Showing titles in Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature
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The Code of the Woosters (Dramatized)
- By: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
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Performance16
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The Code of the Woosters is one of the best known of Wodehouse's Bertie and Jeeves series. Bertie's beloved Aunt Dahlia pressures him into stealing a cow-shaped silver creamer much coveted by his uncle from his arch rival in silver collecting, Sir Watkyn Bassett. At the same time, Bertie attempts to patch up the shaky romance between Guisse Fink-Nottle, the newt expert, and Madeline Bassett, a four star drip. The results of Bertie's efforts are, as always, a financial disaster.
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The Code of the Woosters (Dramatized)
- Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Release date: 06-04-01
- Language: English
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Odyssey
- By: Homer, Stanley Lombardo - translator
- Narrated by: Stanley Lombardo, Susan Sarandon - introduction
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance21
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The Odyssey tells of the heroic journey of Odysseus after the Trojan war. In his attempt to return home to Ithaca, this ancient hero is faced with obstacle after obstacle, mythic creature after mythic creature. This is an epic poem encompassing an epic journey as famous as it is classic. Translated by Stanley Lombardo.
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The Ideal Travel Book
- By Tiago on 23-12-12
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Odyssey
- Narrated by: Stanley Lombardo, Susan Sarandon - introduction
- Series: Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 28-09-07
- Language: English
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Beowulf
- By: Anonymous
- Narrated by: Crawford Logan
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance29
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Story29
The oldest long poem in Old English, written about AD 1,000, Beowulf tells the story of a great warrior of southern Scandinavia, in both youth and maturity. The monster Grendel terrorizes the Scyldings of Hrothgar's Danish Kingdom until Beowulf defeats him. As a result, he has to face her enraged mother. Beowulf dies after a battle against a fierce dragon.
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Timeless
- By mr b t adams on 03-02-16
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Beowulf
- Narrated by: Crawford Logan
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- Language: English
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Seneca’s Tragedies: Thyestes & Oedipus
- Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations & Seneca’s Letters
- By: Seneca
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, Anton Lesser, Denis Quilley, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Full-cast productions of Seneca’s most famous tragedies, plus letters from the Roman philosopher read by Paul Scofield Stoic philosopher and playwright Lucius Annaeus Seneca lived through the reigns of Caligula and Claudius, and was tutor and adviser to Nero, before his untimely suicide in...
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Seneca’s Tragedies: Thyestes & Oedipus
- Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations & Seneca’s Letters
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, Anton Lesser, Denis Quilley, Sian Phillips, Francis Jeater, Paul Schofield, Hugh Dickson, Crawford Logan, Timothy Bateson, Stephen Thorne, Full Cast
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 02-07-26
- Language: English
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The Bungler
- By: Molière, Richard Wilbur - translator
- Narrated by: Richard Easton, Adam Godley, Alan Mandell, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
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In 17th-century Sicily, a clever valet named Mascarille tries to help his boss, Lélie, win the girl of his dreams – only to find that Lélie is a monumental dunce who ruins every one of his intricate schemes. Undaunted, Mascarille invents progressively wilder plots, only to see his best-laid plans go very awry in Molière’s The Bungler, translated by Richard Wilbur.
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The Bungler
- Narrated by: Richard Easton, Adam Godley, Alan Mandell, Christopher Neame, Paula Jane Newman, Darren Richardson, Kate Steele
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 12-05-11
- Language: English
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The Allegory of the Cave
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Adriel Brandt
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance5
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This simplistic and ingenious allegory from one of the fathers of Western philosophy casts light on society’s naiveté and ignorance.
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Plato, Clever philosopher.
- By ludwig on 31-05-22
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The Allegory of the Cave
- Narrated by: Adriel Brandt
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 18-02-19
- Language: English
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Falstaff
- Give Me Life
- By: Harold Bloom
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance13
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Story13
Falstaff is both a comic and tragic central protagonist in Shakespeare's three Henry plays. He is companion to Prince Hal (the future Henry V), who loves him, goads him, teases him, indulges his vast appetites, and commits all sorts of mischief with him. Award-winning author and esteemed professor Harold Bloom examines Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom. He uses the relationship between Falstaff and Hal to explore the devastation of severed bonds and the heartbreak of betrayal.
