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Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare
Featured Article: The top 100 classics of all time
Before we whipped out our old high school syllabi and dug deep into our libraries to start selecting contenders for this list, we first had to answer the question, "How do we define a classic?" The answer isn’t as straightforward as you might guess, though there’s a lot to be said for the old adage, "You know it when you see it" (or, in this case, hear it). Of course, most critically, each of our picks had to be fabulous in audio. So dust off your aspirational listening list—we have some amazing additions you don’t want to miss.
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Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare
- With Original Commentary by Patrick Stewart
- By: William Shakespeare, Patrick Stewart
- Narrated by: Patrick Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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An instant audio classic! Sir Patrick Stewart draws upon his decades on the Shakespearean stage to bring listeners an all-new, definitive recording of the complete Sonnets—an audio treasury of incandescent performances and insightful personal commentary. Already beloved by audiobook listeners...
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Patrick is a gift
- By Jeffrey Lavenau on 04-13-26
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Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare
- With Original Commentary by Patrick Stewart
- Narrated by: Patrick Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 04-07-26
- Language: English
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- Argo Classics
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 100 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall117
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Performance86
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Story83
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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Great collection marred by a few missing sections
- By J. T. Woosley on 02-27-21
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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: 12-28-20
- Language: English
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Solo Folio
- By: William Shakespeare, Luke Daniels
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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WARNING!! Check your surroundings before listening to this book as you may fall over from laughing. As part of his new Solo Folio Series; Author, audiobook narrator and ardent Shakespeare lover Luke Daniels takes on The Merry Wives of Windsor, as only he can.
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Outstanding Performance
- By Amanda on 02-08-26
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Solo Folio
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Series: Comedies
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 02-06-26
- Language: English
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Much Ado about Nothing
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Saskia Reeves, Samuel West, Paul Jesson, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall357
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Performance295
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Story287
Young Claudio has fallen for the lovely heiress Hero, who also loves him. Their path to the altar looks smooth, until the evil Don John intervenes....
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Live in thy heart, die in thy lap
- By Darwin8u on 06-29-17
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Much Ado about Nothing
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Saskia Reeves, Samuel West, Paul Jesson, Jason O'Mara, Abigail Docherty, Bryan Pringle
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 05-09-14
- Language: English
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Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,210
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Performance1,012
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Story1,003
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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Loved the voice actors
- By Kenni on 11-25-15
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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: 08-05-14
- Language: English
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Shakespeare: The Comedies
- Featuring All 13 of William Shakespeare’s Comedic Plays
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Roy Dotrice, and others
- Length: 37 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance7
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Story7
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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Very great value
- By J. Roche on 12-29-20
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Shakespeare: The Comedies
- Featuring All 13 of William Shakespeare’s Comedic Plays
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales, Patrick Wymark, full cast
- Length: 37 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-03-20
- Language: English
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Classic Love Poems
- By: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,506
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Performance4,967
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Story4,808
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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Wonderful recitation by Richard Armitage
- By knowledge seeker on 02-09-15
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Classic Love Poems
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 19 mins
- Release date: 02-09-15
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
- The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall815
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Performance671
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Story677
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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Great Dramatization!
- By Karen Mitchell Smith on 04-26-16
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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: 08-05-14
- Language: English
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Macbeth: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall951
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Performance767
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Story763
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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excellent
- By Laura W. on 05-25-18
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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: 08-05-14
- Language: English
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John Gielgud's Hamlet (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: John Gielgud
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall119
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Performance88
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Story87
This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever....
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Gielgud's Hamlet - A Study in Perfection
- By Chris on 01-13-09
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John Gielgud's Hamlet (Dramatized)
- Narrated by: John Gielgud
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- Language: English
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Shakespeare's Sonnets (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Nick Sandys
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance28
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Story27
The secret of their identities has fueled debate for hundreds of years: Who are the nameless nobleman and the dark-haired mistress?....
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Exceptional clarity
- By Tad Davis on 12-25-25
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Shakespeare's Sonnets (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Nick Sandys
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-30-18
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Joseph Fiennes, Maria Miles, Elizabeth Spriggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall180
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Performance147
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Story146
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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Well played!
- By April M. on 09-01-17
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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: 05-09-14
- Language: English
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to King Lear (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Mike Reeves
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Terrence Hardiman, Lucy Robinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance55
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Story54
This is a full-cast, unabridged performance, with comprehensive commentary and analysis, enabling students to fully understand and appreciate the play....
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Excellent guide to a Great Play
- By Philip on 12-17-08
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to King Lear (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Terrence Hardiman, Lucy Robinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 02-05-08
- Language: English
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Love's Labor's Lost: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Emma Fielding, Samantha Bond, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall66
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Performance54
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Story54
A play replete with puns and double-entendres, this is one of Shakespeare's earliest and most lighthearted....
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus!
- By Darwin8u on 03-29-17
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Love's Labor's Lost: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Emma Fielding, Samantha Bond, Greg Wise, Alan Howard
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 05-13-14
- Language: English
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Romeo and Juliet (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter
- Narrated by: Full-Cast featuring Joan Walker, Chris Kelham, Sara Bowes
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall87
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Performance66
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Story65
The multi-award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options....
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Very Helpful
- By Cheryl on 10-10-09
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Romeo and Juliet (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Full-Cast featuring Joan Walker, Chris Kelham, Sara Bowes
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 06-14-06
- Language: English
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Twelfth Night
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Paul Scofield, Siobhan McKenna, John Neville
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance52
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Story51
This is Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores - only to be pursued by the woman he loves....
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Excellent but...
- By Levinzon on 01-21-13
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Twelfth Night
- Narrated by: Paul Scofield, Siobhan McKenna, John Neville
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 12-01-11
- Language: English
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney, Damian Lewis, Saskia Wickham, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall98
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Performance84
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Story84
Proteus loves Julia in Verona, Valentine loves Silvia in Milan. But when Proteus meets Silvia, he falls for her too, and the heartbroken Julia sets out in pursuit....
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For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it
- By Darwin8u on 01-02-17
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney, Damian Lewis, Saskia Wickham, Lucy Robinson, John Woodvine
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-09-14
- Language: English
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Seven Classic Plays
- By: William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, and others
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall140
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Performance54
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Story55
Now, for the first time in audio, Blackstone presents seven great plays in one volume....
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Badly Done Plays
- By Nachdimon on 05-06-06
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Seven Classic Plays
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-13-04
- Language: English
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Popular Poetry, Popular Verse
- By: William Shakespeare, John Milton, more
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance31
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Story31
With more than 80 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language, this collection is one of the most comprehensive anthologies of its kind. It covers a remarkable range...
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a nice collection with a flawed presentation
- By Margaret on 03-13-16
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Popular Poetry, Popular Verse
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 12-26-99
- Language: English
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The Merchant of Venice
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Antony Sher
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall145
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Performance113
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Story113
Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats so that his friend Bassanio can afford to court his love, Portia....
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Great production, difficult play
- By Tad Davis on 08-31-09
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The Merchant of Venice
- Narrated by: Antony Sher
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 10-30-08
- Language: English
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