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Coriolanus
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Richard Burton, Jessica Tandy
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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A classic performance of one of the Bard's classics....
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William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
- By: Peter Saccio, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Peter Saccio
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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These 36 lectures introduce you to Shakespeare's major plays and explain the achievement that makes him the leading playwright in Western civilization....
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The Tempest
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen, Emilia Fox, Scott Handy, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play....
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Shakespeare's MACBETH
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Gideon Wagner
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Macbeth, a general of the army of Duncan, King of Scotland, rises through the ranks after victory over the rebel MacDonald. Inspired by three witches' prediction that he would become king....
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Coriolanus
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Richard Burton, Jessica Tandy
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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A classic performance of one of the Bard's classics....
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William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
- By: Peter Saccio, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Peter Saccio
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
These 36 lectures introduce you to Shakespeare's major plays and explain the achievement that makes him the leading playwright in Western civilization....
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The Tempest
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen, Emilia Fox, Scott Handy, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play....
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Shakespeare's MACBETH
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Gideon Wagner
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Macbeth, a general of the army of Duncan, King of Scotland, rises through the ranks after victory over the rebel MacDonald. Inspired by three witches' prediction that he would become king....
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BBC Radio Shakespeare
- The Merchant of Venice (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Warren Mitchell, Martin Jarvis, Samuel West, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare....
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5 out of 5 stars
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another terrific reading of Shakespeare by the BBC
- By Sophie on 07-08-2016
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Othello
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Don Warrington, David Threlfall, Anne-Marie Duff, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
This great tragedy confronts the mystery at the heart of evil and contains some of Shakespeare's most magnificent dramatic verse....
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Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Retold
- Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist
- By: William Shakespeare, James Anthony, Stephen Fry - foreword
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Paapa Essiedu, James Anthony
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Retold by William Shakespeare and James Anthony, with a foreword by Stephen Fry. Read by Stephen Fry and Paapa Essiedu....
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From Shakespeare - With Love (The Best of Sonnets)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Abridged
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Shakespeare's Sonnets, one of the most remarkable collections of poetry, was first published in 1609, 400 years ago by Mr Thomas Thorpe....
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Julius Caesar
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Andrew Buchan, Sean Barrett
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most compelling Roman plays. The plot against Caesar and the infamous assassination scene make for unforgettable listening....
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Othello (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ewan McGregor, Kelly Reilly
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Shakespeare's Othello is one of his finest and most famous tragedies....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect actor, however abridged.
- By Anonymous User on 07-08-2018
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Macbeth
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Josh Cooke, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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great rendition of the Shakespeare classic.
- By Anonymous User on 23-07-2018
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Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Hamlet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....
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As You Like It
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Stephen Mangan, Victoria Hamilton, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
This pastoral comedy is one of Shakespeare's best loved, owing to its delightful heroine - the wise, witty, and virtuous Rosalind....
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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This edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous comedy....
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Othello
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Garrison Moore, Rebecca Thomas, Phil Benson, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The predominant theme in this Shakespearean tragedy is jealousy and the destruction it causes when allowed to run rampant....
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Seven Ages
- An Anthology of Poetry with Music (Unabridged Selections)
- By: William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Ted Hughes
- Narrated by: Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
This highly entertaining anthology of verse is the comic, tragic, tender, and telling story of life's seven ages, from childhood to old age. Within the framework of Shakespeare's speech...
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Titus Andronicus
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Troughton, Harriet Walter, Paterson Joseph, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
The noble Titus returns victorious to Rome bringing Tamora, Queen of the Goths as his captive....
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Iago
- The Strategies of Evil
- By: Harold Bloom
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In all of literature, few antagonists have displayed the ruthless cunning and unscrupulous deceit of Iago, the antagonist to Othello....
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Romeo and Juliet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Calista Flockhart, Matthew Wolf, Julie White, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
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The most iconic love story of all time, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is an epic-scale tragedy of desire and revenge....
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Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Comedies
- The Taming of the Shrew; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Twelfth Night
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Paul Daneman, Fenella Fielding, Nigel Hawthorne, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Three classic radio productions from the BBC archives starring Nigel Hawthorne, Miriam Margolyes, Geraldine McEwan and a host of celebrated acting talent....
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The Merchant of Venice
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Trevor Peacock, Bill Nighy, Haydn Gwynne, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved....
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Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Romances
- The Winter's Tale, Pericles, The Tempest
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Hannah Gordon, Paul Scofield, Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Three classic radio productions from the BBC archives starring Hannah Gordon, Tim Pigott-Smith, Paul Scofield and a host of celebrated acting talent....
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King Richard III
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Geraldine McEwan, Nicholas Farrell, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very helpful<br />
- By LYNN JENNINGS on 04-03-2019
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Much Ado about Nothing
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Saskia Reeves, Samuel West, Paul Jesson, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Young Claudio has fallen for the lovely heiress Hero, who also loves him. Their path to the altar looks smooth, until the evil Don John intervenes....
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King Lear
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Paul Scofield, Alec McCowen, Kenneth Branagh
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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The tragedy of King Lear receives an outstanding performance in an all-star cast led by Britain’s senior classical actor, Paul Scofield....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent rendition of a classic
- By Denis Tamplin on 19-05-2015
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King Richard the Third
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Robert Stephens, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A tragedy, a comedy, and a history all rolled into one, the story of the tyrannical Richard III ranks...
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Henry V
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover, Brian Cox, Elizabeth Spriggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Henry V is a study of kingship, patriotism, and heroic determination tempered by tender comedy as Henry courts Katherine, princess of France....
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How to Read and Understand Shakespeare
- By: Marc C. Conner, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Marc C. Conner
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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These guiding principles allow you to follow the narratives of the plays as they unfold, with a clear understanding of how the plays function and fit together....
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5 out of 5 stars
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perfection
- By Thanatosophist on 29-04-2018
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Sonnets
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Here are 154 poems performed by by the wonderful Sir John Gielgud in this Shakepseare collection of the Sonnets....
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Vinegar Girl
- The Taming of the Shrew Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare)
- By: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Anne Tyler's retelling of The Taming of the Shrew asks whether a thoroughly modern, independent woman like Kate would ever sacrifice herself for a man....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming yet unsentimental
- By Lyn Bender on 14-07-2018
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Romeo and Juliet: The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Romeo and Juliet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....
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Henry IV, Part 1
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover, Julian Glover, Richard Griffiths
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
This play introduces Shakespeare's greatest comedic character, the dissolute knight Sir John Falstaff....
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Measure for Measure: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Roger Allam, Stella Gonet
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Telling his followers he is leaving the city on affairs of state, the Duke of Vienna appoints the puritanical Angelo to govern in his absence....
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The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Roscoe Lee Browne, Christopher Cazenove, Vanessa Redgrave, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
For sustained dramatic intrigue and sophistication of plot, William Shakespeare's sonnets are at least the equal of his greatest plays....
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Othello (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Emma Fielding, Hugh Quarshie, Anton Lesser
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
This widely studied play is one of the "best sellers" of the Shakespeare canon....
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Julius Caesar (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, David Cottis
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Gregory Cox, Colin Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. A full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis....
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5 out of 5 stars
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So helpful!
- By Anonymous User on 20-09-2018