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Falstaff
- Give Me Life
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 18-09-18
- Language: English
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Becket or the Honor of God
- By: Jean Anouilh
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Performance4
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After helping to murder Becket, King Henry II is haunted by memories of their passionate friendship. Appointing Becket as Archbishop was the King's greatest mistake, for Becket finds his allegiance shifting from king and country to God and Church.
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Very exciting
- By Kindle Customer on 25-01-22
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Becket or the Honor of God
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Release date: 20-01-06
- Language: English
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Greek Legacy: Classical Origins of the Modern World
- By: The Great Courses, Daniel N. Robinson
- Narrated by: Daniel N. Robinson
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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Overall23
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Performance21
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Virtually all of the major building blocks of our culture (law, government, religion, science, medicine, drama, architecture, and more) derived ultimately from the ancient Greeks. In these 12 lectures, you'll explore the continuing influence of the classical Greek achievement on contemporary life. The point is not the often tedious claim that there is nothing new under the sun. Rather, it is to underscore the remarkable continuity of the Greek perspective and ethos preserved over several millennia.
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A superb introduction
- By Lex on 23-12-22
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Greek Legacy: Classical Origins of the Modern World
- Narrated by: Daniel N. Robinson
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient Philosophy
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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Louis MacNeice: The Dark Tower, Christopher Columbus & more
- Six Classic Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas
- By: Louis MacNeice
- Narrated by: Dylan Thomas, Laurence Olivier, Mary Wimbush, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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A rare collection of vintage radio dramas from the renowned Ulster poet, plus bonus documentary Born in Belfast in 1907, Louis MacNeice wrote some of the most beautiful and best-loved poetry of the 20th century. But he was also one of the BBC’s most innovative writers and producers, scripting...
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Louis MacNeice: The Dark Tower, Christopher Columbus & more
- Six Classic Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas
- Narrated by: Dylan Thomas, Laurence Olivier, Mary Wimbush, Margaret Rawlings, Patricia Gallimore, Harry Lloyd, Jude Akuwudike, Adrian Scarborough, Lucy Robinson, Matthew Tennyson, Full Cast
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-05-26
- Language: English
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Classics
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Mary Beard, John Henderson
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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We are all classicists - we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these aspects of the classics differ from their original reality?
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I'll Amend Review when Done
- By Graham McDougall on 28-07-23
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Classics
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 14-12-21
- Language: English
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Worlds of Arthur
- Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
- By: Guy Halsall
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance19
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King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian times, the tales of this legendary figure have blossomed and multiplied. And in more recent times, there has been a continuous stream of books claiming to have discovered the "facts" about, or to unlock the secret or truth behind, the "once and future king". Broadly speaking, there are two Arthurs.
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Misleading title?
- By Teresa Cooper on 31-08-15
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Worlds of Arthur
- Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-12-14
- Language: English
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The Treasury of Romantic Poetry
- Argo Classics
- By: William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Burton, William Squire, Margaretta Scott, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance2
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A collection of the greatest poetry from the Romantic period, read by some of the 20th century’s most renowned actors. Love, romance and portrayals of nature are played out in these timeless readings of poetry written during the Romantic period. Performed by Richard Burton, Peter Orr, William Squire, Richard Marquand, Peggy Ashcroft, Margaretta Scott, Tony Church, Derek Godfrey, Patrick Garland, Gary Watson and Janette Richer. This collection includes poems from: William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats.
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Titles and Performance
- By Sue Cox on 01-04-26
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The Treasury of Romantic Poetry
- Argo Classics
- Narrated by: Richard Burton, William Squire, Margaretta Scott, Peter Orr, Peggy Ashcroft, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 12-11-20
- Language: English
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How to Win an Election
- An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
- By: Quintus Tullius Cicero, Philip Freeman - translator
- Narrated by: Doug Kaye
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance10
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How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on running a successful campaign.
