Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Macbeth, a summary of the play Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: Katie Haigh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. Set mainly in Scotland, the play illustrates the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. It was most likely written during the reign of James I, who had been James VI of Scotland before he succeeded to the English throne in 1603. James was a patron of Shakespeare's acting company, and of all the plays Shakespeare wrote during James's reign, Macbeth most clearly reflects the playwright's relationship with the sovereign. Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy, and tells the story of a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia, and he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler as he is forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of arrogance, madness, and death. This is a detailed summary of the play, re-told in todays language. - -

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Room with a View Author: E.M. Forster Narrator: Eugene Simon, Alastair James Murden, Eleanor Tomlinson, Darren Richardson, Matthew Wolf, Julian Sands, Rosalind Ayres, Edita Brychta, Moira Quirk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: In this original adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, an encounter in Florence and an offer to exchange rooms brings George Emerson to the attention of Lucy Honeychurch. Their flirtation is cut short by Lucy's chaperone, but when they meet again back home in England, Lucy must negotiate the demands of her station with the desires of her heart. Includes an interview with Julian Sands. Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in March, 2019. Adapted and Directed by Kate McAll Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Rosalind Ayres as Charlotte Bartlett Edita Brychta as Mrs. Honeychurch, Miss Lavish, Signora Alastair James Murden as Freddy Honeychurch, Guide, Italian Driver Moira Quirk as Miss Catherine Alan, Miss Teresa Alan, Maid Darren Richardson as Mr. Beebe and Sir Harry Julian Sands as Mr. Emerson Eugene Simon as George Emerson Eleanor Tomlinson as Lucy Honeychurch Matthew Wolf as Cecil Vyse, Shopkeeper, English Driver Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson Sound Designer, Recording and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley Artist: Brian Wallace Production Manager: Jessie Vachiano Editor: Julian Nicholson

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355903 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Othello Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 14, 2019 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: PASSIONATE LOVE IN A PREJUDICED WORLD In Shakespeare’s most intimate tragedy, director Bill Rauch explores racism, religious bias, xenophobia, and the more disturbing aspects of relationships in the context of our society’s ongoing struggle with polarizing differences. Consumed by their bigotry, those who praised the Moorish general Othello’s military successes now reject his marriage to Desdemona. The newlyweds are determined to overcome all obstacles, but Othello’s assignment in an exotic new location draws them into the web of his lieutenant Iago, whose resentment and demons know no bounds.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Michael Shayne, Private Detective, Collection 1 Series: #1 of Michael Shayne, Private Detective Collection Author: Black Eye Entertainment Narrator: Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: Michael Shayne, “the reckless, red-headed Irishman” was a popular hard-boiled detective created by crime novelist Brett Halliday. Mike settled in Miami just after WWII, making crime pay by fighting it with a license and an attitude. Like Mike Hammer and Philip Marlowe, Shayne was a loner.  The back-story on Mike is that he was happily married, but suddenly his wife is tragically murdered, which hit him hard. Grief-stricken, Shayne loses himself in his work as a private eye, prowling the dark streets of Miami seeking out his style of revenge on injustice. The radio version of Mike’s exploits debuted as “Michael Shayne, Private Detective” in the fall of 1944 with Wally Maher in the title role.  In 1948, Mutual radio debuted “The New Adventures of Michael Shayne” starring movie star Jeff Chandler. Others to portray Shayne on radio included Donald Curtis and Robert Sterling. Richard Denning, who had starred for years on the radio comedy series “My Favorite Husband” opposite Lucille Ball, portrayed Mike Shayne in a 1960’s TV version. Enjoy 12 half-hour episodes of one of the best detective shows ever heard on radio.4-2-45 Meet Me at Oakland Depot (Ed McDonald fills in for the hospitalized Wally Maher) 4-9-45 The Haunted House 5-14-45 The Date with a Wedding 6-11-45 Mary Noble Suspects Uncle Biggs 7-9-45 The Gossip Writer 7-16-45 The Oriental Lines 8-6-45 The Missing Body 8-20-45 Red Lead Mystery 8-27-45 Behind the Footlights 9-10-45 John M. Crowder’s Body 9-17-45 Mr. Dixon’s Life is in Danger 9-24-45 Shadow William Pringle

