Art & Drama AudioBooks 

Do you lead a hectic life? Are you just too busy to read books? Would you like to listen to new Art and Drama Audio books on a diverse range of subjects such as the New Testament, Shakespeare, or maybe works by great writers such as Noel Coward or the Bronte sisters - Wuthering Heights? Or is poetry more your thing? Of course, there are other great benefits as well. 

For instance do you know a blind person or someone who's sight isn't what it used to be, or perhaps someone who's struggling with dyslexia? With audio books there's no need for them to feel isolated from the riches of literature and language.

Browse through our recommended selection of Art and Drama audio books for download.  Once you have found your audio book title it's easy to download audio books with the click of a mouse.

• A+ Audio Guide: Frankenstein
  A+ Audio is the innovative audio study guide series that will help you better understand, appreciate, and enjoy great works of literature.
  
  
• A+ Audio Guide: The Great Gatsby
  A+ Audio is the innovative audio study guide series that will help you better understand, appreciate, and enjoy great works of literature.
  
  
• A+ Audio Guide: The Poetry of Walt Whitman
  A+ Audio is the innovative audio study guide series that will help you better understand, appreciate, and enjoy great works of literature.
  
  
• A+ Audio Guide: The Sun Also Rises
  A+ Audio is the innovative audio study guide series that will help you better understand, appreciate, and enjoy great works of literature.
  
  
• Adventures of Odysseus and The Tale of Troy
  The Illiad and the Odyssey are retold in a glorious saga.
  
  
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  The fantasy worlds in which Alice finds herself introduce her to some well known characters!
  
  
• Andersen's Fairy Tales
  Andersen's tales have become part of universal folk lore.
  
  
• Antietam: The Lost Command
  Full-cast tale of espionage, betrayal and romance set against the Civil War Battle of Antietam.
  
  
• A PHIL BYRNES MYSTERY. Episode 4: THE FAITHFUL WIFE
  A famous crime writer is being blackmailed and hires Phil.
  
  
• Arabian Nights, The
  Allow the Arabian Nights tales weave their enchantment.
  
  
• As You Like It
  A quintessential Shakespearean comedy, complete with a loquacious clown.
  
  
• Ayres on the Air
  Anecdotes, jokes, poems and sketches from the ever-entertaining Pam Ayres
  
  
• Ballet Stories
  A perfect introduction to The Ballet.
  
  
• Bernice
  A man's fascination with his wife's teeth ends with tragic consequences.
  
  
• Blockade Runners, The
  A Jules Verne adaptation about an English Blockade Runner in the American Civil War
  
  
• Brad Lansky and the Alien at Planet X
  "The Alien at Planet X" is the first Brad Lansky adventure, captured in hi-fi stereo.
  
  
• Burn
  The Enormity of Man and written words...
  
  
• Caesar & Cleo
  A comic look at Julius Caesar, his closest confidant, his relationship with the Queen of Egypt and the Senators who plotted his assassination.
  
  
• Canterbury Tales - Volume I, The
  Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life.
  
  
• Canterbury Tales - Volume III, The
  Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life.
  
  
• Captain Blood - Episode 01: Kirke's Dragoons
  Dr. Peter Blood gives medical attention to a wounded man after the battle of Sedgemore, as the Dragoons arrive in search of rebels.
  
  
• Captain Blood - Episode 05: The Rebel-Convicts
  The pirates loot the town of Bridgetown, as Blood and the convicts discover their escape boat has been sunk.
  
  
• Captain Blood - Episode 07: Levasseur
  While in Tortuga, Captain Blood meets the French Buccaneer Levasseur, who wants to join forces with Blood's crew.
  
  
• Captain Blood - Episode 08: The Ransom
  Captain Levasseur captures the son and daughter of the Governor of Tortuga, and takes them to the island of the Virgin Magra.
  
  
• Captain Blood - Episode 14: War
  Even holding a Kings Commission, Colonel Bishop plans to capture and hang Captain Blood at Port Royal.
  
  
• Captain Blood - Trailer
  The Greatest Pirate Adventure Of Them All!
  
  
• Catracked
  The only thing that gets Julie through the day is her CAT. But the beast had friends down the road.
  
  
• Child's Christmas In Wales, A
  First recorded in February of 1952, this remastered recording of Dylan Thomas reading his A Child's Christmas in Wales recalls all of the sights, smells, and sounds of a long-ago-Christmas....
  
  
• Chimes, The
  A classic Charles Dickens story set on New Years Eve - with the haunted chimes in a church tower
  
  
• Christmas Carol, A
  A wonderful reading of the story of Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the Ghosts of Christmas.
  
