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1.The Essential Shakespeare Live: The Royal Shakespeare Company in Performance (British Library) starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Judi Dench November 14, 2005
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2.Much Ado About Nothing: Complete & Unabridged by: William Shakespeare August 21, 1995
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3.The Complete "Talking Heads" (BBC Radio Collection) by: Alan Bennett October 04, 1999
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I am a fan of talking books, and I would describe many of the ones that I have heard as good, entertaining, thought provoking even. But this collection of stories stands so far above everything else that I have listened to that I can't see them ever being eclipsed. They are that very rare thing in literature - something that is brilliant, complex, moving - but absolutely not worthy, or 'difficult'. How many of us have struggled through a Booker prize winner because we 'ought to', when really it was too much like hard work? These stories are just so entertaining. You very quickly forget that they are monologues because the scenes and other characters are so real that you can see and hear them as if you were watching a full-cast production. You ... Read More:

4.Under Milk Wood: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) by: Dylan Thomas October 23, 1995
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'To begin at the beginning'... I was arranging a visit to Mousehole, Cornwall and whilst researching my visit (incredibly sad, yes - well informed, yes) I stumbled across Thomas' connections with this pretty village. A friend of his, Wyn Henderson, owned the now demolished 'Lobster Pot' harbourside. Thomas delighted in the village and proclaimed that he too, wanted to live somewhere like that. Llareggub, the fictional village Thomas describes is based on another harbourside village in Wales, but the influence of Mousehole on Thomas' creative thoughts is distinctly recognisable to anyone who has visited it and whilst I was reading, I imagined Mousehole through his eyes - the buildings and characters so incredibly vivid. We wandered along the harbour ... Read More:

5.The Tempest: Complete & Unabridged by: William Shakespeare August 21, 1995
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'To begin at the beginning'... I was arranging a visit to Mousehole, Cornwall and whilst researching my visit (incredibly sad, yes - well informed, yes) I stumbled across Thomas' connections with this pretty village. A friend of his, Wyn Henderson, owned the now demolished 'Lobster Pot' harbourside. Thomas delighted in the village and proclaimed that he too, wanted to live somewhere like that. Llareggub, the fictional village Thomas describes is based on another harbourside village in Wales, but the influence of Mousehole on Thomas' creative thoughts is distinctly recognisable to anyone who has visited it and whilst I was reading, I imagined Mousehole through his eyes - the buildings and characters so incredibly vivid. We wandered along the harbour ... Read More:

6.Untold Stories: Stories Pt. 1 by: Alan Bennett November 01, 2005
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Although the material and take on life are completely different Alan Bennett shares with William S Burroughs a voice that just sucks you into the narrative and makes impossible thereafter to read without hearing the voice in your head. I seldom buy spoken word recordings but sometimes it is a must. Having read (or not ) the books I can close my eyes and be transported in the same way that music works, which is saying something from my perspective. I haven't actaually heard this yet but I do have 3 others by him and I know in advance that it cannot be recommend too highly. The mundaity of it all speaks to and for all of us and above everything else it is the honesty and truth that humbles us. Alan knows that the smallest things have the biggest impact. ... Read More:

7.Hamlet: Complete & Unabridged by: William Shakespeare August 21, 1995
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Although the material and take on life are completely different Alan Bennett shares with William S Burroughs a voice that just sucks you into the narrative and makes impossible thereafter to read without hearing the voice in your head. I seldom buy spoken word recordings but sometimes it is a must. Having read (or not ) the books I can close my eyes and be transported in the same way that music works, which is saying something from my perspective. I haven't actaually heard this yet but I do have 3 others by him and I know in advance that it cannot be recommend too highly. The mundaity of it all speaks to and for all of us and above everything else it is the honesty and truth that humbles us. Alan knows that the smallest things have the biggest impact. ... Read More:

8.As You Like It: Complete & Unabridged by: William Shakespeare August 21, 1995
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As You Like It has many qualities to attract readers and audiences. Rosalind is one of the great heroines of all romantic literature. The play has more outstanding speeches than almost any other that has ever been written. Astonishing plot complications are quickly resolved in the simplest possible way, reflecting a playwright's tour de force. The forest of Arden appears as a character in creating a magical atmosphere whereby all perceptions change, and all are healed. Right wins out, especially in drawing on good character . . . even from formerly badly behaving people. And for those who love marriages, this book has one of the most impressive ceremonies of all time in literature. Humans have never looked nobler in the end than in this play. Yet the play also abounds with some ... Read More:

9.Othello (Arkangel) by: William Shakespeare July 09, 2000
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As You Like It has many qualities to attract readers and audiences. Rosalind is one of the great heroines of all romantic literature. The play has more outstanding speeches than almost any other that has ever been written. Astonishing plot complications are quickly resolved in the simplest possible way, reflecting a playwright's tour de force. The forest of Arden appears as a character in creating a magical atmosphere whereby all perceptions change, and all are healed. Right wins out, especially in drawing on good character . . . even from formerly badly behaving people. And for those who love marriages, this book has one of the most impressive ceremonies of all time in literature. Humans have never looked nobler in the end than in this play. Yet the play also abounds with some ... Read More:

10.Alan Bennett Double Bill: Starring Sir John Gielgud and Patricia Routledge: Forty Years On/A Woman of No Importance: Starring Sir John Gielgud and Patricia Routledge (BBC Radio Collection) by: Alan Bennett September 12, 1988
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Here in the U.S. Patricia Routledge is well known for her work in "Keeping Up Appearances", so it is a bit of a surprise to discover the depth of her dramatic abilities. The recent Hetty Wainthrop series is a good example, as is the one woman play "A Woman of No Importance" that is half of this audio tape. It really is the story of a woman of no particular importance to the rest of the world, except that thru her life she manages to make the world a better place. Forty Years On is very funny, but despite the big names (Sir John Gielgud, Paul Eddington, Alan Bennet, Dorothy Reynolds, etc.) I thought it wasn't as powerful as the Patricia Routledge performance.

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