Irish Drama

A collection of suspenseful dramas from award-winning Northern Irish writer Eoin McNamee Eoin McNamee is the author of 19 novels, two trilogies for young adults and three thrillers written under the pseudonym John Creed, one of which won him the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. He has also...

'A comedy about tragedy. Séamas O'Reilly has written a brutal, profound, and very funny novel' NINA STIBBE 'Sparkling with heartache and wit. I'm in love with every character in this novel' CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE 'Prestige Drama is bristlingly funny, richly humane . . . Séamas O'Reilly is a...

This Christmas time, things are not all fine. For there's trouble at Devlin's Department Store, and it all seems to centre on the first floor. Where strangely, one can hear a cuckoo chime...T'is the season to be jolly. And Old Tom must crack the case, before he can hang up his holly.

Sheridan's most famous play, The School for Scandal, has been called 'the best existing English comedy of intrigue'. A favourite with audiences and critics alike since its premiere in 1777, this play is a classic English comedy of manners. Full of satirical wit, it subverts the Georgian social mores of its day with subtlety and charm. This historic recording features Edith Evans, Cecil Parker and Harry Andrews: Some of the finest actors of their generation.

Romeo and Juliet is one of the great works of the English poet and playwright William Shakespeare. It narrates the tragic but beautiful love affair between star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. A certified classic, Romeo and Juliet's story has left a mark in the literary and art world. Several stage plays and musicals had been made in its honor. Rediscover the essence of love, friendship, and faith through the timeless tale of Romeo and Juliet.

Welcome to a survey of the William Shakespeare play Julius Caesar. In this survey we will examine Julius Caesar by principle section. In the first section we will examine the plot of Julius Caesar. In the next section we will examine the characters in the play.

In this play by the author of The Forsyte Saga, a theft at a house party causes turmoil, resulting in an exposure of prejudices and a straining of loyalties.

Esta versão em áudio da obra O Mercador de Veneza, escrita para teatro por William Shakespeare e adaptada para o público jovem por Leonardo Chianca foi valorizada pela trilha sonora desenvolvida por Sandra Branca com arranjos inovadores feitos a partir de obras do compositor Claudio Monteverdi, que é citado no texto, e de diversos compositores renascentistas. Também destaca-se a interpretação da atriz Isadora Ferrite no papel de Pórcia.Vozes.

Originally published in 1634 and believed to be Shakespeare's final play, Two Noble Kinsmen is a tragedy with romantic themes. The play is based on a story from Chaucer (The Knight's Tale). Themes include war, love, banishment, obsession and madness. This adaptation by playwright Hazel Jeffs converts Shakespeare's work into more accessible plain English.

Tales from Shakespeare was written by Charles Lamb (1775-1834) and his sister Mary Lamb (1764-1847) in 1807 as a prose adaptation for children. Mary wrote most of the comedies, about 14 of the 20. One Voice Recordings presents for your entertainment stage and voice actor David Ian Davies portraying all the characters in this charming retelling of Much Ado About Nothing.

Charles and Mary Lamb took what most agree is a romance and the story of a king's jealousy, anger, mistaken sense of betrayal by his wife and the consequences of his retaliation upon his friends and family, and successfully transformed it into a children's version which ends happily when he learns how wrong he has been about almost everything.