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AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
NarratorFull Cast
Duration2h 14m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Plays and Dramatisations
Key StageKS4
PublisherBBC
VersionAbridged
In this BBC full-cast production of All's Well That Ends Well, the trials of marriage are hilariously explored. Will Helena complete the Herculean tasks to win Bertram's love?
All's Well That Ends Well finds Helena rewarded for her ministries to the sick with the choice of any husband she wishes. Her choice, Bertram, is unwilling to have her as his wife and sets her a number of seemingly impossible tasks to complete before he will relent.
Starring Emma Fielding as Helena, Siân Phillips as the Countess and Miriam Margolyes as the Widow, with Richard Griffiths as the King, Simon Russell Beale as Parolles and Carl Prekopp as Bertram.
Author: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator
Duration 3h
Othello is a 'noble Moor', a North African Muslim who has converted to Christianity and is deemed one of the Venetian state's most reliable soldiers. However, his ensign Iago harbours an obscure hatred against his general, and when Othello secretly marries the beautiful daughter of the Venetian senator Brabanzio, Iago begins his subtle campaign of...
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator
Duration 3h 20m
'Now is the winter of our discontent', intones Richard, Duke of Gloucester at the beginning of Shakespeare's Richard III, one of his most abidingly popular plays, and one of the most chilling portrayals of political tyranny ever seen on stage. The series of murders and conspiracies that Richard masterminds confirms his claim that 'I am determined...
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 50m
As Romeo and Juliet come from opposing families, their love must be concealed until after their marriage. But having slain Juliet's cousin Tybalt, Romeo is banished and despite the well-meaning intervention of Friar Laurence, fate ensures that the marriage is never truly celebrated. Dramatisation of the New Cambridge version of the text.
View BookMacbeth - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter
Author William Shakespeare, Simon Potter
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 20m
This guide takes the listener through the plot of Macbeth and gets to grips with the language, imagery, themes and social and historical settings. The play is presented as a full cast drama with simultaneous guided interpretation and analysis.
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator
Duration 3h 22m
The death of King Hamlet has resulted in his brother Claudius becoming the new king of Denmark. Alarmed by his father's death and his mother's hasty marriage to the new king, Prince Hamlet seeks to discover the truth about his father's death.
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator
Duration 2h 15m
Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are separated in a storm that washes them both up at different points on the shores of Illyria. Believing each other to be dead, both attempt to survive by using their wits. One of Shakespeare's most complex and inventive comedies.
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
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Duration 2h 7m
Prospero, wise duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother, and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero possesses supernatural powers. Aided by the spirit Ariel, Prospero uses his magical art to bring his enemies under control again.
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator
Duration 2h 19m
This comedy takes place largely in a wood where Hermia and her lover Lysander have escaped to marry. They are now in a domain of the fairies where strange and wonderful transformations are magically brought about by the spells of Oberon and his mischievous servant, Puck.
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 1m
Foretold he will become King of Scotland and spurred on by his wife, Macbeth commits deadly treason to seize the throne. Once crowned, guilt and mistrust of all around him leads Macbeth to embark on a trail of bloodshed and murder to stay in power. But under the yoke of his brutal reign, civil war breaks out and a rebellious army gathers to overthr...
View BookAuthor: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 20m
The brave warrior Macbeth allows himself to be persuaded by his wife, Lady Macbeth, to slay good King Duncan and seize the throne of Scotland for himself. Macbeth achieves his ambition, but one murder proves not to be enough. Sinister supernatural forces are at work in this tragedy of guilt and retribution.
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