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Alma Winemiller is a shy, religious young woman who grew up pining for the boy next door, John Buchanan. He’s grown up to become a doctor with a penchant for sexual conquest, so when he returns to their Mississippi town to start a medical practice, their strange attraction sets them on a path of turmoil and heartbreak.
Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center in June 2008.
Directed by Michael Hackett
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:
Ann Gee Byrd as Mrs. Winemiller and Rosemary
Kristen Frazier as Nellie
Mark Kudisch as John Buchanan Jr.
Carlos Lacamara as Papa Gonzalez
Gabriel Olds as Dusty, Vernon, and Archi Kramer
Tina Sánchez as Rosa Gonzalez
David Selby as Dr. Buchanan Senior
Tegan West as Roger Doremus
Armin Shimerman as the Reverend Winemiller
Kitty Swink as Mrs. Bassett
Sarah Zimmerman as Alma Winemiller
Recording, editing and mixing engineer: Mark Holden
Live Sound Effects by Eddie Mills
Music Supervisor: Scott Willis
Original music by Gareth S. Brown
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Story5 out of 5 stars 14
This collection includes ten plays by Arthur Miller. In The Crucible, Stacy Keach and Richard Dreyfuss lead an all-star cast in Miller’s searing play about witchcraft that famously mirrors the anti-Communist hysteria that held the United States in its grip. Death of a Salesman follows Willy Loman, the iconic traveling salesman whose family is torn apart by his desperate obsession with greatness. In Incident at Vichy, in Nazi-occupied France, nine men are detained under a shadowy pretext and face a terrifying fate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great!!! 9k
- By B Huygens on 10-06-22
By: Arthur Miller
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis, Corin Redgrave, full cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story5 out of 5 stars 24
A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: six tragedies with all star casts including Michael Sheen, Juliet Stevenson, Kenneth Cranham, Corin Redgrave, Ken Stott, Geraldine James, Bill Wallis, Siân Phillips and Sophie Dahl.
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3 out of 5 stars
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missing important parts
- By raphael turra sprenger on 11-10-21
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The Neil Simon Collection
- By: Neil Simon
- Narrated by: Dan Castellaneta, Nathan Lane, Richard Dreyfuss, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 179
Ten essential plays by Neil Simon, one of the world’s most celebrated, translated, and widely performed playwrights, including Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good, but missing something
- By Michael on 12-28-12
By: Neil Simon
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The George Bernard Shaw Collection
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Shirley Knight, Anne Heche, JoBeth Williams, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 127
Eight of George Bernard Shaw's most memorable plays in one splendid collection: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, The Devil’s Disciple, Major Barbara, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Misalliance, and Pygmalion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Impressive Collection of Shaw
- By Michael on 10-04-12
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, Full Cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: eight comedies with all-star casts including David Tennant, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Martin Jarvis, Siân Phillips and Miriam Margolyes. The plays included in this collection are: Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, and All's Well That Ends Well.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not told entirely
- By Gabsalot on 12-11-21