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Author(s): Shakespeare, William
Reader(s): Stevenson, Juliet
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Junior Classic Fiction
Period: Renaissance
Catalogue No: NA335112
Barcode: 9789626343517
Release Date: 09/2005
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.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Shakespeare, William - Author
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1 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | 04:39 |
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2 | Act II Scene 1: ‘Why should Titania cross her Oberon…’ | 01:39 |
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3 | Then Oberon called his favourite fairy, Puck… | 03:22 |
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4 | Act I Scene 2: ‘Now is all our company met…’ | 02:04 |
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5 | Back in the fairies’ wood… | 02:09 |
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6 | Act IV Scene 1: ‘When thou wak’st…’ | 00:32 |
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7 | Meanwhile Oberon had found his queen, Titania, asleep | 00:43 |
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8 | Oberon stooped over her… | 00:35 |
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9 | When Titania awoke… | 01:00 |
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10 | Act IV Scene 1: ‘Come sit thee down…’ | 02:06 |
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11 | And so when Oberon came along… | 02:10 |
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12 | Hamlet | 03:10 |
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13 | Act I Scene 4: ‘Look my Lord it comes…’ | 01:38 |
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14 | Hamlet followed his father’s ghost… | 01:19 |
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15 | The wicked Claudius had indeed killed… | 02:25 |
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16 | Act III Scene 1: ‘To be or not to be…’ | 01:38 |
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17 | Seeing Ophelia sitting quietly… | 04:32 |
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18 | Act IV Scene 5: ‘Where is the beauteous Queen of Denmark…’ | 01:08 |
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19 | It was not long before… | 01:24 |
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20 | Hamlet had loved her… | 02:57 |
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21 | Act V Scene 2: ‘O I die Horatio…’ | 01:07 |
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22 | King Lear | 01:14 |
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23 | Act I Scene 1: ‘Goneril our eldest born speak first…’ | 01:49 |
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24 | King Lear was very pleased with Goneril and Regan’s declarations… | 03:48 |
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25 | Act I Scene 4: ‘Hear Nature, hear…’ | 00:55 |
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26 | And with his curse of Goneril still ringing… | 01:16 |
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27 | Act III Scene 2: ‘Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!’ | 02:09 |
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28 | Before long his servant… | 01:45 |
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29 | Act IV Scene 6: ‘Dost thou know me…’ | 02:41 |
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30 | Edgar, still disguised… | 00:32 |
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31 | Act IV Scene 6: ‘Sir, do you know me?’ | 02:24 |
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32 | And now he knew at last… | 01:47 |
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33 | Act V Scene 3: ‘Howl, howl…’ | 02:27 |
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34 | Henry V | 01:26 |
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35 | Act I Scene 2: ‘Your Highness lately sending into France…’ | 02:31 |
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36 | Henry decided it was time… | 01:29 |
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37 | Act I Scene 3: ‘He’s in Arthur’s bosom…’ | 01:19 |
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38 | The first battle for Henry… | 01:58 |
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39 | Their courage renewed by their leader… | 01:02 |
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40 | Act III Scene 8: ‘My Lord High Constable…’ | 01:27 |
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41 | King Henry meanwhile… | 02:56 |
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Disc 2
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1 | But with the morning Henry’s spirits had revived… | 01:53 |
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2 | And so the battle of Agincourt began | 00:35 |
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3 | Act IV Scene 7: ‘Here comes the herald of the French…’ | 01:45 |
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4 | And so the battle concluded… | 00:59 |
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5 | Act V Scene 2: ‘Fair Katherine…’ | 02:15 |
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6 | Twelfth Night | 01:10 |
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7 | Orsina, the Duke of Illyria… | 02:41 |
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8 | Act I Scene 5: ‘My Lord and master loves you…’ | 01:22 |
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9 | Listening to Viola speaking as the boy Cesario… | 02:20 |
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10 | Act II Scene 4: ‘Make no compare between that love…’ | 01:33 |
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11 | So Viola went… | 02:10 |
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12 | Act II Scene 5: ‘If this fall into thy hand…’ | 02:02 |
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13 | When Malvolio appeared before Olivia… | 00:51 |
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14 | Act III Scene 4: ‘Why man he’s a very devil…’ | 01:45 |
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15 | Happily for both Viola and Sir Andrew… | 04:25 |
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16 | Act V Scene 1: ‘Do I stand there…’ | 00:55 |
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17 | Then Viola told her brother all her adventures… | 01:39 |
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18 | Romeo and Juliet | 02:06 |
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19 | Act I Scene 4: ‘O then I see Queen Mab…’ | 00:52 |
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20 | But nothing would stop Romeo… | 01:03 |
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21 | Act I Scene 5: ‘What lady’s that…’ | 00:48 |
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22 | As he was saying these words… | 00:46 |
