A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation features a star cast including
Leo McKern, Simon Russell Beale, Emily Mortimer and
Nicola Pagett and over two hours of specially composed music.
Leo Tolstoy's epic War and Peace chronicles one of the most turbulent eras in Russian history, encompassing the drama and intensity of life during and after the Napoleonic Wars.
This unique, full-cast dramatisation contains over two hours of specially composed music and captures the full atmosphere of Tolstoy's masterpiece.
A star cast of thirty-five includes Leo McKern as General Kutuzov, Emily Mortimer as Natasha Rostov, Simon Russell Beale as Pierre Bezuhov, Jonathan Firth as Nikolai Rostov, Nicola Pagett as Nathalie Rostov and Amanda Redman as Helens Kuragin.
This recording also features extra behind-the-scenes material: episode synopses, character listings. The Making of War and Peace and War and Peace Today by former BBC Moscow Correspondent Angus Roxburgh .
Tolstoy's insights into human nature and reflections on the concepts of history and war give the novel a breadth and scope that are brought vividly to life in this major Radio 4 Classic Serial which was recorded on location.
Written By : Various
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Wollcott & Sheridan Aural Performance Library
Duration : 32 minutes
Type : Classics
Fairy Tales
Dramatizations
Our Price : $9.95
Two childrens classics involving children being taken from their parents as a punishment. More info... |
Written By : Charles Dickens
Narrated By : Colonial Radio Theatre
Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air
Duration : 1 hour 9 minutes
Type : Audio Theater
Drama
Dramatizations
Horror & Suspense
Classics
Our Price : $5.00
Magnificent production of the most beloved of Dickens seasonal classics More info... |
Written By : Rafael Sabatini
Narrated By : Colonial Radio Theatre
Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air
Duration : 25 minutes
Type : Audio Theater
Drama
Dramatizations
Action & Adventure
Historical
Our Price : $1.50
Heavily outnumbered, Captain Blood devises a plan to escape from Maracaybo. More info... |
Written By : Jim Cort
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
One Act Audio Theatre
Duration : 5 minutes
Type : Dramatizations
Humor
Our Price : $0.79
Prehistoric homo habilis takes a step towards the future. More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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