Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition

I liked the voice actors and that there was a woman for the woman speakers. Having background noises of their actions was also great! I think the voice actors did great, and I'd recommend this to anyone like me who struggles with understanding their tones while reading. (I read my book along while the audible played)

I was reading Hamlet for a class and I didn't have the time to see a performance. This audio version is an excellent supplement to reading the play and experiencing a performance of it (without, obviously, the visual component). I recommend this audio book.

We loved this production; every performer is excellent, as are the audio quality, music, background sound effects, and production values generally. This is the next best thing to seeing a live performance. The only downside is that you can't always tell who's talking, and of course you can't see who might be listening in on any conversation between two characters, or see whatever other action might be happening silently onstage (e.g., my husband had to remind me that in the scene where Hamlet's uncle Claudius is on his knees trying but failing to pray earnestly for forgiveness for killing his brother the king, young Hamlet is standing behind him, sword raised, preparing to kill him).

Still, though, it's fantastic and we will definitely listen again. One thing that's fun to do is to listen specifically for famous quotations and phrases later used as titles for other plays (The Mousetrap; Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead), movies (The Undiscovered Country; What Dreams May Come; Murder Most Foul, North by Northwest), and books (Infinite Jest; This Above All; Time Out of Joint; The Glimpses of the Moon). There are so many! Every other line of this gorgeous poetry is a line we have absorbed into our collective consciousness and use/hear frequently, taking it almost for granted (e.g., To be or not to be). Keep an ear out also for advice it would behoove us to remember now in 2017, about how, when a leader of a nation appears crazy, he must be carefully watched!

Grade: A+

Of course Shakespeare would be awesome. Unfortunately, the actors were amateurish, and the music was synthesized. Yet still, it made for an excellent audio recording

I pitty those who choose just to read it, but not experience it. Woe to them.

I enjoyed hearing the story this way. My only problem was that sometimes you didn't know who was speaking to who, unless you were reading along.

I really enjoyed the quick pacing of this recording. I've never been able to finish reading a Shakespeare play on my own, but after this experience I think audio books are the way to go.

I have truly loved Shakespeare since high school, and Hamlet's always been my favourite!! I've seen so many of the films based upon this famous play, and when I saw this available on Audible, I couldn't help by download it! If you love the play, I would definitely recommend this radio presentation to you!!!

omg dude like o m g tottally blew my mind the way that guy pretended to be cray 10 out of 10 would shakespear again