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold These Truths Author: Jeanne Sakata Narrator: Ryun Yu, Suzy Nakamura, Matthew Floyd Miller, Greg Watanabe, Matt Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 45 minutes Release date: April 25, 2019 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly remove and incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggles to reconcile his country's betrayal with his passionate belief in the US Constitution, Gordon begins a 50-year journey toward a greater understanding of America's triumphs - and a confrontation with its failures. Includes an interview with playwright Jeanne Sakata. Hold These Truths is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library. Directed by Jessica Kubzansky Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Starring Ryun Yu as Gordon Hirabayashi Additional voices by Matthew Floyd Miller, Suzy Nakamura, Matt Walker, and Greg Watanabe Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson. Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin. Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner. Recording Engineer and Editor: Erick Cifuentes

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Box Thirteen, Collection 1 Series: #1 of Box Thirteen Collection Author: Black Eye Entertainment Narrator: Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 16, 2019 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: Movie star Alan Ladd played Dan Holiday, retired newspaperman turned fiction writer and adventurer extraordinaire. To gain ideas for his books, Holiday placed an ad in the Star-Times newspaper “Adventure wanted – will go anywhere, do anything – Box 13.” It wasn’t long before Box 13 became jammed with adventures galore. Holiday always had more adventure than he’d originally sought, because those who responded to his ad never revealed all of their glorious, unusual, and sometimes sinister details until they met in person and the adventure had already begun. Silvia Picker played Holiday’s scatter-brained secretary, Suzy.  Suzy added touches of humor to the mystery-adventure and nail-biting storylines.“Box 13” was produced by Mayfair Productions, a company run by Alan Ladd and Richard Sandville. The name came from Mayfair Restaurant, which Ladd and Sandville owned during WWII. In addition to producing “Box 13”, Ladd also wrote some of the scripts.11/28/48 Double Right-Cross 12/5/48 Look Pleasant, Please 12/12/48 The Haunted Artist 12/19/48 The Sad Night 2/20/49 Flash of Light 2/27/49 Hare and Hounds 3/6/49 Hunt and Peck 3/13/49 Death is a Doll 4/17/49 Sealed Instructions 4/24/49 Find Me, Find Death 5/1/49 Much Too Lucky 5/8/49 One of these Four

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lux Radio Theatre, Collection 2 Series: #2 of The Lux Radio Theatre Collection Author: Black Eye Entertainment Narrator: Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: The Lux Radio Theatre was one of the most prestigious and longest running shows from Radio's Golden Age. It featured the greatest stars in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures. Cecil B. DeMille was the host (from 1936-1945) for a lavish production of what was to become a veritable checklist of many of Hollywood's best films from the mid -1930s through the mid -1950s. The stars of the movie usually appeared in their audio counterparts, although sometimes contracts or schedules meant that another actor took the part. The productions were broadcast live, with a full orchestra, in front of a large studio audience. Sponsored by Lever Brothers, the makers of Lux Soap, The Lux Radio Theatre came to radio in 1934 and lasted until 1955 for a total of 926 hour-long broadcasts. It transitioned to TV in 30-minute weekly installments in 1950 with James Mason as host.2/27/39 'Ceiling Zero' w/ James