  
• Chronicles of Narnia, The: The Silver Chair
  Deep underground, a web of evil magic holds a prince in captivity. Narnia ... where owls speak, where evil weaves a spell ... where sorcery enslaves the land. Narnia is in peril, and...
  
  
• Classic American Poetry
  From the earliest poets of the 16th century to the present day.
  
  
• Classic Women's Short Stories
  Five stories from women writers of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th.
  
  
• Cricket on the Hearth
  Another Charles Dickens holiday classic brimming with holiday charm.
  
  
• Cuculian Trilogy, The
  Cuculian, 'The Hound of Ulster', is the champion of Ireland and is best remembered for his single-handed defense of Ulster. The author of these accounts is Standish O’Grady whose writings...
  
  
• Curse of Dracula, The
  Full-cast, very modern update of the classic Bram Stoker novel.
  
  
• Dead Body's A Deal Breaker, A
  Hear LA sleuth Mark Markheim solve crime all whilst adroitly enunciating elaborate alliterations
  
  
• Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The
  One of the greatest texts in the English language.
  
  
• Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Part II, The
  Gibbon's work occupies an immortal place in the pantheon of historical masterpieces.
  
  
• Depth Perception
  Lush imagery and the mellifluous voice of the poet imbued with music and sounddesign.
  
  
• Dozen Red Roses, A: From Paradise Lost
  A short section from Milton’s epic poem, expressing how much sweeter the world is when you are with the one you love...
  
  
• Dozen Red Roses, A: If Thou Must Love Me
  Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s plea to her lover to love her just for herself, and not for any qualities that may fade away..
  
  
• Dozen Red Roses, A: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day
  Shakespeare’s most famous sonnet, in which he tries, and fails, to find an apt comparison in nature, read by Bill Wallis..
  
  
• Dozen Red Roses, A: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
  The Passionate Shepherd to His Love: Christopher Marlowe’s emotional appeal to his lady to run away with him...
  
  
• Dozen Red Roses, A: The Sunne Rising
  John Donne’s famous poem about two lovers surprised by the astonishingly rapid arrival of sunrise...
  
  
• Dr Crippen
  Traces the events leading up to and after one of Edwardian London's most publicized crimes
  
  
• Duke
  In this illuminating biography, Ronald L. Davis focuses on John Wayne's human side, portraying a complex personality defined by insecurity as well as courage and strength. Davis traces Wayne's stor...
  
  
• Ebon Storms
  13 Episode High Fantasy drama. A battle between Good and Evil in a land of magic and power.
  
  
• Emperor's New Clothes
  Do you know the difference between seeing what you saw, and saying what you saw?
  
  
• English Verse: The Best of the Twentieth Century
  Representing the work of more than thirty poets, and extending from Thomas Hardy’s lines on the loss of Titanic to the present-day...
  
  
• Essential Dylan Thomas, The
  This unique combination of historical and new recordings celebrates Dylan Thomas as poet, writer and performer. Here are some of his greatest poems, stories and broadcasts: readings given by Thomas...
  
  
• Essential Word on the Street, The
  The stories, poetry, and music of the Bible come alive in this 60-minute performance based on the acclaimed book. Distinguished for being named an Au
  
  
• Fears For Ears
  Fears for Ears is an Award Winning CD of unique horror fiction stories in full audio theatre format
  
  
• Field, The
  At the site of a 100-year-old massacre, unseen forces swirl about in the wind...
  
  
• Frankenstein
  The gothic tale of Frankenstein and his construction of a human being who runs amok.
  
  
• Grave Tales
  Creepy tales from the cities of the dead.
  
  
• Great Moments in History: "Cake No Frosting"
  Marie Antoinette goes on a picnic.
  
  
• Great Moments in History: "Encounter at Sea"
  A captain. A battleship. A pitch dark night.
  
  
• Great Moments in History: "Shakespeare at the Globe"
  The Bard gets a jolly lesson in ye olde show biz.
  
  
• Henry IV - Part Two
  Father and son Julian and Jamie Glover star as King Henry and his son, Hal, in this powerful production, which also stars Timothy West and Prunella Scales...
  
  
• History Boys, The
  Alan Bennett's new, award-winning play as heard on BBC Radio 3 features the National Theatre cast...
  
  
• History of Theatre, The
  Here is the diverse and fascinating story of the Theatre.
  
  
• Horla, The
  A tale of madness, or possession, or perhaps both.
  
  
• Iliad, The
  The first of Homer's epic poems. Translated by Samuel Butler.
  
  
• In Flanders Fields and Other Poems about War
  In WWI, possibly the most horrific modern war, two soldier poets described inner impressions telling us much about war and the people who fight them.
  
