worthing lives in the country with his budding young ward Cecily Cardew and her fusspot governess, Miss Prism.

To escape his situation, Jack invents a brother named Ernest who lives in London and frequently needs him.

When in London, Jack then poses as Ernest.

This elaborate fabrication proceeds smoothly until Jack/Ernest falls in love and his fiancee’s mother discovers there is more – or, rather, less – to him than meets the eye.

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Dozen Red Roses, A: 12 Valentines Poems (mp3)

Author : Various

Performed By : Bill Wallis and Jenny Agutter

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 22 minutes

Categories : Poetry

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Twelve specially selected favourite love poems, read by acclaimed actors Bill Wallis and Jenny Agutter.

This literary bouquet of blooms includes Andrew Marvell’s classic To His Coy Mistress, a beautiful extract from The Song of Solomon, Christina Rossetti’s joyful A Birthday, and Christopher Marlowe’s The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.

As well, there are Edward Fitzgerald’s meditations from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward Lear’s comic verse The Owl and The Pussycat, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s If Thou Must Love Me, John Donne’s The Sunne Rising and lines from John Milton’s Paradise Lost.

Completing the dozen are Robert Burns’ My Love is Like A Red, Red Rose, Robert Herrick’s Delight in Disorder and Shakespeare’s Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day.

The poems are also available as individual downloads under the "Dozen Red Roses, A" series.

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Death of Arthur, The

Author : Sir Thomas Malory

Performed By : Philip Madoc

Publisher : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 4 hours

Categories : Classic Literature
Classics

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The glorious but tragic story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is one of the great legends of Western civilisation. Storytellers and poets down the cen­turies have returned repeatedly to the universal themes of the Quest of the Holy Grail and the love between Sir Launcelot and Queen Guenever.

Yet the first printed account, written by the 15th century knight Sir Thomas Malory, remains unmatched. In words which speak as directly to us today as they did to his own period, he brings to life a rich tale of heroism and ideals undermined by the poignance of human emotions.

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Doctor Who - The Underwater Menace

Author : Various

Performed By : Anneke Wills

Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Runtime : 2 hours

Categories : Sci-Fi
Drama
Dramatizations
British

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Patrick Troughton's Doctor arrives on Atlantis in this classic soundtrack adventure, with linking narration by Anneke Wills and an exclusive bonus interview

 

The Tardis materialises on a small volcanic island; on board are the Doctor, Polly, Ben and their new companion Jamie. Exploration of their surroundings reveals a network of caves inside the extinct volcano - and before long all four travellers have been captured by those who live within...

This is Earth, and the lost city of Atlantis lies deep underground, its human citizens dependent for food upon a species known as the Fish People, Unfortunately for the Doctor and his friends, the Atlanteans waste little time in offering the new arrivals up as sacrifices to their goddess Amdo!

A certain Professor Zaroff has persuaded the Atlanteans that he can raise the city once more above the waves. But the Doctor soon realises that Zaroff's plan is insanely dangerous: the professor's lunatic dreams of ultimate power could lead to the destruction of the entire planet. Can the Doctor and company stop him?

Anneke Wills , who also plays Polly, narrates this classic adventure - only one episode of which survives in the television archives. In a specially recorded bonus interview, she recalls her experiences of making The Underwater Menace in 1967.