Twelfth Night, nowadays one of Shakespeare's best-loved and most-admired comedies, was not always so regarded: Samuel Pepys saw the play three times in the 1660s and judged it 'silly'. 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.
Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 2 hours 20 minutes
Categories : Shakespeare
Price : $15.49
By the time Shakespeare came to write Macbeth - almost certainly in 1605/1606 - he had already completed three of the great tragedies with which modern audiences are so familiar: Hamlet (1601),... More info... |
Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Full Cast Performance
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 55 minutes
Categories : Dramatizations
Classic Literature
Shakespeare
Price : $18.49
Frances Barber and David Harewood star in Shakespeare's towering tale of great love, political intrigue and tragedy. BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923,... More info... |
Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Full Cast Performance
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Dramatizations
Classic Literature
Shakespeare
Audio Theater
Price : $18.49
Samuel West stars as Richard II with Joss Ackland as John of Gaunt in Shakespeare's lyrically tragic history. BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when... More info... |
Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 1 hour 50 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature
Shakespeare
Dramatizations
Price : $13.49
Richard Eyre directs Ken Stott as Macbeth and Phyllis Logan as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's dramatic tale of greed and destiny... More info... |
