Drama
- Classic Western Dramas
- Satirical Dramas of Society
- Classic Love and Heartbreak
- Victorian Social Critiques
- Humorous Dramas and Comedies
- Classic Radio Horror Dramas
- Dramatic Tales of History
- Gothic Drama and Dark Tales
Porcelain and Pink
Porcelain and Pink is a witty one-act play by F. Scott Fitzgerald, originally featured in his 1922 collection Tales of the Jazz Age. Set in …
The Submerged Nobleman
Holmes seeks to prove that an accidental drowning, that he and Watson apparently witnessed, was in fact, murder.
The Film of Fear
(Written under the pseudonym, Arnold Fredericks.)Ruth Morton is a world-renowned film actress who seems to have it all: youth, beauty, wealt…
The Scarlet Letter
The story begins in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, then a Puritan settlement. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town …
The Secret Places of the Heart
Richard Hardy, a member of the British gentry, tries to resolve problems in his marriage as he travels with a psychiatrist. The book is to a…
Tartuffe
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greates…
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice, a comedy of manners and marriage, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. In this dramatic adaption by Mary Keith M…
Emma
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. As in her other novels, Austen explores the c…
The Girl with the Golden Eyes
Listeners who like to plunge straight into a story would do well to skip the lengthy preamble. Here, Balzac the virtuoso satirist depicts th…
Therese Raquin
An unsatisfied wife kills her weak husband in order to carry on a sordid affair with another man. However, her selfish plans are spoiled whe…
The Grand Inquisitor
The Grand Inquisitor is a parable told by Ivan to Alyosha in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880). Ivan and Alyosha …
Cyrano de Bergerac
One of the most beloved French plays of all time, Cyrano de Bergerac is a clever and tragic tale of truth concealed and love denied. Its tit…
Nineteen Eighty-Four
The 1953 Theatre Guild on the Air adaptation of George Orwell's novel brings the dystopian world of Winston Smith to life. This gripping per…
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare’s plays and is thought to be the most famous love story in Western history. It co…
The Old Man And The Sea
The Friday Play presents a dramatisation of Ernest Hemingway's masterpiece, The Old Man and the Sea, featuring Academy Award-winning actor R…
The Brothers Karamazov
Described as the Great Book of Wonders by Arthur Miller, this everyday tale of fraternal affection, sibling rivalry, obsession, lust, parric…
The Alchemist
An outbreak of plague in London forces a gentleman, Lovewit, to flee temporarily to the country, leaving his house under the sole charge of …
Cecilia
The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find…
Wuthering Heights
A tale of passion and vengeance set in the bleak Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights depicts the mutual love of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathc…