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Audible Studios, a production arm of Audible.com, today announced the release of bestselling author, Columbia University physicist, and cofounder of the World Science Festival Brian Greene’s audio play Light Falls: Space, Time, and an Obsession of Einstein, performed by a full cast led by award-winning actor Paul Rudd as Einstein. A theatrical version of Light Falls was performed by Brian Greene at the World Science Festival in New York City, but this expanded version of the play, which traces Einstein’s electrifying discovery of the general theory of relativity, has been developed specifically for an audio-only experience. This recording, which also features narration by Greene and a powerful original score created by House of Cards composer Jeff Beal, is now available for download at audible.com/LightFalls.
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Brian Greene, Paul Rudd, and a full cast perform Light Falls for Audible. The superstar physicist's dazzling play brings Einstein's greatest ideas vividly to life, exclusively for Audible. (Graphic: Business Wire)
“Einstein’s quest to understand reality is one of the most dramatic and intellectual journeys of all time,” said Greene. “I’m thrilled that people can now experience this deeply human story with Audible’s beautifully crafted new production.”
“Greene’s thrilling play makes science and history come alive,” said Audible EVP and Publisher Beth Anderson. “Using the actual words of Einstein and other prominent physicists, Light Falls relates not only the mind bending breakthroughs, but also the personal drama of these great scientists. Paul Rudd makes a wonderful Einstein, and our listeners will love learning and following along with him.”
With a 30-day membership trial at Audible, new listeners can enjoy any one audiobook, including this performance of Light Falls, free.
In addition to Greene and Rudd, among the acclaimed performers who have narrated works of literature for Audible are Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lily Collins, Emma Thompson, James Franco, and Jesse Eisenberg. In 2013, Audible Studios won its first Grammy Award, for its production of Janis Ian’s memoir Society’s Child, and also won the Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year, for Colin Firth’s performance of Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair.
Audible, the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word content, invented and commercialized the first digital audio player in 1997, and has since been at the forefront of the explosively growing audiobook download segment. Audible members downloaded an average of more than 17 books over the course of the year. More than half of new Audible members are first-time audiobook buyers.
ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.
Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment, offering customers a new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible was created to unleash the emotive music in language and the habituating power and utility of verbal expression. Audible content includes more than 300,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers. Audible is also the preeminent provider of spoken-word audio products for Apple’s iTunes Store.
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