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How to Win an Election
- An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
- Narrated by: Doug Kaye
- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 19-09-12
- Language: English
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The Odyssey
- By: Homer, Allen Mandelbaum - translator
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Abridged
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Overall18
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Performance15
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Homer's masterpiece tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, a journey of 10 years and countless thrilling adventures. Rich in Greek folklore and myth, featuring gods and goddesses, monsters and sorceresses, The Odyssey has enchanted listeners around the world for thousands of years.
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A classic, timeless masterpiece
- By dionne on 14-04-16
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The Odyssey
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 24-11-09
- Language: English
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The Knight's Tale
- By: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance3
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The Knight's Tale of medieval wars and chivalry is the first tale told to the pilgrims as they set out to Canterbury. It concerns Theseus, returning from fighting at Thebes, and two brother knights Palamon and Arcite, imprisoned but yearning for their loves. But the real hero of this recording is Richard Bebb who, with the help of Professor Derek Brewer, the leading expert on Chaucerian pronunciation, make the original Middle English not only comprehensible to the modern ear, but exciting.
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Looking for entertainment not scholarship
- By Landgirl on 24-12-12
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The Knight's Tale
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- Language: English
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Aeneid (Dramatized)
- By: Virgil
- Narrated by: Paul Scofield, Jill Balcon, Toby Stephens, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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Overall9
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Performance6
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Virgil's Aeneid, one of the greatest classical poems, tells the story of Aeneas, son of Priam, after the fall of Troy. His quest is to find the site "in the west" where he will found a new town prophesied to be the seat of a world empire: Rome.
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Disappointing
- By A Baker on 25-07-21
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Aeneid (Dramatized)
- Narrated by: Paul Scofield, Jill Balcon, Toby Stephens, Geraldine Fitzgerald, John McAndrew, Stephen Thorne
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 31-12-06
- Language: English
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The Imaginary Cuckold and School for Husbands
- By: Molière, Richard Wilbur - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Bedford, Emily Bergl, Dakin Matthews, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
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Molière wrote some of the most durable and penetrating comedies of all time. The Imaginary Cuckold and The School for Husbands are two of his grand farces of marriage and misunderstanding, one set in Paris and the other in the provinces. In The School for Husbands, a tyrannical husband-to-be seeks to isolate his ward, while unwittingly carrying her messages of devotion to her lover. In The Imaginary Cuckold, an enraged husband imagines his wife is unfaithful, but is reluctant to defend his honor.
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The Imaginary Cuckold and School for Husbands
- Narrated by: Brian Bedford, Emily Bergl, Dakin Matthews, Juliet Mills, Christopher Neame, Lloyd Owen, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson, Carolyn Seymour, Alan Shearman
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 15-09-10
- Language: English
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Rumi's Little Book of Life
- The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit
- By: Rumi, Maryam Mafi - translator, Azima Melita Kolin - translator
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From Madonna to Deepak Chopra, celebrities have been recording and embracing Rumi's poetry for the past two decades, creating a resurgence of interest in this 13th century Sufi mystic. This beautiful collection of 196 of his poems, previously unavailable in English and now translated by native Persian speakers Maryam Mafi and Azima Melita Kolin, will appeal to Rumi lovers everywhere who want a guidebook for their inner journey.
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Wonderful Voice and Poetry
- By J Dog on 08-10-25
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Rumi's Little Book of Life
- The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 08-12-20
- Language: English
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The George Bernard Shaw Collection
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Shirley Knight, Anne Heche, JoBeth Williams, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Overall35
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Performance19
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Eight of George Bernard Shaw's most memorable plays in one splendid collection: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, The Devil’s Disciple, Major Barbara, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Misalliance, and Pygmalion.
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Good collection, good acting
- By muovikassi88 on 08-06-17
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The George Bernard Shaw Collection
- Narrated by: Shirley Knight, Anne Heche, JoBeth Williams, Richard Dreyfuss, Bruce Davison, Kate Burton, Roger Rees
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-06-11
- Language: English
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