Abridgd... Too Far!

Abridged Audio Limited

The podcast for people who love stories...but can't be bothered to read.

  • 34 minutes 25 seconds
    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC for short) brings you Robert Louis Stevenson's "Gothic Classic" in just...well...1,337 seconds. 

    So if you're wanting to get a real sense of the schizophrenic gothic monster within a doctor...then read "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde "...if you need to get this book done and dusted in less than half an hour...then sit back and listen and impress all your friends with your new-found knowledge of a literary classic. Because we can guarantee that your friends haven't read it!

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    11 July 2025, 11:51 am
  • 31 minutes 47 seconds
    A Farewell To Arms - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC for short) brings you Ernest Hemingway's "American Classic" in just...well...1,337 seconds. 

    So if you're wanting to get a real sense of who Papa really was...then read "For Whom the Bell Tolls"...if you need to get this book done and dusted in less than half an hour...then sit back and listen and impress all your friends with your new-found knowledge of a literary classic. Because we can guarantee that your friends haven't read it!

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    26 June 2025, 1:21 pm
  • 26 minutes 34 seconds
    Moby Dick - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC for short) brings you Herman Melville's "Great American Novel" in just...well...1,337 seconds. 

    So if you're interested in whales, wails or Wales...or need a study guide for any exam about fish, fishing or boats..then sit back and listen and impress all your friends with your new-found knowledge of a literary classic. Because we can guarantee that your friends haven't read it!

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    12 June 2025, 12:00 am
  • 33 minutes 6 seconds
    Dracula - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC for short) brings you Bram Stoker's gothic "masterpiece" in just...well...1,337 seconds. 

    So if you're studying for any exam about goths, gothic, gotham or any other word that starts with "goth"...then sit back and listen and impress all your friends with your new-found knowledge of a literary classic. Because we can guarantee that your friends haven't read it!

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    29 May 2025, 3:18 pm
  • 28 minutes 12 seconds
    Pride & Prejudice - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC for short) brings you Jane Austen's beloved classic "masterpiece" in just...well...1,337 seconds. 

    So, this Christmas, if you’re trying to impress your English Literature graduate friends with knowledge of one of the world's most filmed classics ever...then we. have your back. Way back!

    So sit back and listen to this romantic tale of class and love in a way you've never read it...or heard it...before!


    Cast:

    Jane Arden as Mrs Bennett and others

    Julien Ball as Mr Bennett and others

    Eliza Horn as Elizabeth and others

    Samuel James as Darcy and others

    Genevieve Lorenzo Martin as Jane and others

    Charlotte McBurney as Lydia and others

    Christopher Ragland as Bingley and others



    With a special introduction by the Professor himself, Douglas Ullard.


    Written by David Spicer

    Directed by John Schwab and David Spicer

    Audio Production by John Schwab

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    1 January 2025, 10:27 am
  • 31 minutes 38 seconds
    Great Expectations - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC for short) brings you Charles Dickens' classic "masterpiece" in just...well...1,337 seconds. 

    So, if you’re trying to impress your English Literature graduate friends with knowledge of one of the most adapted classics ever...then we. have your back. Way back!

    So sit back and listen to this dark tale of Dickensian child torture (mild) and class issues (extreme) in a way you've never read it...or heard it...before!


    Cast:

    Julien Ball as Magwitch and others

    Joanna Brookes as Miss Haversham and others

    Charlotte McBurney as Young Pip and others

    David Menkin as Herbert and others

    Caroline Rodgers as Estella and others

    Ben Starr as Pip and others

    With a special introduction by the Professor himself, Douglas Ullard.


    Written by David Spicer

    Directed by John Schwab and David Spicer

    Audio Production by John Schwab

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    30 January 2024, 1:50 pm
  • 32 minutes 3 seconds
    The Scarlet Letter - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC for short) brings you Nathaniel Hawthorn's Puritanical classic "masterpiece" in just...well...1,337 seconds. 

    So, if you’re trying to impress an American literature snob, then look no further than the book that all American students are forced to read sometime between kindergarten and their senior your in high school.

    So sit back and listen to this dark tale of how a villageful of puritans harass, bully and mentally torture a young woman and her child...all in the name of the Lord.


