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TIMSON, D.: Stories from Shakespeare (Unabridged)

Here are the stories of thirteen key Shakespeare plays: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, The Tempest, Henry V, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. David Timson presents the complex plots in a clear, entertaining and informal style, presenting the main characters in the context of the famous lines. The stories contain important passages from the plays themselves, taken from the award-winning Naxos AudioBooks recordings. This is a 3 CD set which not only entertains but acts as an ideal ‘starter pack’ for children going to see the plays of Shakespeare.

Disc 1

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1.	A Midsummer Night’s Dream 00:04:39

2.	Act II Scene 1: ‘Why should Titania cross her Oberon…’ 00:01:39

3.	Then Oberon called his favourite fairy, Puck… 00:03:22

4.	Act I Scene 2: ‘Now is all our company met…’ 00:02:04

5.	Back in the fairies’ wood… 00:02:09

6.	Act IV Scene 1: ‘When thou wak’st…’ 00:00:32

7.	Meanwhile Oberon had found his queen, Titania, asleep 00:00:43

8.	Oberon stooped over her… 00:00:35

9.	When Titania awoke… 00:01:00

10.	Act IV Scene 1: ‘Come sit thee down…’ 00:02:06

11.	And so when Oberon came along… 00:02:10

Hamlet

12.	Hamlet 00:03:10

13.	Act I Scene 4: ‘Look my Lord it comes…’ 00:01:38

14.	Hamlet followed his father’s ghost… 00:01:19

15.	The wicked Claudius had indeed killed… 00:02:25

16.	Act III Scene 1: ‘To be or not to be…’ 00:01:38

17.	Seeing Ophelia sitting quietly… 00:04:32

18.	Act IV Scene 5: ‘Where is the beauteous Queen of Denmark…’ 00:01:08

19.	It was not long before… 00:01:24

20.	Hamlet had loved her… 00:02:57

21.	Act V Scene 2: ‘O I die Horatio…’ 00:01:07

King Lear

22.	King Lear 00:01:14

23.	Act I Scene 1: ‘Goneril our eldest born speak first…’ 00:01:49

24.	King Lear was very pleased with Goneril and Regan’s declarations… 00:03:48

25.	Act I Scene 4: ‘Hear Nature, hear…’ 00:00:55

26.	And with his curse of Goneril still ringing… 00:01:16

27.	Act III Scene 2: ‘Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!’ 00:02:09

28.	Before long his servant… 00:01:45

29.	Act IV Scene 6: ‘Dost thou know me…’ 00:02:41

30.	Edgar, still disguised… 00:00:32

31.	Act IV Scene 6: ‘Sir, do you know me’ 00:02:24

32.	And now he knew at last… 00:01:47

33.	Act V Scene 3: ‘Howl, howl…’ 00:02:27

Henry V

34.	Henry V 00:01:26

35.	Act I Scene 2: ‘Your Highness lately sending into France…’ 00:02:31

36.	Henry decided it was time… 00:01:29

37.	Act I Scene 3: ‘He’s in Arthur’s bosom…’ 00:01:19

38.	The first battle for Henry… 00:01:58

39.	Their courage renewed by their leader… 00:01:02

40.	Act III Scene 8: ‘My Lord High Constable…’ 00:01:27

41.	King Henry meanwhile… 00:02:56

Disc 2

Henry V

1.	But with the morning Henry’s spirits had revived… 00:01:53

2.	And so the battle of Agincourt began 00:00:35

3.	Act IV Scene 7: ‘Here comes the herald of the French…’ 00:01:45

4.	And so the battle concluded… 00:00:59

5.	Act V Scene 2: ‘Fair Katherine…’ 00:02:15

Twelfth Night

6.	Twelfth Night 00:01:10

7.	Orsina, the Duke of Illyria… 00:02:41

8.	Act I Scene 5: ‘My Lord and master loves you…’ 00:01:22

9.	Listening to Viola speaking as the boy Cesario… 00:02:20

10.	Act II Scene 4: ‘Make no compare between that love…’ 00:01:33

11.	So Viola went… 00:02:10

12.	Act II Scene 5: ‘If this fall into thy hand…’ 00:02:02

13.	When Malvolio appeared before Olivia… 00:00:51

14.	Act III Scene 4: ‘Why man he’s a very devil…’ 00:01:45

15.	Happily for both Viola and Sir Andrew… 00:04:25

16.	Act V Scene 1: ‘Do I stand there…’ 00:00:55

17.	Then Viola told her brother all her adventures… 00:01:39

Romeo and Juliet

18.	Romeo and Juliet 00:02:06

19.	Act I Scene 4: ‘O then I see Queen Mab…’ 00:00:52

20.	But nothing would stop Romeo… 00:01:03

