Theater Classics

Jacob Flanders is a uniquely ambiguous protagonist: he is defined almost entirely by others’ impressions and is nearly unknowable as a result - but that does not at all detract from the vitality of Virginia Woolf’s story. In her experimental first novel, she tracks Jacob through the seemingly mundane early years of his life - from a boyhood trip to the Cornwall coast to his college years at Cambridge to his time as an adult in London and Greece - before arriving at his shocking, even tragic, entry into war.

Mirele Efros, also known as "The Yiddish Queen Lear", is a sophisticated version of Ukrainian-born Jacob Gordin's work about honesty, decency and devotion towards family and community. Mirele, a wealthy and pious widow, whose devotion to her children even goes as far as hand-picking her eldest son's wife, makes a tragic mistake in evaluating her future daughter-in-law as giving and pious. Conflict ensnares the two in short order and a lesson about the value of piety is conveyed in the cautionary tale. Adapted in English by David Serero.

The St. Charles Players present multi-cast dramatizations of some of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest works, including The Black Cat, The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether, The Purloined Letter, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

This full-cast audio movie invites you to travel with Professor Challenger to a secluded South American plateau...deep in the Amazon jungle...where no civilized man dares to go...and where dinosaurs still roam! This is the original terrifying adventure tale, as spawned by the mind of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - the man who gave the world Sherlock Holmes.

The adventures of a talking wooden puppet who yearns to become a real boy.

Steven Adler examines the dynamic life and workings of the theatre company responsible for some of the world's most compelling performances and influential productions of the last 40 years, including Marat/Sade, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Les Misérables, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Nicholas Nickleby.

Choephori, or The Libation Bearers, is the second in the Oresteian trilogy on the House of Atreus, written by Aeschylus. It deals with the reunion of Agamemnon‘s children, Electra and Orestes, and their revenge upon their mother Clytemnestra for the murder of Agamemnon, which takes place in the first play, Agamemnon. The title refers to the chorus of libation bearers who supports and encourages Electra and Orestes in their quest for justice. The Oresteia is the only extant example of an ancient Greek theatre trilogy.

An award winning Drama from SmartPass. Unabridged with guided description to set the scene and fill in visual moments.

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Richard, duke of Gloucester, schemes to inherit the throne by killing all who stand in his way - including his own brother and the two young sons of King Edward IV.

Die göttliche Komödie - eines der faszinierendsten Werke der europäischen Literatur überhaupt. Die Harmonie des Aufbaus von der Höllenfahrt bis ins Paradies, die dramatische Vielfalt der evozierten Schicksale, die Kraft des dichterischen Ausdrucks und Gefühls, Adel und Tiefe der Gedanken machen es zu einem zeitlosen Beispiel abendländischer Dichtkunst.

Berühmte Theater-Monologe u.a. aus Shakespeares "Hamlet" und "Romeo und Julia", aus Goethes "Faust", Schillers "Kabale und Liebe" und Lessings "Nathan der Weise".

Prince Hal leaves the company of the knave Falstaff and his revelers in order to command his father's troops and fight the rebels at the Battle of Shrewsbury.

Artist Dick Heldar returns to 1890's England from the war in the Sudan after sustaining eye injuries and turns to painting for a living. While his realistic paintings of scenes from the war in Sudan slowly achieve a certain popularity, he ekes a living painting romanticized portraits. Eventually, the old war injury to his eyes starts getting worse and Heldar realizes he is going blind. Before he completely loses his sight, Dick resolves to paint his masterpiece, Melancholia, using a prostitute named Bessie as a model.

A timeless classic by George Bernard Shaw, Arms and the Man is a comedy about love, ideals, and romance. A young woman from a wealthy Bulgarian family is visited in her room by an enemy captain in his flight to evade capture, and this chance encounter threatens her engagement and her high-minded idealism.

Actor and comedian Kevin O'Brien performs Mark Twain's classic—and delivers four lectures analyzing the brilliance of this great American novel.

In the 25th century mankind fought against the hated telepathic slan race in the fierce slan-wars. The result was the extermination of almost all slans, and the establishment of a world-wide police state.

Texte von Goethe, Lessing, Shakespeare, Hofmannsthal, Diderot, Brecht, Dürrenmatt und Schiller, gelesen von Paul Hoffmann (1997)...

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Don Candeloro war wirklich ein Künstler in seiner Art. Sein Vater war Marionettentheaterbesitzer, sein Großvater auch, und er war ebenfalls ein geborener Marionettenmann. Die Puppen waren sein Brot, seine Liebe, sein Ruhm, sein Leben, sein Alles. Alle diese Eigenschaften trugen dazu bei, dass sich die Tochter eines Gastwirtes, dessen Schenke neben seiner Bühne war, in ihn verliebte. Das Mädchen war ziemlich hässlich, aber sie hatte eine schöne, volle Stimme und sie musste sich auch ein hübsches Stückchen Geld erspart haben.