William Shakespeare
Shakespeare: The Complete Works
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Macbeth
- A BBC Radio Shakespeare Production
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ken Stott, Phyllis Logan, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
In this BBC full-cast production, a trio of witches predicts Macbeth's early demise....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling performances
- By Wordwatcher7 on 07-04-13
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Macbeth
- A BBC Radio Shakespeare Production
- Narrated by: Ken Stott, Phyllis Logan, Full Cast
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-04-05
- Language: English
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- Argo Classics
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 98 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
For the first time, the complete works of Shakespeare are available to download as one. This collection includes all 37 plays, four narrative poems and the sonnets....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listing for 9 Part Download
- By indigodreamer on 30-01-21
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- Argo Classics
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, full cast
- Length: 98 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 28-12-20
- Language: English
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Tales from Shakespeare
- The Lambs' Tales (Puffin Classics)
- By: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alan Cumming, Nigel Davenport, Andrew Sachs, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 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
A perfect introduction for all ages to the breadth and beauty of Shakespeare's work, Tales from Shakespearehas become a classic work in its own right....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvellous reading
- By APritchard on 12-04-17
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Tales from Shakespeare
- The Lambs' Tales (Puffin Classics)
- Narrated by: Alan Cumming, Nigel Davenport, Andrew Sachs, Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 12-05-10
- Language: English
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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 out of 5 stars 202
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 178
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 180
Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Yanks lack the passion of performance.
- By Luke on 27-06-17
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Macbeth
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Josh Cooke, JD Cullum, Dan Donohue, Jeannie Elias, Chuma Gault
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Release date: 09-09-11
- Language: English
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Classic Love Poems
- By: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 358
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 345
With 13 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful Poems, Balm For The Soul.
- By bookylady on 10-02-15
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Classic Love Poems
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 19 mins
- Release date: 09-02-15
- Language: English
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Hamlet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Josh Stamberg, Stephen Collins, JoBeth Williams, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 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
Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murder is considered one of the greatest works in the English language....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Audio assist is the way to go...
- By Shanbi on 18-06-24
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Hamlet
- Narrated by: Josh Stamberg, Stephen Collins, JoBeth Williams, Stacy Keach, Alan Mandell, Emily Swallow, Matthew Wolf
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 15-02-12
- Language: English
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story5 out of 5 stars 17
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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2 out of 5 stars
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Very worthy, and rather dull
- By Philip on 19-01-09
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The Merchant of Venice
- Narrated by: Antony Sher
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 30-10-08
- Language: English
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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 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
This strange, dark romance includes two songs composed by Shakespeare that are amongst the most beautiful in the English language....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Performance with One Awful Flaw
- By ColonelJames on 18-10-17
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Cymbeline: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sophie Thompson, Ben Porter, Jack Shepherd, Suzanne Bertish, Stephen Mangan, Ron Cook
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 13-05-14
- Language: English
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Judi Dench and Michael Williams: With Great Pleasure
- By: Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas, Charlotte Mitchell, and others
- Narrated by: Judi Dench, Michael Williams
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Two archive BBC Radio programmes in which Judi Dench and Michael Williams, accompanied by friends John Moffatt and Alec McCowen, read a cornucopia of poetry and prose....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tremendous fun!
- By how hi by no moo ft mo on 29-04-24
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Judi Dench and Michael Williams: With Great Pleasure
- Narrated by: Judi Dench, Michael Williams
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 03-08-10
- Language: English
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
This widely studied play is one of the "best sellers" of the Shakespeare canon....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not the best
- By Andrew Williams on 27-09-20
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Othello (Dramatized)
- Narrated by: Emma Fielding, Hugh Quarshie, Anton Lesser
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 27-08-10
- Language: English
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Great Nature Poems
- By: Robert Browning, William Shakespeare, Gerald Manley Hopkins
- Narrated by: Anthony Howell, Claire Rushbrook, David Schofield, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
An anthology of over 40 classic nature poems, read by some of our finest actors....
