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Oedipus the King
by Sophocles
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
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: John Gielgud's Classic 1948 Recording
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
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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Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio CD
The tragic romance of Verona's two too-young star-crossed lovers, loving each other in spite of their parents' spite, told in beautiful imagery and poetry.
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King Richard III
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays...
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
By the time Shakespeare came to write Macbeth - almost certainly in 1605/1606 - he had already completed three of the great tragedies with which modern audiences are so familiar...
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Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio CD
In this charming and sparkling comedy, the young King of Navarre and three courtiers vow to forswear women for three years while they study and fast. But of course the moment they take this oath, the Princess of France and three of her ladies arrive.
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Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
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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Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
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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Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio CD
In Julius Caesar, there are no heroes, only heroic words spoken by men of ambition, arrogance, and jealousy.
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Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
Credits: Audio Download
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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Othello
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
Shakespeare's legendary tragedy is revisited in this spirited and entertaining production that ran in London from November 2007 to February 2008. The flawless, talented cast features Ewan McGregor as the conniving Iago, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Othello (whose performance won him the Olivier Award as best actor) and Kelly Reilly as Desdemona.
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The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
In this comedy, a rich Paduan gentleman refuses to marry off his younger daughter until a husband is found for her insufferable older sister, Kate.
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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
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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A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
This classic Shakespearean comedy is presented here in a colorful full-cast dramatization, drawn from the complete text...
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Shakespeare: The Seven Major Tragedies
by Harold Bloom
Credits: Audio Download
Shakespeare's seven great tragedies contain unmistakable elements that set them apart from any other plays ever written. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare embodied in the character of Juliet the world's most impressive representation ever of a woman in love.
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Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
Credits: Audio Download
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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Seven Classic Plays
by Various Artists
Credits: Audio Download
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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The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio CD
The quality of mercy is not strained..." Hear the extraordinary power and range of Shakespeare at his best.
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Voices of Black America
by Booker T. Washington
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
This unique collection, compiled especially for Naxos AudioBooks, features original recordings from 1908-1946 of Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Address, the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes…
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Blithe Spirit
by Noel Coward
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
When novelist Charles Condomine invites a medium into his house...
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King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
The third of Shakespeare's great tragedies, King Lear, written in 1605, is a tale of vanity, lust and betrayal.
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio CD
Seduced by the promises of witches and spurred by his wife, Macbeth lives by the law of ambition alone. Experience this haunting study of power that traces the rise and fall of an ambitious man.
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Aristotle's Poetics
by Aristotle
Credits: Audio Download
Aristotle claimed “poetry is more philosophical and more significant than history.” In this postmodern era it is worthwhile to consider Aristotle’s way of connecting beauty, truth, and goodness.
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The History of Theatre
by David Timson
Credits: Audio Download
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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Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Credits: Audio CD
The skies over ancient Rome blaze with terrifying portents, and soothsayers warn Julius Caesar, a brilliant politician at the height of his power and popularity, of approaching doom.
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