    Cast:

    Barbara Barnes as Hester Prynne and others

    Joanna Brookes as Hibbins and others

    Alan Marriot as Chillingworth and others

    David Menkin as Bellingham and others

    Shai Matheson as Rev Dimmesdale and others

    Charlotte McBurney as Pearl and others

    With a special introduction by the Professor himself, Douglas Ullard.


    Written by David Spicer

    Directed by John Schwab and David Spicer

    Audio Production by John Schwab

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    16 January 2024, 12:00 am
  • 32 minutes 25 seconds
    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC for short) brings you Mary Shelley's Gothic classic "masterpiece" in just...well...1,337 seconds. 

    So, if you’re trying to look smart in front of your friends and family because they think they KNOW the story of Frankenstein... then, don’t worry…we’ve done all the hard work for you.

    So sit back and listen to this dark tale of how a moody teenager decided to create a monster out of rotting body parts...and sausages!


    Cast:

    Julien Ball as Walton and others

    Rakesh Boury as Professor Krempe and others

    Alan Marriot as Victor Frankenstein and others

    Charlotte McBurney as Frankenstein's Monster and others

    Caroline Rodgers as Mrs Narrator and others

    With a special introduction by the Professor himself, Douglas Ullard.


    Written by David Spicer

    Directed by John Schwab and David Spicer

    Audio Production by John Schwab

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    2 January 2024, 10:22 am
  • 28 minutes 24 seconds
    Lady Chatterley's Lover - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC) brings you D. H. Lawrence's naughty literary "masterpiece" in just...well...twenty-two minutes and seventeen seconds. 

    So, if you’re trying to look smart in front of your friends and family because they think they KNOW the story of The War of the Wolrds... then, don’t worry…we’ve done all the hard work for you.


    So sit back and listen to the scandal unfold at Wragby, where Lady Constance is searching for more than just a good time!


    Cast:

    Julien Ball as Mellors and others

    Joanna Brookes as Bolton and others

    David Menkin as Michaelis and others

    Caroline Rodgers as Lady Chatterley and others

    Ben Starr as Clifford and others


    With a special introduction by the Professor himself, Douglas Ullard.


    Written by David Spicer

    Directed by John Schwab and David Spicer

    Audio Production by John Schwab

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    2 January 2024, 9:58 am
  • 30 minutes 29 seconds
    The War of the Worlds - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC) brings you H. G. Wells' great classic, but short, literary "masterpiece" in just...well...twenty-two minutes and seventeen seconds. 

    So, if you’re trying to look smart in front of your friends and family because they think they KNOW the story of The War of the Wolrds... then, don’t worry…we’ve done all the hard work for you.


    So sit back and listen to all those globally recognised names like...Esher, Leatherhead, Cobham, Staines and Chipping Ongar.


    Cast:

    Rakesh Boury as Narrator and others

    Joanna Brookes as Martian Leader and others

    Charlotte McBurney as Paperboy and others

    David Menkin as The Curate and others

    Caroline Rodgers as Mrs Narrator and others

    Ben Starr as Artilleryman and others


    With a special introduction by the Professor himself, Douglas Ullard.


    Written by David Spicer

    Directed by John Schwab and David Spicer

    Audio Production by John Schwab

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    5 December 2023, 9:17 am
  • 29 minutes 19 seconds
    Jane Eyre - Abridgd Too Far

    World-renowned and very clever Professor of Short Books, Douglas Ullard...along with his Twenty-Two Minute and Seventeen Second Classic Literature Audio Armchair Theatre Company (or TTMASSCLAATC) brings you Charlotte Brontë's great classic, literary "masterpiece" Jane Eyre in just...well...twenty-two minutes and seventeen seconds. 

    If you are a massive fan of massive coincidences, then you've come to the right place. With anagrams aplenty, which are extremely important in how novels and names are chosen, you are sure to not want to miss this episode! Jane Eyre in just 1,337 seconds...or thereabouts!


    Cast

    Caroline Rodgers as Jane Eyre

    David Menkin as Rochester and others

    Ben Starr as Grace Poole and others

    Charlotte McBurney as Helen Burns and others

    Julien Ball as Brocklehurst and others

    Joanna Brookes as Ms Fairfax and others

    with a special introduction by the Professor himself, Douglas Ullard


    Written by David Spicer

    Directed by John Schwab and David Spicer

    Audio Production by John Schwab



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    21 November 2023, 12:02 am
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