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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

By: L. Frank Baum, Paul Magrs - adaption
Narrated by: Jim Broadbent, Lydia West
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About this listen

When Dorothy and her pet dog, Toto, are swept away from their Kansas home, they find themselves in the magical land of Oz where munchkins live, monkeys fly and Wicked Witches rule. In their quest to return home they meet a cast of characters that have become much loved by families since the story was first published in 1900. Dorothy, played by Lydia West (Years and Years) joins the Tin Woodsman, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion as they follow the yellow brick road to find the Wizard, played by Jim Broadbent (The Iron Lady, Moulin Rouge).

In this Audible Original drama, Oz is a real place full of real dangers, and we are introduced to new characters and perils in the journey to the Emerald City to meet the all-powerful Wizard of Oz, who alone may hold the power to grant Dorothy and her new friends’ every wish.

Featuring: David Benson, Jim Broadbent, Margaret Cabourn, Stephen Critchlow, James Dryden, Alix Dunmore, Jack Lane, Jason Nwoga, Lizzie Roper, Dan Starkey and Lydia West.

©2020 Audible, Ltd (P)2020 Audible, Ltd Classics Kids Audible Originals Magic Magic Users Fiction Inspiring Wizardry Fantasy

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Lydia West
Jim Broadbent

About the Performer

Lydia West is currently filming the new Apple show Tailspin, playing the role of ‘Monique’. She has recently wrapped on filming Russell T Davies’ Channel 4 series The Boys. Recent credits include the Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat BBC 1/Netflix series Dracula and the critically acclaimed Russell T Davies’ drama Years and Years playing one of the leading roles of ‘Bethany’ for BBC/HBO. Other credits include the feature film Higher Grounds.

About the Performer

Jim Broadbent trained at LAMDA before embarking on a long and very successful career. He is an award-winning actor having won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for his portrayal of John Bayley in the film Iris. He also won a Bafta TV Award and Golden Globe for his role of Lord Longford in the made-for-TV film Lord Longford. Jim has appeared in numerous film and television productions. His theatre work began with productions for the National Theatre of Brent and he has since appeared in productions for both The Royal Court and the Royal National Theatre.

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Lydia West and Jim Broadbent discuss the recording of Oz
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That's a beautiful picture in that audio.It's full of yellow roads and red stuff and different stuff.It's very pretty, very, very, very beautiful.I like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is so wonderful

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Having only ever seen the film, I was interested to give this a go to see how much the film differed from the book and I'm glad I did. Suitable for adults or kids, this was a really enjoyable listen – well performed, and, refreshingly, it had great original music.

Great music

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Lovely magical story with great characters. I loved the story and narration made it come to life.

Magical

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Easily the best audible book I've listened to with my kids. they loved it from start to finish. the production quality is amazing. congrats to all involved

outstanding production

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Amazingly done! We listened to it in the car snd every time we had to wait in the car park for a few extra minutes because my children did not want to stop! Thoroughly recommended

Beautiful!

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I totally enjoyed this Audible book of a well-known classic. It was inspiring with feats of courage and full of friendship.

What wonderful adventures!

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Unreal fantastic listen right now what have you got to loose? Just do it please thank you for your time

Amazing

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I'm afraid if your kids love the film and musical this will be a shock. The whole story is acted out with no narrator, which means it's been rewritten, and not very well! There are huge long passages which were obviously cut from the film for a reason as they meander around not really adding to the story. Although the film is obviously based on the book, the film editors added things such as the ruby slippers which make the story so iconic. Even Jim Broadbent's acting was hammy which was a shock! I'd give it a miss I'm afraid.

over-the-top acting

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It’s a good story, performed without narration by focusing exclusively on dialogs and noises. It really makes you immerse in the story and was very enjoyable

Lovely classic well performed

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it was good and the story
was very very interesting when dorothy met wereid people

the best

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