This collection, the first of two parts, includes a trove of poetry about home and family life, focusing especially on verses about children, verses for children, and…… Read more “‘The World’s Best Poetry, Volume 1 (Part 1)’ by Various”

I narrated the next play in the Chekhov series. Uncle Vanya is Anton Chekhov’s 1902 tragicomedy focusing on the romantic entanglements of the residents of a declining…… Read more “Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov”

In 1661 and 1662 Moliere presented the plays The School for Husbands (this one) and then The School for Wives. “The central situations of the two have…… Read more “‘The School for Husbands’ by Moliere”

The first instalment of the Chekhov series by The Online Stage has just been released on Audible. I play Dunyasha, a somewhat vain and silly young maid…… Read more “‘The Cherry Orchard’ by Anton Chekhov”

The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolrooms in the first quarter of the…… Read more “‘The Columbian Orator’ by Caleb Bingham”

The next instalment in the much-loved Colour Fairies series is here. The Colour Fairies Meet the Pixies by Maggie Jeffrey

This is my first project with the publisher Listen2aBook, and it’s a collection of poetry. Sappho was a female poet who was well known in ancient Greece and…… Read more “‘Sappho: A New Rendering’ by Sappho”

Stephen Leacock’s incisive satire on all things related to the rich and powerful is now on Audible! I play two roles: Dulphemia and Juliana Furlong. Arcadian Adventures…… Read more “‘Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich’ by Stephen Leacock”

I was invited to be part of this poetry anthology, and was introduced to a whole bunch of love poems, each as beautiful as the next. These…… Read more “‘The World’s Best Poetry: Volume 2: Love (Part 2)’ by Various”

Another wonderful radio play by Mike Murphy is now on Audible! I play the Clerk, a minor character. When Drake is told that his beloved wife does…… Read more “‘The Forever Pill’ by Mike Murphy”