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Sonnets

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William Shakespeare - Shakespeare Sonnet 29

LibriVox volunteers bring you 32 recordings of Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 23, 2019. — A perennial Shakespeare favorite. The sober, almost depressed...

Brian Dirkx and 31 more 41 minutes

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Comedy

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William Shakespeare - Measure for Measure (version 3)

Measure for Measure is one of William Shakespeare's more enigmatic works. As one of the so-called «problem plays,» it mixes a dark plot with light overtones, without resolving the tensions inherent in either. Its...

2 hours 42 minutes

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Comedy

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William Shakespeare - Tempest (version 2)

Few plays have been seen as a more fitting conclusion to a playwright's career than Shakespeare's The Tempest . Focusing on the aging sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan, Prospero, we are transported to a remote...

2 hours 25 minutes

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History of Troilus and Cressida (version 2)

Satire

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William Shakespeare - History of Troilus and Cressida (version 2)

The History of Troilus and Cressida has long baffled critics and audiences alike for its inconsistent tone, which ranges from bawdy comedy to somber tragedy, as well as its decidedly unheroic and unsympathetic cast...

3 hours 43 minutes

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Tragedy

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William Shakespeare - Tragedy of King Lear (version 3)

Known for its heartrending emotion and shocking violence, The Tragedy of King Lear is seen as one of Shakespeare's towering masterpieces. It tells the tale of the ageing King Lear, a British monarch who disposes of...

3 hours 43 minutes

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Romance

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William Shakespeare - Winter's Tale (version 2)

The Winter's Tale —one of Shakespeare's final plays—tells the story of two neighboring kings, Leontes of Sicilia and Polixenes of Bohemia. Friends since childhood, their relationship is put under a grave test when a...

3 hours 10 minutes

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Romance

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William Shakespeare - Cymbeline (Version 2)

Cymbeline is one of the last plays Shakespeare wrote, classified by scholars as a late romance or comedy. It's famous for featuring a highly convoluted plot that oftentimes feels like a grab bag of elements from...

3 hours 48 minutes

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Comedy

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William Shakespeare - Measure For Measure

Described as a «problem play» Measure for Measure is only as much a problem as life itself is- that is, are there any easy answers to questions aplenty? For example: when «mortality and mercy» live in one person's...

Tony Addison 3 hours 27 minutes

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Comedy

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William Shakespeare - Twelfth Night (version 3)

Twelfth Night, or What You Wil is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins...

3 hours 6 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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William Shakespeare - Sonnet 130

A LibriVox Weekly Poetry tribute to William Shakespeare marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in April 2016. Two of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets, Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130, have completely contradict...

Algy Pug and 12 more 16 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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William Shakespeare - Sonnet 18

A LibriVox Weekly Poetry tribute to William Shakespeare marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in April 2016. Two of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets, Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130, have completely contradict...

Algy Pug and 13 more 18 minutes

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Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 13

Plays

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William Shakespeare - Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 13

This is the thirteenth collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Our readers have chosen their favourite monologues from Shakespeare's famous comedies, tragedies, and histories, covering a wide range of...

Marwa Khalouf and 12 more 1 hour 4 minutes Shakespeare Monologues Collections

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