Shakespeare: The Complete Works
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2.6 • 16 Ratings
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- $32.99
Publisher Description
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.
For the first time, the complete works of Shakespeare are available to download as one. This collection includes all 37 plays, 4 narrative poems, and the sonnets.
Performed by an incredible array of the 20th century’s greatest actors, Ian McKellen, Timothy West, Diana Rigg, Derek Jacobi, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales, and many others can be heard in these recordings.
All of the Shakespeare plays within the ARGO Classics catalogue are performed by the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. The Marlowe was founded in 1907 with a mission to focus on effective delivery of verse, respect the integrity of texts, and rescue neglected plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and the less performed plays of Shakespeare himself. The Marlowe has performed annually at Cambridge Arts Theatre since its opening in 1936 and continues to produce some of the finest actors of their generations.
This collection brings together all of Shakespeare’s works, including:
• A Lover's Complaint
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• All's Well That Ends Well
• Antony And Cleopatra
• As You Like It
• Coriolanus
• Cymbeline
• Hamlet
• Henry IV, Pt. 1
• Henry IV, Pt. 2
• Henry V
• Henry VI, Pt. 1
• Henry VI, Pt. 2
• Henry VI, Pt. 3
• Henry VIII
• Julius Caesar
• King John
• King Lear
• Love's Labour's Lost
• Macbeth
• Measure For Measure
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Othello
• Pericles, Prince Of Tyre
• Richard II
• Richard III
• Romeo And Juliet
• Sonnets
• The Comedy Of Errors
• The Merchant Of Venice
• The Merry Wives Of Windsor
• The Phoenix and the Turtle
• The Rape Of Lucrece
• The Taming Of The Shrew
• The Tempest
• The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
• The Winter's Tale
• Timon Of Athens
• Titus Andronicus
• Troilus And Cressida
• Twelfth Night
• Venus And Adonis
The full casts for each production in this collection can be found in the description of the individual play’s product page.
About the author
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an astonishing amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.
Customer Reviews
Not what I wanted.
98 hours without an index or table of contents - just track after track after track with an announcement at the beginning . Cannot find a playlist to select which play for listening. Deleted it from library becasue I want to peruse and choose.
Not Complete
Much ado about nothing is missing 3 acts. If I pay 25 dollars for a “Complete Works” I don’t think it’s too much to ask for it to be complete. I went to the library, checked out much ado and very much looked forward to reading along while listening to the play, as I did with Macbeth.
Pretty lame.
Track List
A Lover's Complaint 9
A Midsummer Night's Dream 2
All's Well That Ends Well 12
Antony and Cleopatra 19
As You Like It 26
Coriolanus 34
Cymbeline 41
Hamlet 48
Henry IV, Pt. 1 55
Henry IV, Pt. 2 62
Henry V 69
Henry VI, Pt. 1 75
Henry VI, Pt. 2 83
Henry VI, Pt. 3 90
Henry VIII 97
Julius Caesar 104
King John 111
King Lear 117
Love's Labour's Lost 124
Macbeth 131
Measure For Measure 138
Much Ado About Nothing 145
Othello 152
Pericles, Prince Of Tyre 159
Richard II 164
Richard III 171
Romeo and Juliet 178
Sonnets 185
The Comedy Of Errors 341
The Merchant Of Venice 348
The Merry Wives Of Windsor 355
The Phoenix and the Turtle 9
The Rape Of Lucrece 362
The Taming Of The Shrew 368
The Tempest 375
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona 382
The Winter's Tale 389
Timon Of Athens 396
Titus Andronicus 403
Troilus and Cressida 410
Twelfth Night 417
Venus and Adonis 424