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Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection

 Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, directed by Martin Jenkins; performed by Harold Gould, Richard Dreyfuss, Stacy Keach, John Randolph, Bonnie Bedelia, David Birney, John de Lancie, Kelsey Grammer, JoBeth Williams, and Paul Winfield. Los Angeles, California, Theatre Works, 2006, 2 hours and 1 minute.The Cherry Orchard written by Anton Chekhov, directed by Rosalind Ayres, performed by Jeffrey Jones, Michael Cristofer, Charles Durning, Jordan Baker, John Chardiet, Tim DeKay, Hector Elizondo, Marsha Mason, Joey Slotnick, Jennifer Tilly, and Christy Keefe. Los Angeles, Cailfornia, L. A. Theatre Works, 1996, 1 hour and 43 minutes.The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial written by Peter Goodchild, directed by Gordon Hunt, performed by Ed Asner, Matthew Patrick Davis, Mike Farrell, James Gleason, Sharon Gless, Harry Groener, Jon Matthews, Rob Nagle, David Alan Novak and Robert Pescovitz. (Los Angeles, California, Theatre Works, 2007; 1 hour and 59 minutes. Twelve Angry Men written by Reginald Rose, directed by John de Lancie, performed by Dan Castellaneta, Jeffrey Donovan, Hector Elizondo, Robert Foxworth, James Gleason, Kevin Kilner, Richard Kind, Alan Mandell, Rob Nagle, Armin Shimerman, Joe Spano, and Steve Vinovich. Los Angeles, California, L. A. Theatre Works, 2006. 1 hour and 49 minutes.

Audio Drama: L.A. Theatre Works is an outstanding collection of performances of nearly 300 streaming audio plays created specifically for listening from the archives of  L.A. Theatre Works, the premier audio theater company in America. The plays range from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries and include well-known as well as emerging playwrights. Performances are by top artists such as Alan Alda, Keith Carradine, Stephen Colbert, John de Lancie, Richard Dreyfuss Denise Du Maurier, Valerie Harper, James Earl Jones, and many more.  Click here for more info!

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