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Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download
Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller.
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The Mercury Theatre on the Air
by Orson Welles
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
The finest radio drama of the 1930’s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman.
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download
Speak the Speech makes free Shakespearean performance more widely accessible than ever, in the style of radio theater!
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As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download
Speak the Speech makes free Shakespearean performance more widely accessible than ever, in the style of radio theater!
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King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download
King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare’s tragedies; to some, it is the greatest play ever written.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download | Podcast
Shakespeare's classic tale of murder and intrigue, Macbeth is the story of a man trapped by his own greed.
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Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download
Speak the Speech makes free Shakespearean performance more widely accessible than ever, in the style of radio theater!
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Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download
Speak the Speech makes free Shakespearean performance more widely accessible than ever, in the style of radio theater!
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A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
Available on: Audio Download
A Doll's House, written two years after The Pillars of Society, was the first of Ibsen's plays to create a sensation and is now perhaps his most famous play, and required reading in many secondary schools and universities.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Available on: Audio Download
Magic, fairies, young lovers chasing each other through a forest, a man with a donkey's head, and impish Puck wreaking havoc right and left. What's going on here? It's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare at his most fanciful.
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