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3 out of 5 stars
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find your poem
- By Anne on 10-01-23
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Great Nature Poems
- Narrated by: Anthony Howell, Claire Rushbrook, David Schofield, Michael Maloney
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-04-12
- Language: English
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story5 out of 5 stars 17
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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Much Ado about Nothing
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Saskia Reeves, Samuel West, Paul Jesson, Jason O'Mara, Abigail Docherty, Bryan Pringle
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 09-05-14
- Language: English
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Timon of Athens
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alan Howard, Norman Rodway, Damian Lewis
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
This controversial play follows the declining fortunes of a man of extravagant contradictions....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great dramatisation
- By Cathy Osman on 12-02-24
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Timon of Athens
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alan Howard, Norman Rodway, Damian Lewis
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 09-05-14
- Language: English
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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
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Poetry Not Much Music.
- By Bernice on 28-01-17
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Seven Ages
- An Anthology of Poetry with Music (Unabridged Selections)
- Narrated by: Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 07-07-00
- Language: English
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Twelfth Night
- Argo Classics
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Derek Godfrey, Patrick Garland, Peter Orr, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 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
A comedic romance of mistaken identity, Twelfth Night begins with a shipwreck, splitting up Viola and her twin brother, Sebastian....
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Twelfth Night
- Argo Classics
- Narrated by: Derek Godfrey, Patrick Garland, Peter Orr, Prunella Scales, Patrick Wymark, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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10 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die, Vol. 2
- The Gold-Bug, Romeo and Juliet, Faust, the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Death of Ivan Ilyich, the Lost World, the Turn of the Screw, the Little Prince, the Picture of Dorian Gray, the Awakening
- By: Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, and others
- Narrated by: David Miles, Luana Marantz, Abigail Reno, and others
- Length: 44 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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This book contains the following works: Edgar Allan Poe: The Gold Bug, William Shakespeare: Romeo And Juliet, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Faust, Mark Twain ...
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10 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die, Vol. 2
- The Gold-Bug, Romeo and Juliet, Faust, the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Death of Ivan Ilyich, the Lost World, the Turn of the Screw, the Little Prince, the Picture of Dorian Gray, the Awakening
- Narrated by: David Miles, Luana Marantz, Abigail Reno, Simon Jackson, Rick Walz, Kelli Winkler, Paul Gibson, Sharon Plummer
- Length: 44 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 18-02-25
- Language: English
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis, Corin Redgrave, full cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12
A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: six tragedies with all star casts including Michael Sheen, Juliet Stevenson, Kenneth Cranham, Corin Redgrave, Ken Stott, Geraldine James, Bill Wallis, Siân Phillips and Sophie Dahl....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unwieldy and difficult to use
- By Sean Watson on 05-10-20
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis, Corin Redgrave, full cast, Geraldine James, Juliet Stevenson, Ken Stott, Kenneth Cranham, Michael Sheen, Siân Phillips, Sophie Dahl
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 20-08-20
- Language: English
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, Full Cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: eight comedies with all-star casts including David Tennant, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Martin Jarvis, Siân Phillips and Miriam Margolyes....
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
- Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, Full Cast, Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Jarvis, Miriam Margolyes, Siân Phillips
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 20-08-20
- Language: English
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Antony and Cleopatra
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Alex Kingston
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in Shakespeare's tragedy of love and power. As part of BBC Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent adaptation
- By Ben Hg on 03-01-23
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Antony and Cleopatra
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Alex Kingston
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 20-06-14
- Language: English
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Education and Entertainment
- By Andrew on 01-04-17
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Hamlet
- Shakespeare Appreciated (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Stephen Elder, Paul Clayton
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 26-10-09
- Language: English
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Featured article: 50+ timeless Shakespeare quotes
Immerse yourself in these Shakespeare quotes to dive into the comedies and tragedies penned by the Bard of Avon. From knock-knock jokes to the wild goose chase, we owe many of our most-used and best-loved phrases to the talent of the Bard. His words are timeless in their direct wisdom, their witty humour, and their surprising applicability to modern life. We’ve collected some of our favourite William Shakespeare quotes for when you want to think about life’s big questions, wax poetic on the nature of love, or just need a good laugh.
