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Orphaned Jane journeys from a harsh childhood to become the loving caregiver of a child at the mysterious manor of Mr. Rochester. Jane is drawn to her enigmatic employer, but as dark secrets emerge, she must choose between her newfound security and the uncertainty of a life lived for oneself.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Emily Bergl as JaneJane Carr as Mrs. ReedAlexis Jacknow as Grace/Amy/DianaCerris Morgan-Moyer as Bertha/Adele/...

The most iconic love story of all time, Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is an epic-scale tragedy of desire and revenge. Despite the bitter rivalry that exists between their families, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet have fallen madly in love. But when the long-running rivalry boils over into murder, the young couple must embark on a dangerous and deadly mission to preserve their love at any cost.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in January 2012.Lead fundi...

As Jews tried to escape Nazi Germany in the 1930s, they faced unthinkable roadblocks in obtaining exit visas. And while they were denied entry in one country after another, a bureaucratic oddity enabled some of them to flee to an unlikely destination: Shanghai, China.In this LATW original commission, playwright Kate McAll used the survivors’ own words to create a narrative of people starting their lives over in a completely new land.Funding for this presentation is provided...

Ambition and jealousy — all set to music. Devout court composer Antonio Salieri plots against his rival, the dissolute but supremely talented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. How far will Salieri go to achieve the fame that Mozart disregards?The 1981 Tony Award ® winner for Best Play.Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in September, 2016.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director Susan Albert LoewenbergSteven Brand a...

Four clergymen seek to make sense of their mission while being torn in all directions by the Church of England. After a critically lauded debut in 1990 at London’s National Theatre, Racing Demon went on to earn universal acclaim. More than 20 years later, David Hare’s bold and moving revelations on gay ordination and the doctrine of the priesthood ring more resoundingly than ever.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring Jared Harris, Lesley Nichol, Rosie Fellner, Paul Fo...

Enhanced ebook edition of Macbeth, featuring a full cast audio performance of the play, starring James Marsters as Macbeth and Joanne Whalley as Lady Macbeth. Listen to the play scene-by-scene as you read the text, or listen to the play in its entirety while reading text summaries of each scene.Infamously known as the cursed "Scottish play," Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare's darkest tragedy. When General Macbeth is foretold by three witches that he ...

Born in the post-WWII turbulence, The Rolling Stones were destined for greatness. This audiobook chronicles their incredible journey, from the gritty pubs of London to the grand stages of America’s top concert venues, where they cemented their status as the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band ever. With raw energy and an unbreakable spirit, the Stones redefined what it meant to be a rock band, proving that rock ‘n’ roll knows no limits.Told through interviews with band legends Brian Jones,...

Enhanced ebook edition of The Rivals featuring a full cast audio performance of the play, starring Lloyd Owen as Captain Jack Absolute and Lucy Davis as Lydia Languish.Romantic havoc ensues in the town of Bath when Sir Anthony arrives to arrange the marriage of his son Captain Jack Absolute to the wealthy Lydia Languish. Jack and Lydia are already in love, but because of Lydia's obsession with romantic novels, Jack has disguised himself as a poor officer named Ensi...

Brought to you by Penguin.An electrifying novel about the Nazi who reinvented himself, Albert Speer‘Which is the most seductive, truth or fiction?’This is the story of Albert Speer: The protégé. The ‘good Nazi’. The star. The mythmaker.In 1969 Speer, Hitler’s favourite architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production, publishes his memoirs. Rewriting his own past, claiming to have known nothin...

Christmas has served as a fertile background for mystery fiction for a very long time, perhaps because it has the appearance of a time of peace and love while being so deeply at odds with violence, crime, and even murder.Many of the stories in this anthology have been written by some of the greatest Golden Age authors, undoubtedly inspired by the juxtaposition of the disparate elements of love and hate. There is a cliché about anthologies (and clichés become clichés because they ar...

This Special Edition of The Hunger Games includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of The Hunger Games; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the years, and gives great insight into the creation of this era-defining work....

***Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Best Debut Novel of 2012 ***Wall Street Journal 10 Best Fiction Books of 2012 ***2014 Folio Prize Shortlist A Naked Singularity tells the story of Casi, a child of Colombian immigrants who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a public defender--one who, tellingly has never lost a trial. Never. In the book, we watch what happens when his sense of justice and even his sense of self begin to crack--and how his world then slowly devolves....