The Rivalry Audiobook (Free)

Academy Award-nominees Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn star in Norman Corwin’s electrifying dramatization from the history-making Lincoln-Douglas debates. This fierce rivalry between increasing legislator Abraham Lincoln and incumbent Senator Stephen A. Douglas tackled a number of the day’s most passionate and controversial problems – above all those of slavery as well as the American concept of independence. As noticed through the eyes of Douglas’ young wife Adele, the play illuminates two of the very most charismatic politicians of any period.

An L.A. Theater Works full-cast overall performance featuring:

Paul Giamatti as Stephen A. Douglas

David Strathairn as Abraham Lincoln

Lily Rabe as Adele Douglas

James Gleason as Rep. Committeeman and Reporter

Directed by Eric Simonson. Documented before a live viewers in the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.