Favourite Scenes From Shakespeare: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Favourite Scenes From Shakespeare, credited to William Shakespeare, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Favourite Scenes From Shakespeare by William Shakespeare. Read in English by Beth Thomas; Michele Eaton; Sonia; Tony Addison; John Burlinson In 2012, the World Shakespeare Festival surveyed Britons as to their favourite plays by Shakespeare. This collection consists of 21 scenes from the most popular plays written by arguably the greatest writer in the English language, possibly any language. It is an homage to the Bard in celebration of the 400th anniversary of his death in 1616 -- the Shakespeare Quadricentennial. - Summary by John Burlinson Roles performed by: Beth Thomas, Michele Eaton, Sonia, Tony Addison and John Burlinson Editing done mainly by Michele Eaton and John Burlinson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Favourite Scenes From Shakespeare
• Author credits: William Shakespeare
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 4:52:46

Catalogue topics

• Shakespeare
• dramatic reading
• renaissance
• Elizabethan

Track guide

1. 01 - Antony and Cleopatra. Act 5, Scene 2. — 18:27
2. 02 - As You Like It. Act 3, Scene 2 — 13:15
3. 03 - Hamlet. Act 3, Scene 4 — 13:04
4. 04 - Henry IV, Pt. 1. Act 2, Scene 4 — 13:38
5. 05 - Julius Caesar. Act 4, Scene 3 — 10:17
6. 06 - King Lear. Act 2, Scene 4. — 14:05
7. 07 - MacBeth. Act 1, Scene 7 — 5:33
8. 08 - MacBeth. Act 2, Scenes 1-3 — 10:03
9. 09 - MacBeth. Act 4, Scene 1 — 10:25
10. 10 - Merchant of Venice. Act 1, Scene 2 — 7:22
11. 11 - Merchant of Venice. Act 3, Scene 2 — 14:07
12. 12 - Midsummer Night's Dream. Act 2, Scene 1 — 11:18
13. 13 - Midsummer Night's Dream. Act 3, Scene 2 — 14:10
14. 14 - Much Ado About Nothing. Act 4, Scene 1 — 4:35
15. 15 - Othello. Act 3, Scene 3 — 31:20
16. 16 - Othello. Act 5, Scene 2 — 12:19
17. 17 - Richard III. Act 1, Scene 2 — 15:42
18. 18 - Romeo and Juliet. Act 2, Scene 2 — 11:41
19. 19 - The Taming of the Shrew. Act 2, Scene 1. — 9:18
20. 20 - The Tempest. Act 1, Scene 2. — 34:48
21. 21 - Twelfth Night. Act 1, Scene 5. — 17:19

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