Showing results by author "William Shakespeare" in All Categories

Cymbeline, the Roman Empire's vassal king of Britain, once had two sons, Guiderius and Arvirargus, but they were stolen twenty years earlier as infants by an exiled traitor named Belarius. Cymbeline now discovers that his only child left, his daughter Imogen, has secretly married her lover Posthumus Leonatus, an otherwise honourable man of Cymbeline's court. This edition of Cymbeline is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous drama, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare's work. Read in English, unabridged.

Shakespeare was familiar with all beautiful forms and images, with all that is sweet or majestic in the simple aspects of nature and human life, of that indestructible love, and clear waters, and soft airs and sounds, and bright skies and woodland solitudes, and moon-light bowers. The writings of Shakespeare have been justly termed the richest, the purest, the fairest, that genius uninspired ever penned. 

A selection of stories about love and romance from the best storytellers of the world including Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Turgenev trying to express love in all its forms. This volume opens with iconic Romeo and Juliet's tragic love story dating back to antiquity, followed by very passionate and quite unusual love between a doctor and his patient in 'The District Doctor' by Ivan Turgenev. And last, but not least, a story from the master of human relationship and psychology, Anton Chekhov and his story of 'The Man in a Case'. Read in English, unabridged. 

Pericles, the young Prince of Tyre in Phoenicia, modern day Lebanon, hears the riddle, and instantly understands its meaning: Antiochus is engaged in an incestuous relationship with his daughter. If he reveals this truth, he will be killed, but if he answers incorrectly, he will also be killed. This edition of Pericles is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous drama, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare's work. Read in English, unabridged.

The Winter's Tale follows two childhood friends: Leontes, King of Sicilia, and Polixenes, the King of Bohemia. Polixenes is visiting the kingdom of Sicilia and is enjoying catching up with his old friend. However, after nine months, Polixenes yearns to return to his own kingdom to tend to affairs and see his son. This edition is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous comedy, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare's drama. Read in English, unabridged.

The Online Stage presents Shakespeare’s most famous and most quoted play, a revenge drama which explores the inevitable conflict between conscience and justice, between morality and obligation. The tragedy arises, not from an obvious weakness in the character of Hamlet, but rather from his inability to deal with an apparently insoluble moral dilemma.

Extraits de : "Roméo et Juliette", "Richard II", "Jules César", "Hamlet", "Henry IV", "Othello", "Macbeth".

Jean Vilar et le Théâtre National Populaire, le TNP : "Ses Grands Rôles". Extraits : "Richard" II, "Cinna", "L'Avare", "Don Juan", "L'Alcade de Zalamea", "Œdipe", "Meurtre dans la Cathédrale", "Henri IV", etc.

Extraits de "Roméo et Juliette", "Othello", "Les Joyeuses Commères de Windsor"," Richard III", "Hamlet, Macbeth", "Jules César", "Le Marchand de Venise", "Richard II". Avec les plus grands acteurs français, Jean Vilar, Maria Casarès, Roger Mollien, Delphine Seyrig, Sacha Pitoeff, Georges Wilson, Jacques Fabbri, Charles Dullin, Jean-Louis Barrault, Raymond Hermantier, Jacques Dacqmine, André Reybaz, Daniel Sorano.

War and intrigue define the court of the young King Henry VI, who must struggle to maintain dominion of France now that forces have been rallied against him by a young maiden, known by the people as Joan of Arc. The first part of William Shakespeare's War of the Roses tetralogy.

Heimlich heiratet der dunkelhäutige Feldherr Othello die Senatorentochter Desdemona. Jago, ein ihm unterstellter Offizier, fühlt sich von Othello zurückgesetzt und spinnt eine Intrige: Der für seine Eifersucht bekannte Othello soll an Desdemonas Treue zweifeln. Othello glaubt Jagos Einflüsterungen und sinnt auf Rache. Eines der berühmtesten Stücke der Weltliteratur von William Shakespeare in einer grandiosen Hörspieladaption.

William Shakespeare's classic comedy of the merciless Shylock, a Jew despised by Christians who gains power over his nemesis after a bond loan goes awry - with the forfeit of the bond being a pound of flesh.

William Shakespeare's classic masterpiece, the tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice, joined in an interracial marriage to the beautiful Desdemona and driven to suspicion and jealousy by his maleficent officer Iago.

The Life and Death of King John was probably written in the 1590s but not published until the First Folio in 1623. Of Shakespeare's 11 history plays, King John is the one which deals with the story of a monarch most removed from Shakespeare's time. The historical remoteness of this ruler, and also the fact that he had no genealogical links with the Tudor dynasty, enabled Shakespeare to present him in a warts and allà fashion.

Eight of Shakespeare's most celebrated plays have been specifically adapted to introduce young listeners to his works. Based on the work of E. Nesbit, these classic retellings capture the drama and flavor of each original play, while simplifying plot and detail.

Here, a simplified version of Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens is presented for your entertainment. Listeners are free to enjoy the all the action and drama that the Bard intended, without getting bogged down with complex dialogue and difficult language. Free of original text, this production is suitable for all listeners, including children.

As You Like It is one of Shakespeare's comedies featuring women dressed as men, brothers reconciling, and wrongs put to right.

The fair Rosalind falls in love with the strong Orlando and Rosalind's companion to Orlando's brother. Told here as a fairy tale, it makes a perfect introduction to Shakespeare for youngsters and the uninitiated alike.

Antony and Cleopatra is the tumultuous tragedy and love story played out against a backdrop of war and the vengeance of Octavius Caesar.

In this, Shakespeare's most fantastical comedy, the fairy world wreaks havoc with the foolish mortal one as a lover's nightmare melts into an innocent dream. Under the canopy of a moonlit forest, pairs of lovers and five delightfully inept "mechanicals" weave a web of magic.

Shakespeares Komödie versetzt den Zuhörer ins schöne Padua, wo die noch schönere Bianca nur verheiratet wird, wenn ihre aufsässige Schwester Katharina zuerst einen Bräutigam findet. Doch niemand will das "scharfzüng'sche Weib" freien - außer Petruchio, der meint, einer Frau nur beizukommen, wenn man sie wie einen Falken abrichtet. Sagt's, tut's, und schafft es mit allerlei Tricks und psychischer Manipulation, Katharina sich ihm gefügig zu machen. Ob das die Krone der Schöpfung ist?