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Audio Theatre

Immerse yourself in the best audio theatre productions featuring full-cast performances, sound effects, and musical scores. Our collection brings classic plays, radio dramas, and original productions to life through exceptional voice acting and audio design. Experience the magic of theatre wherever you go.

Ghosts Audiobook Free: Why It Redefines Audio Theatre – Free Download

Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts was first published in 1881 and staged in 1882, and like his earlier play A Doll’s House, profoundly shocked his contemporaries. Dubbed “a dirty deed done in public” by one of its critics, the play focuses on (among other things) venereal disease, euthanasia, and incest. The original title literally means “the ones who return,” and the play is about how we can deal with the awful legacy of the past. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Heartbreak House Audiobook Free: Shaw’s Timeless Satire Unpacked – Free Download

On the eve of World War I, Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé are invited to one of Hesione Hushabye’s infamous dinner parties. Unfortunately, her fiancé is a scoundrel, her father’s a bumbling prig, and she’s actually in love with Hector, Hesione’s husband. This bold mix of farce and tragedy lampoons British society as it blithely sinks towards disaster. (Summary by Wikipedia)

The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Dramatic Reading) Audiobook Free: A Timeless Adventure Reborn – Free Download

John Dolittle, M. D., was once a famous doctor. But then he learned to talk Animal-Language, picked up several interesting pets, and gradually began to lose his patients. Finally the only patient who remains, the Cat’s-Meat-Man, makes a suggestion – why doesn’t he give up treating people and become an animal doctor?

And so Dr. Dolittle becomes an animal doctor, and life seems to be going well. But with the addition of an escaped crocodile to his store of pets, even the animals stop coming to see him. What to do?

Children of all ages – and adults too – will enjoy the story of the good Doctor and his animals as he travels to Africa and back, braves shipwrecks and pirates, escapes from prison, and tries to reunite a little boy with his kidnapped uncle, all with the help of his charming animal friends. (Summary by Rachel)

Please note that this book was written at a different time and includes attitudes which are now considered racist. Some modern editions are available with some of this changed – this recording is of the original public domain text, as it was first published in 1920.

Pride and Prejudice: A Play Audiobook Free: A Fresh Take on Austen’s Classic – Free Download

Pride and Prejudice, a comedy of manners and marriage, is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels. In this dramatic adaption by Mary Keith Medbery Macakaye some liberties are taken with the storyline and characters, but it is still a fun listen or read. Perhaps a good introduction for someone not ready to tackle the complete novel ~ and for the reader familiar with the work, a laugh can be had at the changes that were made in order to adapt it to the stage (Summary by Maria Therese)

Alchemist Audiobook Free: A Timeless Satire of Human Greed – Free Download

An outbreak of plague in London forces a gentleman, Lovewit, to flee temporarily to the country, leaving his house under the sole charge of his butler, Jeremy. Jeremy uses the opportunity given to him to use the house as the headquarters for fraudulent acts. He transforms himself into ‘Captain Face’, and enlists the aid of Subtle, a fellow conman and Dol Common, a prostitute. In The Alchemist, Jonson unashamedly satirizes the follies, vanities and vices of mankind, most notably greed-induced credulity. People of all social classes are subject to Jonson’s ruthless, satirical wit. He mocks human weakness and gullibility to advertising and to “miracle cures” with the character of Sir Epicure Mammon, who dreams of drinking the elixir of youth and enjoying fantastic sexual conquests. The Alchemist focuses on what happens when one human being seeks advantage over another. In a big city like London, this process of advantage-seeking is rife. The trio of con-artists – Subtle, Face and Dol – are self-deluding small-timers, ultimately undone by the same human weaknesses they exploit in their victims. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Three Sisters Audiobook Free: A Scholarly Exploration of Disillusionment – Free Download

Three Sisters is a naturalistic play about the decay of the privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the modern world. It describes the lives and aspirations of the Prozorov family, the three sisters (Olga, Masha, and Irina) and their brother Andrei. They are a family dissatisfied and frustrated with their present existence. The sisters are refined and cultured young women who grew up in urban Moscow; however for the past eleven years they have been living in a small provincial town. Moscow is a major symbolic element: the sisters are always dreaming of it and constantly express their desire to return. They identify Moscow with their happiness, and thus to them it represents the perfect life. However as the play develops Moscow never materializes and they all see their dreams recede further and further. Meaning never presents itself and they are forced to seek it out for themselves. (Summary by wikipedia)

Romeo and Juliet (Version 4) Audiobook Free: Love’s Audio Triumph – Free Download

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.
(Summary from the Prologue)

Doctor’s Dilemma Audiobook Free: Shaw’s Moral Maze Unraveled – Free Download

The Doctor’s Dilemma is about Dr. Colenso Ridgeon, who has recently been knighted because of a miraculous new treatment he developed for tuberculosis. As his friends arrive to congratulate him on his success, he is visited by two figures who present him with a difficult decision. He has room for one more patient in his clinic; should he give it to Louis Dubedat, a brilliant but absolutely immoral artist, or Dr. Blenkinsop, a poor and rather ordinary physician who is a truly good person? Dr. Ridgeon’s dilemma is heightened when he falls for Jennifer Dubedat, the artist’s wife, who is innocent of her husband’s profligacy. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)