  
• Interview with Maeve Binchy
  Maeve talks about hearing her work on audio, narrated by her cousin and friend Kate Binchy...
  
  
• King Richard III
  Kenneth Branagh heads an outstanding cast in playing one of Shakespeare's strongest characters. The eighth production in the widely admired series of Shakespeare plays presented by Naxos AudioBooks...
  
  
• Letters to a Young Artist
  In the manner of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, Anna Deavere Smith advises her young artist on everything from how to stay healthy to tips for building a diverse network of friends and profession...
  
  
• Life of Christ: The Gospel of Luke, The
  The complete Gospel of Luke taken from Zondervan’s acclaimed, Audie Award®-winning NIV Audio Bible Dramatized New Testament...
  
  
• Lives of the Twelve Caesars
  Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian and...
  
  
• Macbeth
  "...All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death." — Macbeth Macbeth is among the most powerful of Shakespeare's tragedies, a dark but fascinating glimpse into the...
  
  
• Mangle War, The
  Being an account in words and music of the great Anglo-French Mangle War of 1897, and the patriotic roll a Music Hall song played in its outcome. Both the script and music were writen by...
  
  
• Merchant of Venice, The
  Shakespeare's dramatic and complex comedy.
  
  
• Noel Coward Audio Collection, The
  A perfect blend of vintage Noel Coward sure to be enjoyed by faithful fans and new listeners.
  
  
• Odyssey, The
  Homer's Adventures of Odysseus. Translated by Samuel Butler,
  
  
• Othello
  The second in Shakespeare's greate sequence of four tragedies.
  
  
• Pam Ayres Poetry Collection, The
  Warm and witty, direct and droll, the sharply funny Pam Ayres has been amusing and entertaining her many fans for years...
  
  
• Persian War, The
  In this, the first prose history in European civilization. Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia. Here are not...
  
  
• Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, The
  This specially commissioned recording offers a wide-ranging choice of Burns's songs and lyrical poems; and longer poems...
  
  
• Poets of the Great War
  'The truth untold,/ The pity of war, the pity war distilled...' Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had...
  
  
• Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
  Georgia O'Keeffe, one of the most original painters America has ever produced, left a remarkable legacy when she died. Her bold, brilliant canvasses had a stunning, profound, and lasting influence ...
  
  
• Ransom Of Red Chief, The
  Two Kidnappers learn their plan is less than perfect
  
  
• Rivals, The
  A comic masterpiece brimming with false identities!
  
  
• Romeo & Juliet
  Douglas Henshall, Sophie Dahl and Susannah York star in Shakespeare's passionate story of doomed love. BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly...
  
  
• Rumpole and the Primrose Path
  This release comprises four 45 minute BBC Radio 4 plays adapted by John Mortimer from four stories in his latest published collection, Rumpole and the Primrose Path. Rumpole is a wine-imbibing...
  
  
• Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia
  Full-Cast. Is it possible Holmes can be bested ... by a woman no less?
  
  
• Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band
  Full-Cast. Holmes and Watson investigate the terrible doings at Stoke Moran manor
  
  
• Story of Classical Music, The
  The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by singer and presenter Aled Jones. In 1200 years, classical music grew from the...
  
  
• Tales from the Black Museum: The Hammer Head
  Orson Welles introduces and stars in true crime stories from the Black Museum, Scotland Yard's infamous gallery of death...
  
  
• Tales from the Black Museum: The Receipt
  Orson Welles introduces and stars in true crime stories from the Black Museum, Scotland Yard's infamous gallery of death...
  
  
• Tempest, The
  Shakespeare's magical, other-wordly final play.
  
  
• Theatre Royale: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
  In this episode from the series, Sir Laurence Olivier stars in a fully dramatised adaptation of the famous Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde classic by Robert Louis Stevenson...
  
  
• Through the Looking Glass
  Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There - the sequel to Alice in Wonderland.
  
  
• TNIV Audio Bible - New Testament
  A multi-voice audio recording of a fresh, new translation for today’s generation.
  
  
• TNIV Audio Bible - Old Testament
  A multi-voice audio recording of a fresh, new translation for today’s generation.
  
  
• Two Emma Toc, Writtle
  Personal recollections of the foundations of the BBC in an old army hut in Essex.
  
  
• Vampires Next Door
  Brilliantly produced horror story about vampire neighbours from the acclaimed FearsForEars anthology
  
  
• Waste Land, The, & Four Quarters
  These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot...
  
  
• Wuthering Heights
  Wuthering Heights is the story of love turning on itself and of the violence and misery that result from thwarted passion. A book of immense power, it is filled with the raw...