Christmas brings out the best and the worst in us, as can be seen in this evocative anthology. Among what Thomas Love Peacock calls the 'many poetical charms in the heraldings of Christmas' there are eulogies by saints and diatribes from curmudgeons. Here, Christmas is expounded by divines, sung by rustics, deplored by philosophers, made mystical in stories and summed up in a line by the poet Elizabeth Jennings: 'The hush, the star, the baby, people being kind again'.
This collection includes complete versions of such old favourites as 'The Little Match Girl', 'The Night Before Christmas', 'Ring out Wild Bells' and 'Christmas Day in the Workhouse'. But there are also discoveries: a sermon by Lancelot Andrewes, an account of Christmas under the Puritans, a first, poverty-stricken Christmas in turn of the century New York and a Mummer's Play. Adding the final touch is the music: from traditional Christmas carols and Corelli to Benjamin Britten. On this recording, Christmas past brings alive Christmas present.
Author - William Shakespeare
Narrator : Full Cast Production
Published By - BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 1 hour 50 minutes
Categories - Dramatizations Classic Literature Shakespeare Audio Theater
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Richard Eyre directs Ken Stott as Macbeth and Phyllis Logan as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's drama of greed and destiny. More...
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Author - William Shakespeare
Narrator : Full-Cast Production
Published By - BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 3 hours
Categories - Shakespeare Dramatizations Classic Literature Drama
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The stormy passions of Shakespeare's tragedy resonate with powerful emotion in this BBC radio 3 production. More...
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Author - Introduction by Tim LaHaye
Narrator : Introduction by Tim LaHaye; Book of Revelation by Dramatic Cast
Published By - Zondervan
Length : 2 hours
Categories - Christianity Dramatizations
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The complete book of Revelation taken from Zondervan’s acclaimed, Audie Award®-winning NIV Audio Bible Dramatized New Testa... More...
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Author - Whistledown Productions
Narrator : David Ryall, Tim Pigott-Smith and Cast
Published By - BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 57 minutes
Categories - Dramatizations 20th Century Biographical British Drama
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We hear, in their own words, the disputes and fears that Churchill's cabinet had to struggle with during the darkest days of the Second World War. More...
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Author - William Shakespeare
Narrator : Full Cast Production
Published By - BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 1 hour 50 minutes
Categories - Classic Literature Shakespeare Dramatizations
Download Price : $13.99
Richard Eyre directs Ken Stott as Macbeth and Phyllis Logan as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's dramatic tale of greed and destiny... More...
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