Cagney and Ralph Bellamy 3/20/39 'It Happened One Night' w/ Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert 10/2/39 'You Can't Take It With You' w/ Edward Arnold, Robert Cummings and Fay Wray 5/20/40 'Midnight' w/ Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche 10/7/40 'Wings of the Navy' w/ George Brent, John Payne and Olivia de Havilland 12/1/41 'A Man's Castle' w/ Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unforgettable You Series: #5 of Silver Springs Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Veronica Worthington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 26, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak returns to Silver Springs, where no past mistake is so big the heart can’t find a way to fix it. Jada Brooks couldn’t have known how her life would change when she fell for bad boy Maddox Richardson back in high school. She couldn’t have known his troubled brother would leave hers forever crippled. Or that she’d be forced to shun Maddox completely—only to discover she was carrying his child. Although Maddox was devastated by the events that transpired that fateful night, losing Jada was the worst of it. He’s back in Silver Springs, ready to make amends and provide the kind of youth outreach that once saved him. If he’d known Jada was in town, too, he would never have come. Jada has returned to Silver Springs to be with family after her father’s death. But when she sees Maddox, every tough decision she’s made concerning their now twelve-year-old daughter begins to haunt her. Falling for him again is so tempting, but not only does she stand to alienate her family—if he finds out about Maya, she could lose what matters most. Don’t miss Brenda Novak’s latest book, When I Found You!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisters Matsumoto Author: Philip Kan Gotanda Narrator: Ryun Yu, Suzy Nakamura, Kurt Kanazawa, Ron Bottitta, Greg Watanabe, June Angela, Keiko Agena Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 52 minutes Release date: February 15, 2019 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the US government sent thousands of Japanese American citizens to detention camps. In 1945, three Japanese-American sisters return to their farm in Stockton, California, after years in an internment camp, but the once prosperous family finds it's not easy to pick up the pieces of their former lives. As the details of their deceased father's final arrangements emerge, the sisters must work together to keep their dreams alive. This recording is sponsored in part by California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library. Includes a conversation with actor George Takei, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, and director Tim Dang. Directed by Tim Dang. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring: Keiko Agena as Rose Matsumoto June Angela as Grace Matsumoto Ron Bottitta as Mr. Hersham Kurt Kanazawa as Henry Suzy Nakamura as Chiz Matsumoto Greg Watanabe as Bola Ryun Yu as Hideo Sound Effects Artist, Jeff Gardner. Script Supervisor, Daniel Trostler. Production Manager, Nikki Hyde. Music Supervisor, Ronn Lipkin. Associate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson, Editor, Mitchell Lindskoog. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA, in November of 2018.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy': Watching 'Where Eagles Dare' Author: Geoff Dyer Narrator: Roy Macmillan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 12, 2019 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: Geoff Dyer's earlier book on film, Zona, was about Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, so it was perhaps inevitable that he should next devote his unique critical and stylistic energies to Brian G. Hutton's Where Eagles Dare. A thrilling Alpine adventure starring a magnificent, bleary-eyed Richard Burton and a dynamically lethargic Clint Eastwood, Where Eagles Dare is the apex of 1960s war movies, by turns enjoyable and preposterous. 'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy' is Geoff Dyer's hilarious tribute to a film he has loved since childhood: it's a scene-by-scene analysis—or should that be send-up?—taking us from it's snowy, Teutonic opening credits to its vertigo-inducing climax.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Little Foxes Author: Lillian Hellman Narrator: Karen Malina White, Albie Selznick, Jamie Harris, Will Brittain, Heidi Dippold, Larry Powell, Molly C. Quinn, Jared Harris, Tim Dekay, Joanne Whalley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 42 minutes Release date: January 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: A scathing examination of a wealthy southern family and the greed that tears them apart. Regina's brothers have inherited their father's wealth, while after years of neglect, her dying husband is determined to see she gets nothing. It will take every ounce of her ruthless guile to outwit her relations and assure herself a gilded future. Recorded before a live audience at UCLA's James Bridges Theater in October 2018. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Will Brittain as Leo Hubbard Tim DeKay as Ben Hubbard Heidi Dippold as Birdie Hubbard Jamie Harris as Oscar Hubbard Jared Harris as Horace Giddens Larry Powell as Cal Molly C. Quinn as Alexandra Giddens Albie Selznick as William Marshall Joanne Whalley as Regina Giddens Karen Malina White as Addie Associate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer, Ronn Lipkin. Foley Artist, Aaron Lyons. Production Manager, Katie Friesen. Editor, Julian Nicholson. Piano solos and duets played by Nicholas Hormann and Katie Hume.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358456 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mega Manchild Author: Mike Lawrence Narrator: Mike Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 26, 2018 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: Mike Lawrence talks about finding love, breaks down why poor people are safe in horror films and shares his own conspiracy theory about the moon landing.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Halls of Ivy, Collection 1 Series: #1 of The Halls of Ivy Collection Author: Black Eye Entertainment Narrator: Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 14, 2018 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: Created by Don Quinn, the co-creator of Fibber McGee & Molly, The Halls of Ivy was a situation comedy series that ran on NBC radio from 1950 through 1952. Originally slated to star Gale Gordan and Edna Best, the lead roles went to British husband-and-wife actors Ronald and Benita Colman. The Colman’s were well versed at comedy and already a hit with radio fans having played Jack Benny’s next-door-neighbor on The Jack Benny Program for years. Ronald Colman played William Todhunter Hall, the urbane president of small, rural Ivy College. Benita, played his wife Victoria, a former British musical comedy star. The series chronicled their interactions with students, friends, and college trustees. Others in the cast were Herb Butterfield as testy board chairman Clarence Wellman, Willard Waterman (then starring in The Great Gildersleeve) as board member John Merriweather and Alan Reed (television’s Fred Flintstone) as stuffy English teacher, Professor Heaslip. Bea Benaderet, Gloria Gordon, Virginia Gregg, Lee Patrick, Jean Vander Pyle (television’s Wilma Flintstone), Sam Edwards, Arthur Q. Bryan (the voice of Elmer Fudd), Barton Yarborough and Jerry Hausner appeared in supporting roles. The sponsor was the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company (“The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous”). Nat Wolff produced and directed the series and Ken Carpenter was the announcer. The Halls of Ivy received a Peabody Award in 1950 and made a transition to CBS television in 1954, bowing out in 1955. 3/3/50 “The Halls Give Advice to the Lovelorn” 3/10/50 “The Home Fires or the Footlights” 3/17/50 “The Prexy Runs Political Offenders Out of Town” 3/24/50 “Untangling a Triangle” 3/31/50 “The Prexy Dabbles in Music” 4/7/50 “The Prexy and Wife Play Hooky” 4/14/50 “A Lost Dog Worth a Million Dollars” 4/21/50 “Speeding Ticket and a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts” 5/10/50 “Brutal Truth” 5/24/50 “The Medical Student and The Champ” 5/31/50 “The George Sexton Endowment” 6/21/50 “The Bentheimers and the Census”

