A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's best early works: an airy, romantic romp in the woods among bumbling rustics, temporarily star-crossed lovers, and the charming fairies who bewitch them all.

This classic Shakespearean comedy is presented here in a colorful full-cast dramatization, drawn from the complete text...

Speak the Speech makes free Shakespearean performance more widely accessible than ever, in the style of radio theater!

Antony and Cleopatra is the tumultuous tragedy and love story played out against a backdrop of war and the vengeance of Octavius Caesar.

Speak the Speech makes free Shakespearean performance more widely accessible than ever, in the style of radio theater!

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...

Hamlet is one of the great classics, if not the greatest, of English drama.

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.

Speak the Speech makes free Shakespearean performance more widely accessible than ever, in the style of radio theater!

Speak the Speech makes free Shakespearean performance more widely accessible than ever, in the style of radio theater!

Henry V, which dates from 1599, is the last in Shakespeare's series of plays based on English history. It is also...

Designed with the novice in mind, The Intro to Poetry podcast is a carefully selected series that will expose the listener to a broad range of poetic eras and styles.

Julius Caesar triumphantly returns Rome where he is met by betrayal, conspiracy and ultimately, assassination followed by Mark Antony’s revenge on the plotters.

King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare’s tragedies; to some, it is the greatest play ever written.

King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s greatest and darkest works. King Lear banishes his favorite daughter when she speaks out against him.

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...

Macbeth is William Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and one of his most popular works.

When the political and moral corruption of Vienna force the Duke Vincentio into hiding, he leaves...

In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare created one of the greatest verbal sparring matches in all of literature...

Much Ado is a romantic comedy that revolves around obstacles presented to two young lovers as well as a "merry war" of the sexes.

Speak of one that loved not wisely but too well. This moving tragedy tells the story of Othello...

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.

Because of its diverse subject, namely love, jealousy, racism and betrayal, Othello remains relevant and valid even today.

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...

This production of Hamlet, directed by Sir John Gielgud and starring Richard Burton, was recorded in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre...