Romeo and Juliet (LibriVox Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Romeo and Juliet (LibriVox Version 2), 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

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. (Version 2) Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's famous tragedy of two "star-crossed lovers" from rival houses. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall instantly in love, realizing too late that their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are mortal enemies. Braving parental opposition, the teenage lovers marry in secret, with the aid of the well-intentioned Friar Lawrence. Yet, as Shakespeare has often observed, the course of true love does not run smoothly, and Romeo and Juliet must risk death to be together. (summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast: Escalus: David Muncaster Paris: mb Montague: Chris Hughes Capulet: Andy Minter Old Man: Alan Davis Drake Romeo: Simon Taylor Mercutio: Andrew Lebrun Benvolio: David Nicol Tybalt: Joshua B. Christensen Friar Lawrence: Alan Davis Drake Friar John: Sean McKinley Balthasar: Scott D. Farquar Sampson: Esther Gregory: David O'Connell Peter: Gesine Abraham: Caliban Apothecary: Lucy Perry First Musician: Laurie Anne Walden Second Musician: om123 Third Musician: AaronW Chorus: ancilla Page: C. J. Nowak Lady Montague: Christie Nowak Lady Capulet: Cori Samuel Juliet: Elizabeth Klett Nurse: Kristin Hughes First Servant: Abigail Bartels Second Servant: Lizzie Driver First Watchman: Caliban Second Watchman: Gesine Third Watchman: bryfee First Citizen: Rhys Lawson Second Citizen: Laurie Anne Walden Narrator: David Lawrence Audio Edited by: Elizabeth Klett

Recording facts

• Recording title: Romeo and Juliet (LibriVox Version 2)
• Author credits: William Shakespeare
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 3:03:38

Catalogue topics

• dramatic works
• play
• Shakespeare
• tragedy

Track guide

1. 0 - Prologue — 3:37
2. 1 - Act 1 — 41:44
3. 2 - Act 2 — 37:42
4. 3 - Act 3 — 48:02
5. 4 - Act 4 — 24:37
6. 5 - Act 5 — 27:58

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