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Columbia Workshop, Collection 1 Series: #1 of The Columbia Workshop Collection Author: Black Eye Entertainment Narrator: Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: The Columbia Workshop aired on CBS radio from 1936 until 1947. Created by Irving Reis, it was an experimental platform with no boundaries for what radio had to offer. In its debut broadcast it noted that The Columbia Workshop dedicates itself to the purposes of familiarizing you with the story behind radio, both in broadcasting, as well as in aviation, shipping, communication and pathology, and to experiment in new techniques with a hope of discovering or evolving new and better forms of radio presentation, with special emphasis on radio drama; to encourage and present the work of new writers and artists who may have fresh and vital ideas to contribute. Broadcast from New York, it featured the biggest stars from stage, screen and radio including Orson Welles, Burgess Meredith, Agnes Moorehead, Frank Lovejoy, Elsa Lanchester, Joseph Cotten, Richard Widmark, Art Carney, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price and Laurence Olivier. Stories were by William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, John Keats, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Corwin, Stephen Vincent Benet, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, Lucille Fletcher, Carl Sandburg and Herman Melville with music by Bernard Herrmann.5/29/39 “Private Throgg” 9/14/39 “The Use of Man” 7/7/40 “The Cockeyed Wonder” 9/15/40 “Mr. Charles” 9/29/40 “The Pussy Cat and the Expert Plumber Who Was a Man” 2/9/46 “Anniversary” 2/16/46 “Just a Plain Blue Suit” 2/23/46 “Hard Luck Story” 3/2/46 “Slim” 3/9/46 “Thanks for the Memories” 3/23/46 “Act of Faith” 4/6/46 “The Last Speech”

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story Of Our Times Author: Trevor Moore Narrator: Trevor Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 20, 2018 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: Trevor Moore returns for another unique Comedy Central special highlighting his razor sharp wit and musicality. THE STORY OF OUR TIMES finds Trevor struggling in a relationship with his extremely "woke" girlfriend, whom drags him along to a seemingly never-ending brunch where she and her friends discuss all the hot button issues of the day. Blessed and cursed with a powerful imagination, Trevor can't help but to visualize his own common-sense stances on the issues via songs and music videos such as: "My Computer Became Self Aware", "The Story of Our Times", and "Bullies".

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329581 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lux Radio Theatre, Collection 1 Series: #1 of The Lux Radio Theatre Collection Author: Black Eye Entertainment Narrator: Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: The Lux Radio Theatre was one of the most prestigious and longest running shows from Radio’s Golden Age. It featured the greatest stars in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures. Cecil B. DeMille was the host (from 1936-1945) for a lavish production of what was to become a veritable checklist of many of Hollywood’s best films from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. The stars of the movie usually appeared in their audio counterparts, although sometimes contracts or schedules meant that another actor took the part. The productions were broadcast live, with a full orchestra, in front of a large studio audience. Sponsored by Lever Brothers, the makers of Lux Soap, The Lux Radio Theatre came to radio in 1934 and lasted until 1955 for a total of 926 hour-long broadcasts. It transitioned to TV in 30-minute weekly installments in 1950 with James Mason as host. 10/11/37 'Stella Dallas' w/ Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles and Anne Shirley 10/6/47 'Undercurrent' w/ Katharine Hepburn and Robert Taylor 11/22/48 'The Big Clock' w/ Ray Milland and Maureen O’Sullivan 4/18/49 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' w/ Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston 9/10/51 'Fancy Pants' w/ Bob Hope and Lucille Ball 12/3/51 'Strangers on a Train' w/ Ray Milland, Frank Lovejoy and Ruth Roman

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Polyeucte de Corneille Author: Pierre Corneille Narrator: Maurice Escande Jean Yonnel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: "Sitôt que sa tragédie fut mise en répétition à l'Hôtel de Bourgogne, Corneille tint à en faire une lecture à l'Hôtel de Rambouillet. L'ouvrage choqua ce cénacle de "précieuses" et de "délicats" qui, habitués "au fin et au joli", ne pouvaient pas en goûter la mâle grandeur et la sévère beauté". Extraits choisis.