Publisher: Project Gutenberg
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The poem concerns the Christian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
‘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 hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Art - An Introduction 2 - An Art Critic by Ambrose Bierce 3 - Art and Heart by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 4 - Colors by Stephen Vincent Benet 5 - Jade by Edith Wharton 6 - My Last Duchess by Robert Browning 7 - On Mr Alcock of Bristol, an Excellent Miniature Painter by Thomas Chatterton 8 - On Seeing the Elgin Marbles For the First Time by John Keats 9 - Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley 10 - Rome - Building a New Street in the Ancient Quarter, April 1887 by Thomas Hardy 11 - Sonnet 13 - Summer Fruit by Rainer Maria Rilke 12 - Written Under a Portrait of Keats by John Boyle O'Reily 13 - Portrait d'une Femme by Ezra PoundShow book
Are we stuck with our memories – or can we fix them? Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember? Includes a conversation with Dr. Daniela Schiller, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. “What You Are Now” is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in November 2022 Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring: Carie Kawa as Pia Tess Lina as Chantrea Joe Ngo as Darany Samantha Quan as Siobhan Mark Jude Sullivan as Evan Greg Watanabe as the Narrator. Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll Sound Design by Charles Carroll and David Wilson Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner The original song “What You Are Now” is by Him Sophy, founder of the Him Sophy School of Music in Pnomh Penh. Special thanks to Professor Craig Woodson and Dr. Terry Miller for their recording of “The Sorrowful King” from “Roots of Rhythm.net.”Show book
"I just don't know if I'm ever happy. Like, really truly happy. Even if you sent me up to space, by day four I'd be worrying if I had enough stuff on my Kindle..." What makes us truly happy? Health? Family? Professional success? Blasting it in the gym? Romance? Pills? Or are we ignoring the bigger stuff? Real life-changing stuff that can devastate the world if we just keep ignoring it. Glenn Waldron's surprising comedy The Here and This and Now takes a look at the pharmaceuticals business, the salaryman and woman, and the quest for happiness. It premiered at Theatre Royal Plymouth in March 2017.Show book
This collection of eight one-act dramas features plays by Eugene O'Neill, George Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy, Susan Glaspell, William Dean Howells and John Millington Synge. It also includes a dramatic reading of a short story by Frank Richard Stockton. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Before Breakfast read by: Elizabeth Klett, Pat Redstone The Buller-Podington Compact read by: Algy Pug, Lars Rolander, David Lawrence, mb, Elizabeth Klett, Levi Throckmorton The Dark Lady of the Sonnets read by: Max Korlinge, Bob Gonzalez, Elizabeth Klett, Arielle Lipshaw, mb The First and the Last read by: Algy Pug, mb, Diana Majlinger, Elizabeth Klett How He Lied to Her Husband read by: Diana Majlinger, Bob Gonzalez, mb, Arielle Lipshaw The Outside read by: John Steigerwald, mb, Bart de Leeuw, Elizabeth Klett, Arielle Lipshaw, David Lawrence The Parlor-Car read by: Barry Eads, Betsie Bush Riders to the Sea read by: Poilin Hynes, Algy Pug, Arielle Lipshaw, Elizabeth Klett, Barty Begley, Diana Majlinger, David Lawrence, KalyndaShow book
Sensual, macabre, joyous and liberating, The Flowers of Evil, or, Les Fleurs du Mal, is a beautifully debauched reflection on dreams, sin, life and death. With subjects ranging from travel to drugs, sex to faith, sleep to contemplation, Baudelaire finds new beauty in the most sinister and corrupt of situations. His morbid and nightmarish Romanticism was completely unique: cynical and bleak, but also inspiring, lifted by magnificent imagery and melodious language. The book was highly controversial upon its release and Napoleon III’s government prosecuted Baudelaire for ‘an insult to public decency’; six of the poems were banned until as recently as 1949.Show book
It’s March 1918, and World War I is raging in Europe. In the trenches in northern France, a group of British officers, led by the war-weary Captain Stanhope, ready themselves for a major German attack while facing their worst fears. R.C. Sherriff drew on his own experiences in World War I to create the play, which premiered in 1928 and is now considered one of the preeminent works about the horrors of war. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in February 2024. Adapted and Directed by Martin Jarvis Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full cast recording, starring: James Callis as Lieutenant Hibbert Josh Cole as 2nd Lieutenant Raleigh Jack Cutmore-Scott as Captain Stanhope Tobias Echeverria as Young German Soldier, English Soldier Adam Godley as Lieutenant Osborne Ian Ogilvy as The Colonel Darren Richardson as Mason Simon Templeman as 2nd Lieutenant Trotter Matthew Wolf as Captain Hardy, Company Sergeant-Major Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Prepared for audio by Mark Holden Recorded and edited by Neil Wogenson Designed by Neil Wogenson, Charles Carroll and Mark Holden, and mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley Artist: Stacey MartinezShow book
