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Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were...
Starring Irene Dunn Originally Written by Lloyd C. Douglas (Unabridged: 42mins) A local hero, Dr Wayne Phillips, dies because the equipment that could save him is being used to help Bob Merrick, a spoiled rich man who has wrecked his speed boat. Dr Phillips gave selflessly and in secret to many people...
Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 18mins) Featuring poems by James Joyce, John Keats, John Ruskin, Sara Teasdale & others. ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we...
Read by Eric Meyers (Unabridged: 47mins) Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on 24th September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota into an upper-middle class family. Whilst his mother was pregnant with him, his two young sisters tragically died. Fitzgerald once said this was when his destiny as a writer was ordained....
Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 19mins) Featuring poems by Mirabai, D H Lawrence, Rainer Maria Rilke, Robert Herrick & others. ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we...
Read by Christopher Ragland (Unabridged: 1hr 22mins) William Austin was born on 2nd March 1778 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. After being educated at Harvard College, Austin served as the Unitarian chaplain onboard the USS Constitution from 1799 but resigned a year later after they captured a French ship and his...
Read by Eric Meyers (Unabridged: 1hr 10mins) Stephen Crane was born 1st November, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey and was the eighth surviving child out of fourteen. Incredibly he began writing at the age of four and was published several times by the age of sixteen. Crane only began a...
Read by David Shaw-Parker (Unabridged: 1hr 26mins) Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22nd May 1859. His childhood was blighted by his father’s heavy drinking which for some years broke up the family. Fortunately, wealthy uncles were willing to support them by paying for education and clothing. He...
Read by Laurel Lefkow (Unabridged: 56mins) Zona Gale was born on 26th August 1874 in Portage, Wisconsin. She was exceptionally close to her parents and later used them as the basis for characters in her works. She wrote and illustrated her first story at the age of 7 and by 16 she...
Read by David Shaw-Parker (Unabridged: 56 mins) Netta Syrett was born Janet Syrett on 17th March 1865 in Ramsgate, Kent, one of 13 children. She was initially educated at home by her mother before those responsibilities passed to a German Governess and then, aged 11, Netta went to the North...