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Shakespeare: The Complete Works

Written by: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, full cast
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Publisher's Summary

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.

For the first time, the complete works of Shakespeare are available to download as one. This collection includes all 37 plays, four narrative poems and the sonnets.

Performed by an incredible array of the 20th century’s greatest actors, Ian McKellen, Timothy West, Diana Rigg, Derek Jacobi, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales and many others can be heard in these recordings.

All of the Shakespeare plays within the Argo Classics catalogue are performed by the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. The Marlowe was founded in 1907 with a mission to focus on effective delivery of verse, respect the integrity of texts and rescue neglected plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and the less performed plays of Shakespeare himself. The Marlowe has performed annually at Cambridge Arts Theatre since its opening in 1936 and continues to produce some of the finest actors of their generations.

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Some serious Errors in Release

Listeners should be aware that there are some errors with this release. Acts 3 and 4 of The Comedy of Errors are in the wrong order. The entirety of Act 5 Scene 2 of Love's Labour's Lost is just MISSING. Considering this is Shakespeare's longest scene of any of his plays, that's quite an oversight.

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No stage directions

Awesome performances. But lack of stage directions makes it hard to follow without knowing some about the play already or reading along.

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Truncated

I was looking forward to Much ado about nothing and it's completely truncated . Chapter 1 begins with hero's wedding :( I'm returning the book

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Exceptionally impressive!

I am amazed by how well these works of literature have been captured so well in this Audible production. You need to experience it for yourself! Well done!

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Well performed, but incomplete

The performance was excellent, but the first play I listened to was King John and they left out Act V. This was very disappointing.

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