Shakespeare Essays

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    • The World as Stage
    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: Bill Bryson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 10-23-07
    • Language: English
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    • William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition....

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    • The Man Who Pays the Rent
    • By: Judi Dench
    • Narrated by: Brendan O’Hea, Barbara Flynn, Judi Dench
    • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 10-26-23
    • Language: English
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    • Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig. Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green. Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head. These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name of Shakespeare....

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    • Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • By: DK
    • Narrated by: Roger May
    • Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • This is the perfect study guide to the complete works of Shakespeare, covering everything from the romantic comedy of Romeo and Juliet to the tragedy Macbeth, alongside his Elizabethan history plays, sonnets, and other poems....

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    • The Biography
    • By: Peter Ackroyd
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 19 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 282 ratings
    • Only Peter Ackroyd can combine narrative and unique observation with a sharp eye for the fascinating fact. His method is to position Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, he not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare’s life....

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    • Famous People
    • By: iMinds
    • Narrated by: Todd MacDonald
    • Length: 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-24-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • Learn about the life and times of William Shakespear with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds.....

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    • Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature
    • By: Stuart Kells
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 07-23-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 85 ratings
    • Millions of words of scholarship have been expended on the world's most famous author and his work. And yet a critical part of the puzzle, Shakespeare's library, is a mystery. For four centuries people have searched for it....

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    • His Life and Works
    • By: Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding
    • Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
    • Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Unravel the history, themes, and language of Shakespeare's plays, poems, and sonnets with this beautiful guide to his life and works. Comedy and romance, history, and tragedy, Shakespeare's canon has it all.

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    • The World as a Stage
    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: Bill Bryson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 10-09-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 74 ratings
    • Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions....

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    • El mundo como escenario
    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: Alfonso Mendiguchía
    • Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-21
    • Language: Spanish
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Sobre la figura de Shakespeare se sabe muy poco y se ha especulado mucho, probablemente demasiado. Con su habitual sabiduría, ironía y buen gusto...

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    • The Biography, The Onlie Begetter: Literary Stardom and Royal Patronage, Volume IV
    • By: Peter Ackroyd
    • Narrated by: Simon Callow
    • Length: 3 hrs
    • Release date: 09-26-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world....

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    • The Biography, Aspiring Spirit: From Stratford to London, Volume I
    • By: Peter Ackroyd
    • Narrated by: Simon Callow
    • Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world....

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    • His Life & Work
    • By: Richard Hampton, David Weston
    • Narrated by: Judi Dench, Timothy West
    • Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 07-01-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • This entertaining introduction to Shakespeare's work weaves biographical information with excerpts from 33 of his plays....

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    • The Biography, The Upstart Crow: Ambitious Actor and Poet, Volume II
    • By: Peter Ackroyd
    • Narrated by: Simon Callow
    • Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world....

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    • By: Ros King
    • Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
    • Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 06-28-12
    • Language: English
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    • In this fast-paced introduction, Ros King sets out to remind us of the sheer beauty and sophistication that can make Shakespeare’s works a joy for any audience....

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    • Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • By: DK
    • Narrated by: Roger May
    • Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • This is the perfect study guide to the complete works of Shakespeare, covering everything from the romantic Romeo and Juliet to the tragedy Macbeth, alongside his Elizabethan history plays, sonnets and other poems....

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    • The Biography, A Muse of Fire: Successful Playwright and Businessman, Volume III
    • By: Peter Ackroyd
    • Narrated by: Simon Callow
    • Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Peter Ackroyd's insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world....

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    • The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio
    • By: Chris Laoutaris
    • Narrated by: Philip Pope
    • Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-23
    • Language: English
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    • The true story of how the First Folio creators made ‘Shakespeare’....

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    • By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
    • Narrated by: Phil Paonessa
    • Length: 54 mins
    • Release date: 07-24-18
    • Language: English
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    • In The Poet, an essay by US writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, the author expresses the need for the United States to have its own new and unique poet to write about the new country's virtues and vices....

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