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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 19
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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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Henry V
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Timothy West, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Henry V which dates from 1599, is the last in Shakespeare's series of plays based on English history....
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Macbeth: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, Macbeth to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....
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King Lear
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Trevor Peacock, Clive Merrison, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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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 shattering drama of isolation and loss is one of the greatest tragedies in world literature....
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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 19
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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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Henry V
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Timothy West, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Henry V which dates from 1599, is the last in Shakespeare's series of plays based on English history....
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Macbeth: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, Macbeth to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....
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King Lear
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Trevor Peacock, Clive Merrison, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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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 shattering drama of isolation and loss is one of the greatest tragedies in world literature....
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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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John Gielgud's Hamlet (Dramatised)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: John Gielgud
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 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 3
This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great
- By Mathew Hobbs on 09-07-2017
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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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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 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
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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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Simon Helberg, Glenne Headly, Hector Elizondo, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Original Recording
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Shakespeare combined his love of theater with Greek mythology and the supernatural to create what is arguably his most playfully imaginative work....
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The Tempest
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ehle, Adrian Lester, Bob Peck, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 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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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
This haunting drama of vengeance and forgiveness crowns the group of tragicomic romances that Shakespeare composed at the end of his career....
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Romeo and Juliet
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Joseph Fiennes, Maria Miles, Elizabeth Spriggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3 out of 5 stars 2
In the world's most celebrated and lyrical love story, the sublime devotion of two young lovers transcends their earthly fate....
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5 out of 5 stars
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High quality radio play
- By Samuel on 17-05-2015
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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 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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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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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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
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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Macbeth: CliffNotes
- By: Alex Went M.A.
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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This CliffsNotes study guide on William Shakespeare's Macbeth supplements the original literary work....
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The Merchant of Venice
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Antony Sher
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 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
Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats so that his friend Bassanio can afford to court his love, Portia....
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The Best Poems of All Time, Volume 1
- By: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm, Eric Stoltz
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
This perfect poetry companion brings the words of the world's favorite poets to life. Hearing poetry spoken - as it was originally intended to be heard...
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Cymbeline: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sophie Thompson, Ben Porter, Jack Shepherd, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
This strange, dark romance includes two songs composed by Shakespeare that are amongst the most beautiful in the English language....
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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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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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Twelfth Night
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Jonathan Firth, Amanda Root, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Shakespeare's most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Bard
- By Mathew on 08-03-2018
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BBC Radio Shakespeare
- Much Ado About Nothing (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Samantha Spiro, Full Cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare....
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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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All’s Well That Ends Well
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Claire Bloom, Robert Stephens
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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When the clever and appealing Helena cures the ailing king of France of an illness, she asks for the hand of Bertram (a proper young Englishman) in return....
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The Classic Hundred Poems
- By: William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, W.B. Yeats, and others
- Narrated by: Alfred Corn, Rita Dove
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Adopting the methodology of the music charts, The Classic Hundred Poems presents the "top 100" poems of all time...
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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 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays....
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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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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 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 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved....
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Hamlet
- Shakespeare Appreciated (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, and others
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Stephen Elder, Paul Clayton
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- 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
Experience Hamlet as a powerful full-cast drama with entertaining and enlightening commentary that explains what's what and who's who as the plot unfolds....
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Henry VI, Part 1
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Kelly Hunter, Clive Merrison, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
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The all-conquering King Henry V is dead and the throne is occupied by his infant son, Henry VI....
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Richard II
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Rupert Graves, Julian Glover, John Wood
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Shakespeare's finest verse play is also his first portrait of the psychology of power....
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Hamlet: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Lapotaire, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Distressed by his father's death and his mother's over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message....
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The Sonnets
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Everyone knows something of Shakespeare's sonnets, even if only in memorable fragments like "the darling buds of May," or "remembrance of things past," or "the marriage of true minds"....
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The Gap of Time
- The Winter's Tale Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare)
- By: Jeanette Winterson
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe, Mark Bazeley, Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
A black man finds a white baby abandoned in the night. He gathers her up - light as a star - and decides to take her home....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb.
