BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.
This fresh and vibrant production brilliantly reflects those decades of experience. Fairy magic wreaks havoc amongst the lovers and midsummer madness takes over as they tread the delicate line between fancy and reality.
The play is introduced by Richard Eyre, former Director of the Royal National Theatre, and the accompanying booklet includes a scene-by-scene synopsis, full character analysis, brief biographies of the leading actors and of Shakespeare himself, as well as an essay from the producer on their interpretation of the play.
Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 20 minutes
Categories : Shakespeare Dramatizations British
Price : $18.99
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Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Full-Cast Production
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Shakespeare Dramatizations Classic Literature Drama
Price : $22.75
The stormy passions of Shakespeare's tragedy resonate with powerful emotion in this BBC radio 3 production. More info...
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Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 2 hours 15 minutes
Categories : Shakespeare
Price : $12.25
Modem audiences, critics and directors seem better attuned to its delicate counterpointing of romance and realism, to its ambivalent ending and to the poetic suggestiveness of Feste's songs. More info...
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Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Richard Burton
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 minutes
Categories : Shakespeare Classic Literature
Price : $1.65
Richard Burton's rich and resonant voice delivers Henry V's address to his army on the eve of Agincourt! More info...
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Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 3 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Dramatizations Classic Literature Shakespeare British Drama
Price : $22.75
Michael Sheen stars as Hamlet with Kenneth Cranham as Claudius, Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude and Ellie Beaven as Ophelia in the best-known and most powerful tragedy of modern times... More info...
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