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23 | Act I Scene 5: ‘If I profane…’ | 01:29 |
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24 | Just then the girl’s nurse… | 01:39 |
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25 | Act II Scene 2: ‘O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou…’ | 01:46 |
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26 | They spoke long together… | 01:57 |
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27 | The next morning, very early… | 02:23 |
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28 | Act III Scene 1: ‘Courage man the hurt cannot be much…’ | 01:12 |
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29 | So, on the very day of his wedding… | 01:13 |
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30 | Poor Juliet and her young husband… | 01:41 |
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31 | Now Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet… | 01:47 |
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32 | Act IV Scene 3: ‘What if it be poison…’ | 01:53 |
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33 | Early in the morning… | 01:56 |
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34 | Act V Scene 3: ‘Ah, dear Juliet why art thou…’ | 01:53 |
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35 | So Romeo died beside his wife, Juliet | 01:51 |
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36 | The Tempest | 05:07 |
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37 | Act I Scene 2: ‘This island’s mine…’ | 00:53 |
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38 | Prospero finished his story to Miranda… | 01:59 |
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39 | Act I Scene 2: ‘Full fathom five…’ | 00:59 |
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40 | And so singing, Ariel led the spell-bound prince… | 01:46 |
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41 | Scarcely had they exchanged half a dozen sentences… | 01:10 |
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42 | Act III Scene 1: ‘You look wearily…’ | 01:41 |
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43 | Now other members of King Alonso’s household… | 02:01 |
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44 | When Stephano appeared he had been drinking… | 02:37 |
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45 | Caliban thought these two examples… | 01:40 |
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Disc 3
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1 | Prospero by his enchantments… | 02:12 |
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2 | So Prospero made heavenly music… | 02:01 |
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3 | Othello | 03:20 |
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4 | Act I Scene 3: ‘My story being done…’ | 00:47 |
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5 | Desdemona herself came to the Senate… | 02:28 |
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6 | Act II Scene 1: ‘O my fair warrior…’ | 01:11 |
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7 | Iago upon arrival began to put his plan… | 01:35 |
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8 | Act II Scene 3: ‘Two things are to be done…’ | 00:18 |
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9 | When Cassio and Iago were alone together… | 01:14 |
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10 | Act III Scene 3: ‘By heaven I’ll know…’ | 01:36 |
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11 | The seed of jealousy was well and truly sown | 01:11 |
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12 | That night, before dinner, Othello… | 02:33 |
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13 | Act IV Scene 1: ‘How shall I murder him Iago…’ | 01:30 |
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14 | Iago’s villainy now knew no bounds… | 01:36 |
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15 | Act IV Scene 3: ‘The poor soul sat sighing…’ | 02:09 |
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16 | Desdemona woke with her husband’s wild eyes… | 02:57 |
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17 | Act V Scene 2: ‘Soft you…’ | 02:19 |
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18 | Macbeth | 01:03 |
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19 | Act I Scene 3: ‘So foul and fair a day…’ | 02:13 |
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20 | Macbeth could not take his eyes… | 04:02 |
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21 | Act II Scene 1: ‘Is this a dagger…’ | 01:54 |
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22 | Not long afterwards, with red hands… | 00:53 |
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23 | The murderers heard a knocking at the castle gate… | 02:26 |
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24 | Act III Scene 4: ‘Which of you have done this…’ | 01:14 |
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25 | Macbeth decided he would find the witches… | 04:44 |
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26 | Act V Scene 1: ‘Yet here’s a spot…’ | 02:06 |
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27 | Not long after this, Macbeth heard… | 01:31 |
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28 | All this while, the English army… | 01:27 |
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29 | Act V Scene 8: ‘Turn hell-hound, turn…’ | 02:49 |
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30 | King Richard III | 01:46 |
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31 | Act I Scene 1: ‘Now is the winter…’ | 01:50 |
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32 | Nothing was going to stop Richard… | 00:40 |
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33 | Act I Scene 4: ‘Methought I had broken from the Tower…’ | 01:22 |
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34 | And his bad dreams… | 01:43 |
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35 | Act I Scene 2: ‘Was ever woman in this humour wooed…’ | 00:44 |
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36 | Meanwhile Edward IV’s illness… | 03:44 |
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37 | Act IV Scene 2: ‘Thus high…:’ | 01:35 |
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38 | The truth was that Richard… | 01:54 |
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39 | All the time that Richard had been planning… | 01:10 |
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40 | Act V Scene 3: ‘Dream on thy cousins…’ | 02:36 |
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41 | Next morning the sun was not shining… | 00:54 |
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42 | Act V Scene 4: ‘Rescue my Lord of Norfolk…’ | 01:43 |
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Total Playing Time: 03:56:40