- By Anonymous User on 30-05-2017
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Henry VI, Part 2
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Kelly Hunter, Norman Rodway, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
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Rife with intrigue and treachery, this history play depicts the onset of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York....
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Romeo and Juliet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Kate Beckinsale, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Here is the full-cast production of Shakespeare's classic love story, fully dramatized from the complete text....
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4 out of 5 stars
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An excellent performance.
- By soo jay on 18-04-2016
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Henry VI, Part 3
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Kelly Hunter, Clive Merrison, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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The monstrous power of one of Shakespeare's most memorable characters, Richard Plantagenet, emerges in Henry VI, Part 3, a portent of things to come....
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Shakespeare Tales of Wisdom
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Shakespeare is often referred to as the great teacher of life and for a good reason, too. His tales offer worldly wisdom on tap and a great abundance of it. In this collection of Shakespeare tales, we offer those that perhaps more than others teach us important lessons.
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Shakespeare Tales of Jealousy
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Shakespeare often uses expressive language in his portrayal of jealousy. It is a 'green-eyed monster', an object that 'one might fight and conquer', 'an infection which strikes as quickly as the plague'. In this selection of Shakespeare stories, jealousy plays a prominent role, offering us a wonderful opportunity to learn how Shakespeare's characters are dealing with this vice.
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Shakespeare: Tales of Friendship and Betrayal
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 43 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection of Shakespeare's tales focuses on themes of friendship and betrayal. Included in this volume: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona', 'The Comedy of Errors' and 'The Winter's Tale'. Read in English, unabridged.
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Sonnet 20
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 1 min
- Unabridged
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Sonnet 20 is one of the best-known of 154 sonnets written by William Shakespeare. Part of the "Fair Youth" sequence where the subject of the sonnet is widely interpreted as being male, thereby raising questions about the sexuality of its author.
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Measure for Measure
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Justice, mortality, mercy in Vienna, dichotomy between corruption and purity. Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. Mercy and virtue prevail, as the play does not end tragically, with virtues such as compassion and forgiveness being exercised at the end of the production. This edition of Measure for Measure is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous drama, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare work.
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Complete Shakespeare Tales
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Friendship, betrayal, wisdom, humour, epic romance, jealousy, adventure, bravery and murder. There's everything in those iconic Shakespeare stories. His work transcends generations and appeals endlessly to other writers. His dramatic structures are both simple and complicated, intertwined with numerous relationships, which reappear in our lives again and again. This iconic collection of Shakespeare tales includes 20 of his most prominent works adapted by Edith Nesbit and transformed into modern English.
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Shakespeare Tales of Wisdom
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Shakespeare is often referred to as the great teacher of life and for a good reason, too. His tales offer worldly wisdom on tap and a great abundance of it. In this collection of Shakespeare tales, we offer those that perhaps more than others teach us important lessons.
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Shakespeare Tales of Jealousy
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Shakespeare often uses expressive language in his portrayal of jealousy. It is a 'green-eyed monster', an object that 'one might fight and conquer', 'an infection which strikes as quickly as the plague'. In this selection of Shakespeare stories, jealousy plays a prominent role, offering us a wonderful opportunity to learn how Shakespeare's characters are dealing with this vice.
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Shakespeare: Tales of Friendship and Betrayal
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 43 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection of Shakespeare's tales focuses on themes of friendship and betrayal. Included in this volume: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona', 'The Comedy of Errors' and 'The Winter's Tale'. Read in English, unabridged.
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Sonnet 20
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 1 min
- Unabridged
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Sonnet 20 is one of the best-known of 154 sonnets written by William Shakespeare. Part of the "Fair Youth" sequence where the subject of the sonnet is widely interpreted as being male, thereby raising questions about the sexuality of its author.
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Measure for Measure
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Justice, mortality, mercy in Vienna, dichotomy between corruption and purity. Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. Mercy and virtue prevail, as the play does not end tragically, with virtues such as compassion and forgiveness being exercised at the end of the production. This edition of Measure for Measure is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous drama, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare work.
