The Top 10 Poets – The English Men
Featured Article: Top 9 Best Classic British Authors
From Romeo and Juliet to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, many of the best, most enduring works of all time have come from British authors. They can make us laugh or bring us to tears, question society itself or just cheer along with our favourite characters, and feel every emotion in between. Here are just a few of the best British authors to listen to right now.
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Macbeth: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Hugh Ross, Harriet Walter
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall9
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Performance6
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Story6
Sinister supernatural forces are at work in this fast-paced tragedy of guilt and retribution, in which the power of human beings to control their own destiny is called into question....
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Macbeth: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Hugh Ross, Harriet Walter
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2014-05-13
- Language: English
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Classic Love Poems
- Written by: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall74
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Performance64
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Story62
With 13 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day....
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Richard Armitage and love poems.
- By Chelsie Dyer on 2020-06-03
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Classic Love Poems
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 19 mins
- Release date: 2015-02-09
- Language: English
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis, Corin Redgrave, full cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
Six full-cast BBC Radio productions of Shakespeare's classic tragedies Treachery, betrayal and fatal power struggles are among the themes of these six iconic productions of Shakespeare's timeless tragedies. Featuring all-star casts, they are introduced by Sir Richard Eyre. Hamlet Shakespeare's...
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Completely brilliant
- By Jessica Marsano on 2021-03-11
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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis, Corin Redgrave, full cast, Geraldine James, Juliet Stevenson, Ken Stott, Kenneth Cranham, Michael Sheen, Siân Phillips, Sophie Dahl
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-20
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Joseph Fiennes, Maria Miles, Elizabeth Spriggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall7
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Performance5
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Story5
In the world's most celebrated and lyrical love story, the sublime devotion of two young lovers transcends their earthly fate....
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love Shakespeare
- By Taylor Walker on 2022-06-27
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Romeo and Juliet
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Joseph Fiennes, Maria Miles, Elizabeth Spriggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2014-05-09
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
- The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance18
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Story18
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Romeo and Juliet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition. In Romeo...
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Shakespeare.
- By Anonymous on 2020-12-29
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Romeo and Juliet
- The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2014-08-05
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Kate Beckinsale, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance5
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Story5
Here is the full-cast production of Shakespeare's classic love story, fully dramatized from the complete text....
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excellent telling of a classic tale
- By Russell Cousins on 2019-04-30
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Romeo and Juliet
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Kate Beckinsale, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2001-12-30
- Language: English
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Macbeth: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance31
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Story30
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Macbeth to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition. Macbeth, one of...
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If you love The Scottish Play...
- By Steve on 2022-10-19
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Macbeth: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2014-08-05
- Language: English
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The Tempest
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen, Emilia Fox, Scott Handy, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance23
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Story23
Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play....
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A wonderful story told beautifully with minor issues
- By Jaso on 2018-01-10
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The Tempest
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen, Emilia Fox, Scott Handy, Ben Owukwe
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2011-08-18
- Language: English
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Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall53
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Performance49
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Story49
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Hamlet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition...
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Helped with school
- By Isabella Ross on 2020-01-03
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Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2014-08-05
- Language: English
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Julius Caesar
- A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance6
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Story6
The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Julius Caesar to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition. Shakespeare may have written Julius Caesar as the first of his plays to be performed at the...
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Julius Caesar
- A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2015-02-24
- Language: English
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The Merchant of Venice
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Trevor Peacock, Bill Nighy, Haydn Gwynne, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall11
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Performance8
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Story8
In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved....
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Not suitable for class
- By dave on 2018-01-25
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The Merchant of Venice
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Trevor Peacock, Bill Nighy, Haydn Gwynne, Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 2014-05-09
- Language: English
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Macbeth
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Josh Cooke, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall31
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Performance25
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Story25
Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy....
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terrible adaptation. remove and replace with something better.
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-09-15
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Macbeth
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Josh Cooke, JD Cullum, Dan Donohue, Jeannie Elias, Chuma Gault
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Release date: 2011-09-09
- Language: English
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- Argo Classics
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 100 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance10
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Story10
William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time...
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Some serious Errors in Release
- By Michael Legedza on 2021-08-06
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- Argo Classics
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, full cast
- Length: 100 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-28
- Language: English
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Othello
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Don Warrington, David Threlfall, Anne-Marie Duff, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Original Recording
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Overall12
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Performance10
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Story9
This great tragedy confronts the mystery at the heart of evil and contains some of Shakespeare's most magnificent dramatic verse....
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Great experience!
- By Serena on 2020-09-14
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Othello
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Don Warrington, David Threlfall, Anne-Marie Duff, Jasper Britton
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2014-05-09
- Language: English
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Amanda Root, David Harewood, Roy Hudd
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Shakespeare's most imaginative and merry play is set in an enchanted wood amidst fairies and sprites....
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Amanda Root, David Harewood, Roy Hudd
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2014-05-09
- Language: English
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Hamlet: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Lapotaire, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall14
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Performance13
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Story13
Distressed by his father's death and his mother's over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message....
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Loved it!
- By Thomas on 2017-10-27
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Hamlet: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Lapotaire, Bob Peck, Norman Rodway
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2014-05-13
- Language: English
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Classic Love Stories: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 12 Full-Cast Dramatisations including Wuthering Heights, now a major film
- Written by: Leo Tolstoy, Charlotte Brönte, Gustave Flaubert, and others
- Narrated by: Vanessa Kirby, Tom Burke, Rory Kinnear, and others
- Length: 27 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve dramatisations of the best love stories ever written, performed by star casts Treat yourself to this stunning collection of classic stories of love, loss, obstacles overcome and desperate attraction. This is a beautiful, moving and at times thrilling listen which takes you on a journey...
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Classic Love Stories: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
- 12 Full-Cast Dramatisations including Wuthering Heights, now a major film
- Narrated by: Vanessa Kirby, Tom Burke, Rory Kinnear, Toby Jones, John Hurt, David Tennant, Kate Philips, Full Cast
- Length: 27 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2026-02-05
- Language: English
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Hamlet
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Josh Stamberg, Stephen Collins, JoBeth Williams, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murder is considered one of the greatest works in the English language....
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Wow! Loved it.
- By Maureen Stupp on 2025-06-22
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Hamlet
- Narrated by: Josh Stamberg, Stephen Collins, JoBeth Williams, Stacy Keach, Alan Mandell, Emily Swallow, Matthew Wolf
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2012-02-15
- Language: English
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Twelfth Night
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Jonathan Firth, Amanda Root, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall10
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Performance8
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Story8
Shakespeare's most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity....
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Twelfth Night
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Jonathan Firth, Amanda Root, Dinsdale Landen, Julian Glover
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2014-05-09
- Language: English
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Written by: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance17
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Story17
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings A Midsummer Night’s Dream to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger...
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well done!
- By SJill on 2020-06-01
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2014-08-05
- Language: English
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