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Shakespeare Audiobooks

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Have some fun with Shakespeare!  Check out ...

1)  Shakespeare Parodies  Check out the Homeschoolers' Ode!

2)  Shakespearean Alliteration Insults
     
Practice alliteration with Shakespearen Insults (or just have fun creating a variety of new and rude insults!)

 

Be SURE to use the following book ! ...

Book Recommendation:

Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide to Six Shakespeare Plays, Peter J. Leithart, Canon Press, Moscow, ID © 1996

 

Renaissance Theatre Company
BBC Radio
distributed by Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

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1)  Romeo & Juliet  Kenneth Branagh,  Samantha Bond,  Derek Jacobi, etc.,  © 1993
 ISBN # 0-553-47235-6
 3 cassettes
2)  Hamlet  Kenneth Branagh,  Judy Dench, Sir John  Gielgud, etc.  © 1993
 ISBN # 0-553-47225-9
 4 cassettes
3)  King Lear  Kenneth Branagh,  Judi  Dench, Sir John  Gielgud, Iain Glen,  Emma Thompson  © 1993
 ISBN # 0-553-47272-2
 3 cassettes

 

 Caedmon
 an imprint of Harper Audio
 10 East 53rd Street
 New York, NY 10022

 

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1)  The Taming of  the Shrew  Trevor Howard,  Margaret Leighton  unabridged
 © 1963, 1996; 2 cassettes  ISBN # 1-55994-084-0
2)   The Merchant
 of Venice
 Hugh Griffith,  
 Dorothy Tutin,
 Harry Andrews, etc
 unabridged
 © 1963, 1995; 2 cassettes  ISBN # 1-55994-066-4
3)   The Sonnets  Sir John Gielgud  © 1963, 1996; 2 cassettes  ISBN # 0-69450-770-9
4)  A Midsummer  Night's Dream  Paul Scofield,
 Barbara Jefford, Joy  Parker, John Stride
 unabridged
 © 1964, 1996; 2 cassettes  ISBN # 1-55994-086-7
5)  Romeo and Juliet  Claire Bloom
 Albert Finney
 unabridged
 © 1961, 1995; 2 cassettes  ISBN # 0-89845-980-X
6)  Julius Caesar  Ralph Richardson,
 Alan Bates, Anthony  Quayle, Eileen Atkins
 unabridged
 © 1964, 1996; 2 cassettes
 ISBN # 0-89845-954-0
7)   Othello  Frank Silvera,
 Alan Bates, Cyril  Cusack, Anna Massey
 unabridged
 © 1960, 1995; 2 cassettes  ISBN # 1-55994-730-6
8)  King Richard III  Robert Stephens,  Dame Peggy Ashcroft,  Glenda Jackson  unabridged
 © 1967, 1996; 3 cassettes  ISBN # 0-694-517-046
9)  As You Like It  Vanessa Redgrave,  Keith Mitchell,
 Stanley Holloway
 © 1962, 1995; 2 CD
 ISBN # 0-69-51665-1
10)  Much Ado About  Nothing  Rex Harrison,
 Rachel Roberts
 © 1963, 1996; 2 CD
 ISBN # 0-69451-664-3
11)  The Winter's Tale  Sir John Gielgud,
 Dame Peggy Ashcroft,  George Rose
 © 1961, 1996; 2 CD
 ISBN # 0-694-51743-7

 

 Durkin Hayes Publishing, LTD
 (800) 962-5200

 

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1)  The Tempest  unabridged
 © 1979, 2 cassettes
 ISBN # 0-88646-535-4
2)  Twelfth Night  unabridged
 © 1960, 2 cassettes
 ISBN # 0-88646-536-2
3)  Much Ado About Nothing  unabridged
 © 1962, 2 cassettes
 ISBN # 0-88646-537-0
4)  Antony and Cleopatra  unabridged
 © 1964, 2 cassettes
 ISBN # 0-88646-538-9
5)  Richard II  unabridged
 © 1947, 2 cassettes
 ISBN # 0-88646-539-7
6)  The Taming of the Shrew  unabridged
 © ?, 2 cassettes
 ISBN # 0-88646-540-0

 

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 Naxos Audiobooks
 416 Mary Lindsay Polk Drive, Suite 509
 Franklin, Tennessee  37067
 Phone:  (615) 771-9393
 Fax:       (615) 771-6747

 

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1)  King Lear Paul Scofield, Alec McCowen, Kenneth Brannaugh unabridged, 3 hours 6 minute, © 2002;
3 cassettes
ISBN # 9-62634-744-9
2)  Henry V Samuel west, Timothy West, Cathy Sara unabridged, 3 hours 4 minutes, © 2002;
3 CDs 
ISBN # 9-62634-205-6

 

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 BBC Audiobook
Modern Library

 

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1)  King Lear Paul Scofield,
Nicol Williamson,
Peter Egan
unabridged,© 1996;
2 cassettes  
ISBN # 0-679-44927-2

 

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 Arkangel
 416 Mary Lindsay Polk Drive, Suite 509
 Franklin, Tennessee  37067
 Phone:  (615) 771-9393
 Fax:       (615) 771-6747

 

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1)  Kenry IV
Part I
Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Richard Griffiths unabridged, 2 hours 30 minutes, © 1998;
2 cassettes
ISBN # 0-14-086784-8
2)  Kenry IV
Part I
Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Richard Griffiths unabridged, 2 hours 30 minutes, © 1998;
2 cassettes
ISBN # 9-62634-205-6

 

 

 

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