Hamlet

Shakespeare Appreciated (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)

By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, Jools Viner

Narrated by: Joan Walker, Stephen Elder, Paul Clayton

Experience Hamlet as a powerful full-cast drama with entertaining and enlightening commentary that explains what's what and who's who as the plot unfolds. To help you get the most out of Shakespeare, the narrator offers historical insights and background information, so you can enjoy the jokes, appreciate the references, and get a real sense of Shakespeare's world.

The unabridged drama is also presented without commentary. If school turned you off Shakespeare, find out what you've been missing all these years with this beautifully crafted audio presentation.

From the creators of SmartPass audio education study guides, voted third in a national poll to find the UK's favourite audibook (2008). Winners of three Spoken Word Awards for Best Drama (2004), Best Original Audio, and Best Publishing Initiative (2005).

©2009 SmartPass Ltd (P)2009 SmartPass Ltd

Love this series

Any additional comments?

Listen to the version with commentary, then the one without, for a fantastic experience, as you will then understand every utterance! This would have been time-consuming in print, but it goes by quickly with Audible. Thanks for a great series. The actors are very professional and do the master justice.

Performance great; commentary lacking

This is the second "Shakespeare Appreciated" recording I have listened to. The first was "Julius Caesar". The performance was just as good but the commentary was almost non-existent. Pretty much "Hamlet enters..." or "Hamlet exits...” If you have no concern for the commentary you will enjoy this.

Great Production

Where does Hamlet rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I always enjoy dramatizations, and this is a good one. I use it to help my students hear Shakespeare as they find it very hard to read. The kids enjoy the production and find it easy to follow and interesting. Keep in mind, however, that the dramatized version WITHOUT commentary doesn't start until chapter 27. I find this backwards, but either way, I guess it works.

Any additional comments?

I do appreciate the commentary, but it's not really in depth. For someone trying to learn Hamlet or understand it a first or second time around, it is probably very useful, but I didn't hear any truly thought provoking comments.

Fantastic!!

I’ve enjoyed all the Shakespeare Appreciated productions I’ve listened to thus far. The narration is a wonderful aid for understanding the play! I then listen to version without the narration/explanation to let it really sink in!

Wow! Finally, I can follow Hamlet!

Knowing only the general story of Hamlet, and not wanting to lumber through passages that I cannot understand because "I know not" of this earlier language or the fads in the days of Shakespeare (Edward de Vere?), I leaped at this "Appreciated" version, and plan to go through all the rest of this series. Hurray!