Ian Holm delivers King Richard IIIs soliloquy, bringing Shakespeare's wonderful lines, full of pyschological insight, vividly to life. See full description...

Gaskell's powerful drama, adapted here for Woman's Hour, is regarded as one of the most important novels of its time... See full description...

Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life. See full description...

Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare's most popular and polished works. See full description...

The fifteen stories collected here demonstrate the genius of Katherine Mansfield, who was compared to Chekhov. These are not tales of violent incidents or dexterous plot but sensitive revelations of human behavior in ordinary situations. The men, women, and children whom Mansfield portrays are... See full description...