21.	Act I Scene 5: ‘What lady’s that…’ 00:00:48

22.	As he was saying these words… 00:00:46

23.	Act I Scene 5: ‘If I profane…’ 00:01:29

24.	Just then the girl’s nurse… 00:01:39

25.	Act II Scene 2: ‘O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou…’ 00:01:46

26.	They spoke long together… 00:01:57

27.	The next morning, very early… 00:02:23

28.	Act III Scene 1: ‘Courage man the hurt cannot be much…’ 00:01:12

29.	So, on the very day of his wedding… 00:01:13

30.	Poor Juliet and her young husband… 00:01:41

31.	Now Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet… 00:01:47

32.	Act IV Scene 3: ‘What if it be poison…’ 00:01:53

33.	Early in the morning… 00:01:56

34.	Act V Scene 3: ‘Ah, dear Juliet why art thou…’ 00:01:53

35.	So Romeo died beside his wife, Juliet 00:01:51

The Tempest

36.	The Tempest 00:05:07

37.	Act I Scene 2: ‘This island’s mine…’ 00:00:53

38.	Prospero finished his story to Miranda… 00:01:59

39.	Act I Scene 2: ‘Full fathom five…’ 00:00:59

40.	And so singing, Ariel led the spell - bound prince… 00:01:46

41.	Scarcely had they exchanged half a dozen sentences… 00:01:10

42.	Act III Scene 1: ‘You look wearily…’ 00:01:41

43.	Now other members of King Alonso’s household… 00:02:01

44.	When Stephano appeared he had been drinking… 00:02:37

45.	Caliban thought these two examples… 00:01:40

Disc 3

The Tempest

1.	Prospero by his enchantments… 00:02:12

2.	So Prospero made heavenly music… 00:02:01

Othello

3.	Othello 00:03:20

4.	Act I Scene 3: ‘My story being done…’ 00:00:47

5.	Desdemona herself came to the Senate… 00:02:28

6.	Act II Scene 1: ‘O my fair warrior…’ 00:01:11

7.	Iago upon arrival began to put his plan… 00:01:35

8.	Act II Scene 3: ‘Two things are to be done…’ 00:00:18

9.	When Cassio and Iago were alone together… 00:01:14

10.	Act III Scene 3: ‘By heaven I’ll know…’ 00:01:36

11.	The seed of jealousy was well and truly sown 00:01:11

12.	That night, before dinner, Othello… 00:02:33

13.	Act IV Scene 1: ‘How shall I murder him Iago…’ 00:01:30

14.	Iago’s villainy now knew no bounds… 00:01:36

15.	Act IV Scene 3: ‘The poor soul sat sighing…’ 00:02:09

16.	Desdemona woke with her husband’s wild eyes… 00:02:57

17.	Act V Scene 2: ‘Soft you…’ 00:02:19

Macbeth

18.	Macbeth 00:01:03

19.	Act I Scene 3: ‘So foul and fair a day…’ 00:02:13

20.	Macbeth could not take his eyes… 00:04:02

21.	Act II Scene 1: ‘Is this a dagger…’ 00:01:54

22.	Not long afterwards, with red hands… 00:00:53

23.	The murderers heard a knocking at the castle gate… 00:02:26

24.	Act III Scene 4: ‘Which of you have done this…’ 00:01:14

25.	Macbeth decided he would find the witches… 00:04:44

26.	Act V Scene 1: ‘Yet here’s a spot…’ 00:02:06

27.	Not long after this, Macbeth heard… 00:01:31

28.	All this while, the English army… 00:01:27

29.	Act V Scene 8: ‘Turn hell - hound, turn…’ 00:02:49

King Richard III

30.	King Richard III 00:01:46

31.	Act I Scene 1: ‘Now is the winter…’ 00:01:50

32.	Nothing was going to stop Richard… 00:00:40

33.	Act I Scene 4: ‘Methought I had broken from the Tower…’ 00:01:22

34.	And his bad dreams… 00:01:43

35.	Act I Scene 2: ‘Was ever woman in this humour wooed…’ 00:00:44

36.	Meanwhile Edward IV’s illness… 00:03:44

37.	Act IV Scene 2: ‘Thus high…:’ 00:01:35

38.	The truth was that Richard… 00:01:54

39.	All the time that Richard had been planning… 00:01:10

40.	Act V Scene 3: ‘Dream on thy cousins…’ 00:02:36

41.	Next morning the sun was not shining… 00:00:54

42.	Act V Scene 4: ‘Rescue my Lord of Norfolk…’ 00:01:43

Total Playing Time: 03:56:40

Author(s):
Shakespeare, William

Reader(s):
Stevenson, Juliet

Label: Naxos AudioBooks

Genre: Junior Classic Fiction

Period: Renaissance

Catalogue No: NA335112

Barcode: 9789626343517

Physical Release: 09/2005


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TIMSON, D.: Stories from Shakespeare (Unabridged)