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Lady Windermere’s Fan: A Play about a Good Woman Audiobook
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The irreverent satire that launched Wilde’s succession of classical comedies
A Lord, his wife, her admirer and an infamous blackmailer converge in this delicious comic feast of scandal. A divinely funny comedy of good girls, bad husbands and the moral hypocrisy of British high society in the late nineteenth century.
An LA Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Gina Field as Lady Agatha Carlisle, Judy Geeson as Lady Plymdale, Joanna Going as Lady Windermere, Arthur Hanket as Mr. Cecil Graham, Lisa Harrow as Mrs. Erlynne, Dominic Keating as Mr. Hopper, Miriam Margolyes as the Duchess of Berwick, Roger Rees as Lord Windermere, Eric Stoltz as Lord Darlington, James Warwick as Lord Augustus Lorton, and Tom Wheatley as Parker. Directed by Michael Hackett and recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
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About Oscar Wilde
Geoffrey Giuliano is the author of over twenty internationally bestselling biographies, including the London Sunday Times bestseller Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney and Dark Horse: The Private Life of George Harrison. In addition, he can be heard on the Westwood One Radio Network and has written and produced over sixty original spoken-word albums and video documentaries on various aspects of popular culture.
About the Narrators
Roger Rees, Welsh stage, film, and television actor and, more recently, narrator of audiobooks, is known on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States he received a Tony Award for the Broadway production of Nicholas Nickleby. American TV viewers are familiar with Roger from Cheers, in which he played Robin Colcord. As for audiobooks, Roger has performed in a wide variety of programs, from the LA Theatre Works’ production of Lady Windmere’s Fan, to mystery anthologies such as Malice Domestic and thrillers like Pop Goes the Weasel. His audiobook narration has won four AudioFile Earphones Awards.
Miriam Margolyes received the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence. She was the voice of Fly the dog in Babe and appeared in Ladies in Lavender with Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. In 2002 she played the role of Professor Sprout in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
James Warwick is a narrator and actor whose acclaimed acting career has spanned the stage, television, and movies. He is best known for playing the role of Tommy Beresford in the 1980s British television series Partners in Crime and in three television films based on Agatha Christie novels.