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Complete Shakespeare Tales
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Friendship, betrayal, wisdom, humour, epic romance, jealousy, adventure, bravery and murder. There's everything in those iconic Shakespeare stories. His work transcends generations and appeals endlessly to other writers. His dramatic structures are both simple and complicated, intertwined with numerous relationships, which reappear in our lives again and again. This iconic collection of Shakespeare tales includes 20 of his most prominent works adapted by Edith Nesbit and transformed into modern English.
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Shakespeare Tales of Revenge
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 38 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection of Shakespeare tales focuses on themes of revenge, opening with Hamlet, the greatest revenge play of all time, one of the finest examples of revenge that a young man plans for the murder of his father. This collection of Shakespeare adaptations also includes Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice, each offering a unique perspective on the psychology of revenge.
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The Merchant of Venice
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Bassanio, a young Venetian of noble rank, wishes to woo the beautiful and wealthy heiress Portia of Belmont. Having squandered his estate, he needs 3,000 ducats to subsidise his expenditures as a suitor. Bassanio approaches his friend Antonio, a wealthy merchant of Venice who has previously and repeatedly bailed him out. This edition of The Merchant of Venice is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous drama, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare work.
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Valentine is preparing to leave Verona for Milan so as to broaden his horizons. He begs his best friend, Proteus, to come with him, but Proteus is in love with Julia and refuses to leave. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behaviour of people in love. This edition of The Two Gentlemen of Verona is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous drama, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare work.
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Timon of Athens
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In the beginning, Timon is a wealthy and generous Athenian gentleman. He hosts a large banquet, attended by nearly all the main characters. Timon gives away money wastefully, and everyone wants to please him to get more, except for Apemantus, a churlish philosopher whose cynicism Timon cannot yet appreciate. This edition of Timon of Athens is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous drama, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare work.
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Sonnet 14
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 1 min
- Unabridged
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Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti recites Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 14".
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Shakespeare Tales of Humour and Wit
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In Shakespeare plays the tragic and the comic often fade into each other, turning into a harmonious blending of these two elements. Shakespeare takes a special delight in the employment of such harmonies. His tragedies never fail having their comic interludes, and his comedies often have a serious undertone. Still, the comic is not the tragic, and in this collection we offer some of the more humorous and witty tales from Shakespeare. The following Shakespeare adaptations are included here: A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It and Measure for Measure.
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Sonnet 15
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 1 min
- Unabridged
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Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti recites Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 15".
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The Taming of the Shrew
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Petruchio tames Katherina, an unwilling participant in the relationship, with various psychological torments, such as keeping her from eating and drinking, until she becomes a desirable, compliant and obedient bride. This edition of The Taming of the Shrew is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous drama, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare work.
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Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air
- By: Harold Bloom
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in history - and thanks to Shakespeare, one of the most intriguing personalities in literature. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom delivers exhilarating clarity and invites us to look at this character as a flawed human who might be living in our world. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character: Just as we encounter one Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are in high school and college and another when we are adults, Bloom explains his shifting understanding of Cleopatra over the course of his own lifetime.
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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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Rediscover the greatest love poetry ever written. Shakespeare’s sonnets are some of the nation’s favourite lines of verse, but the Elizabethan language can make it difficult to really understand them. Many guides offer to clarify the meaning, but lose the magic of the words by explaining them away. James Anthony has done something boldly different.
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Kabuliwala
- Selected Plays, Poems and Stories of Tagore
- By: Rabindranath Tagore
- Narrated by: Rajat Kapoor
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's finesse to Oscar Wilde's wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim's Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites listeners to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library.
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All's Well That Ends Well
- By: William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
- Narrated by: Josh Verbae
- Length: 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Helena, the low-born ward of a French countess, is in love with the countess' son, Bertram, who is indifferent to her. Bertram goes to Paris to replace his late father as attendant to the ailing King of France. Helena, the daughter of a recently deceased doctor, follows Bertram, ostensibly to offer the King her services as a healer. The King is sceptical, and she guarantees the cure with her life: if he dies, she will be put to death, but if he lives, she may choose a husband from the court.