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Phèdre de Racine Author: Racine Narrator: Jean Négroni, Pierre Olivier, Michel Ruhl, Germaine Kerjean, Maria Casarès Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: Puissance d'une peinture vraie qui survit aux explications les plus différentes, le personnage de Phèdre ne cesse pas de bouleverser les hommes depuis presque trois mille ans, d'émouvoir en eux l'effroi tragique devant le spectacle de la passion. Quelle est donc cette force implacable par laquelle peu à peu un être qui reste le même cesse pourtant d'être ce qu'il était, ce qu'il voulait ? D'où vient cette possession totale de l'esprit et des sens par des appels jusque là méprisés, cette défait irresistible de la conscience qui assiste d'abord comme étrangère au trouble qui l'emporte, pour bientôt s'y livrer sans mesure avec une fureur déchirée ? L'admirable, dans ce dernier chef d'oeuvre profane écrit à 37 ans par un homme qui va renoncer au théâtre, c'est que Racine y respecte tout à la fois, avec les grands mythes anciens et les conceptions religieuses de son temps, les explications scientifiques les plus modernes. L'admirable plus encore, peut être, c'est que Racine tout en nous montrant avec force les ravages effrayants de la passion, en nous faisant "connaitre et haîr", comme il le dit dans sa préface, "la difformité du vice", nous inspire avant tout pour son personnage, beaucoup plus encore que l'horreur antique, la compréhension et la pitié. Il donne à Phèdre dans sa défaite, victime des dieux ou du déterminisme, une grandeur irrécusable. Il nous oblige à l'aimer.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Le barbier de Séville de Beaumarchais Author: Pierre-Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais Narrator: Micheline Boudet Jean Weber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile est une pièce de théâtre française en quatre actes de Beaumarchais, jouée pour la première fois le 23 février 1775. Le comte Almaviva, tombé amoureux d'une jeune orpheline, Rosine, est prêt à tout pour l'arracher à Bartholo, son vieux tuteur, qui a depuis toujours pour projet de l'épouser. Tandis que, déguisé, il tente de mener son projet à bien, il tombe sur son ancien valet Figaro, persifleur mais entremetteur, qui l'aidera dans ses desseins. Le Barbier de Séville fut adapté à deux reprises pour l'opéra, d'abord par Paisiello en 1782 sous le titre Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile, puis par Gioachino Rossini en 1816 sous le titre Il barbiere di Siviglia. Le Mariage de Figaro, inspira aussi un opéra, Le nozze di Figaro (Les Noces de Figaro) de Mozart, créé en 1786 à Vienne.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Tartuffe de Molière Author: Molière Narrator: Sophie Desmarets Henri Virlojeux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Genres: Theatre & Radio Publisher's Summary: Le Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur est une comédie de Molière en cinq actes et en vers créée le 5 février 1669 sur la scène du Théâtre du Palais-Royal. Orgon est l'archétype du personnage de cour tombé sous la coupe de Tartuffe, un hypocrite et un faux dévot. Il est, ainsi que sa mère, Madame Pernelle, dupe de Tartuffe. Ce dernier réussit à le manipuler en singeant la dévotion et il est même parvenu à devenir son directeur de conscience. Il se voit proposer d'épouser la fille de son bienfaiteur, alors même qu'il tente de séduire Elmire, la femme d'Orgon, plus jeune que son mari. Démasqué grâce à un piège tendu par cette dernière afin de convaincre son mari de l'hypocrisie de Tartuffe, Tartuffe veut ensuite chasser Orgon de chez lui grâce à une donation inconsidérée que celui-ci lui a faite de ses biens. En se servant de papiers compromettants qu'Orgon lui a remis, il va le dénoncer au Roi. Erreur fatale : le Roi a conservé son affection à celui qui l'avait jadis bien servi lors de la Fronde. Il lui pardonne et c'est Tartuffe qui est arrêté. "Mais où sont les neiges d'antan... Cueillez dès aujourd'hui les roses de la vie... Madame se meurt, madame est morte... Il neigeait, il neigeait toujours...". Les pages qu'il faut connaître, parce qu'elles font partie intégrante du patrimoine de la France, que les jeunes par conséquent ont à apprendre - et y a-t-il procédé plus séduisant et plus efficace que d'entendre ces pages enregistrées dans la plus pieuse fidélité au génie créateur ? Les pages qu'il faut connaître.. et qu'en fait tant de Français et d'étrangers connaissent et savent par coeur ! Y aura-t-il pour ceux-ci émotion plus profonde que de réentendre ces textes essentiels, confiés à la voix de nos plus célèbres interprètes ?