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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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Hamlet
by William Shakespeare Available on: Audio CD ($23.18) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($23.18) Average Rating:      (4.5 Stars)
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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Introduction to Poetry
by Robert Frost Available on: Digital Download ($9.95) Average Rating:      (1.4 Stars)
LearnOutLoud.com presents an Introduction to Poetry covering famous poems by great poets throughout the history of English poetry.
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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) Average Rating:      (4.0 Stars)
Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays...
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Popular Poetry, Popular Verse
by William Shakespeare Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
With more than 80 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language, this collection is one of the most comprehensive anthologies of its kind. It covers a remarkable range...
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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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Great Speeches and Soliloquies
by William Shakespeare Available on: Audio CD ($14.38) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38) Average Rating:      (3.0 Stars)
Many of Shakespeare's greatest and best-loved speeches are brought together in this superb collection, performed by outstanding artists who bring to vivid life words...
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A Lover's Gift from Him to Her
by D. H. Lawrence Available on: Audio CD ($13.48) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($11.98) Average Rating:      (5.0 Stars)
Some of the greatest poets and lovers in the English language speak of their love in this seductive and romantic collection...
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A Lover's Gift from Her to Him
by Christine Rossetti Available on: Audio CD ($13.48) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($11.98) Average Rating:      (3.5 Stars)
The eloquence of lovers is celebrated in this rich and sensuous collection - the love of women for men. Heloïse, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Katherine Mansfield...
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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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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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The Christmas Collection
by Thomas Hardy Available on: Audio CD ($14.38) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
Christmas brings out the best and the worst in us, as can been seen in this evocative anthology. Among what Thomas Love Peacock calls the "many poetical charms in the heraldings of Christmas,"...
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