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Hamlet: John Gielgud's Classic 1948 Recording
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio CD ($18.38) | Digital Download ($18.38)
This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments.
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Oedipus the King
by Sophocles
Available on: Audio CD ($14.38) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference...
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Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio CD ($23.18) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($23.18)
In writing this extraordinary play Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy after an interval of roughly two thousand years - you would have to go back to the Greek dramatists of 5th century Athens to find anything of comparable depth and maturity.
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King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio CD ($18.38) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($18.38)
The third of Shakespeare's great tragedies, King Lear, written in 1605, is a tale of vanity, lust and betrayal.
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King Richard III
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio CD ($18.38) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($18.38)
Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays...
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Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
Available on: Audio CD ($14.38) | Digital Download ($14.38)
There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece.
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio CD ($12.78) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare's last great play.
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Seven Classic Plays
by Various Artists
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($19.95) | MP3 CD
Here in one volume are seven great plays: Medea, The Tempest, The Imaginary Invalid, Camille, An Enemy of the People, Arms and the Man, and Uncle Vany.
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Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
Available on: Audio CD ($15.98) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($18.38)
Pygmalion remains one of the most popular stories, but mainly in the medium of the musical; the evergreen My Fair Lady....
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A Midsummer Night's Dream AudioLearn
Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($15.99)
From the Fairies to Hyppolyta, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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The History of Theatre
by David Timson
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette ($28.98) | Digital Download ($23.18)
Here is a diverse and fascinating story of the Theatre, from the first tragedies and comedies of Ancient Greece to the high-tech mega-musicals of the late 20th century...
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Hamlet AudioLearn
Available on: Digital Download ($15.99)
From the symbolism of Yorick’s skull to the mystery of death, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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Blithe Spirit
by Noel Coward
Available on: Audio CD ($14.38) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
When novelist Charles Condomine invites a medium into his house...
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Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
Available on: Audio CD ($26.08) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($23.18)
The Nantucket whaling ship, the Pequod, spirals the globe in search of Moby Dick, the mythical white whale of the Southern Oceans...
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Julius Caesar AudioLearn
Available on: Digital Download ($15.99)
From the Brutus to Octavius, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
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Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio CD ($14.38) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
In this remarkable anthology of historical recordings are many of the great artists of the past....
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Lady Windermere's Fan
by Oscar Wilde
Available on: Audio CD ($17.98) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
Oscar Wilde's first play confronts the hypocrisy of public "morality" compared with genuine, private kindness. When it opened in 1892, Lady Windermere's Fan was an instant success...
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Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
Available on: Digital Download ($14.38)
Hedda Gabler, a deceased General’s daughter, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of middleclass tedium stretching ahead when they return from a honeymoon they could not afford to a house they cannot afford.
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Shakespeare's Lovers
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($14.38)
Many of the greatest lovers, and the greatest love scenes in Western literature, are to be found in Shakespeare. The fresh but impassioned Romeo and Juliet, the resilient wit of Petruchio and Kate...
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