Shakespeare Monologues Collection 008: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Shakespeare Monologues Collection 008, 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 Shakespeare Monologue Collection Vol. 8 by William Shakespeare. Read by Librivox Volunteers. LibriVox readers present the eighth collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 20 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in such a variety of genres - tragedy, comedy, romance, &c - that there is always at least one monologue in each of his plays. Some of these teach a lesson, some simply characterize Shakespeare at his best, some are funny, some sad, but all are very moving. Each monologue will touch everybody differently. Some people will be so moved by a particular monologue that they will want to record it. (Summary by Shurtagal)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Shakespeare Monologues Collection 008
• Author credits: William Shakespeare
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 44:34

Catalogue topics

• Shakespeare
• drama
• monologues

Track guide

1. 01 - Measure for Measure - There is a Kind of Character (Act I, Scene I) — 1:58
2. 02 - Macbeth - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Act V, Scene V) — 1:24
3. 03 - Taming of the Shrew - Fie Fie Unknit that Threatening Unkind Brow (Act V, Scene II) — 3:00
4. 04 - As You Like It - Rosalind's Epilogue (Act V, Epilogue) — 1:53
5. 05 - As You Like It - Think Not I Love Him (Act III, Scene V) — 2:00
6. 06 - Macbeth - Is This A Dagger (Act II, Scene I) — 2:31
7. 07 - Hamlet - O That This Too Too Solid Flesh Would Melt (Act I, Scene II) — 2:51
8. 08 - As You Like It - Think Not I Love Him (Act III, Scene V) — 2:44
9. 09 - Richard II - Lets Talk of Graves (Act III, Scene I) — 2:48
10. 10 - Julius Caeser - It Must Be By His Death (Act II, Scene I) — 2:03
11. 11 - Alls Well That Ends Well - Till I Have No Wife (Act III, Scene II) — 2:52
12. 12 - Tempest - Now My Charms Are All Overthrown (Epilogue) — 1:35
13. 13 - Romeo and Juliet - Queen Mab (Act I, Scene IV) — 3:25
14. 14 - Twelfth Night - If Music Be the Song of Love (Act I, Scene I) — 1:41
15. 15 - Twelfth Night - Why Should I Not (Act V, Scene I) — 1:37
16. 16 - King Lear - Unhappy That I Am (Act I, Scene I) — 1:37
17. 17 - Othello - It is their Husbands Faults (Act IV, Scene III) — 2:09
18. 18 - Merchant of Venice - How Sweet The Moonlight (Act V, Scene I) — 2:19
19. 19 - As You Like It - All The Worlds A Stage (Act II, Scene VII) — 2:39
20. 20 - Romeo and Juliet - Faith Here It Is (Act III, Scene V) — 1:38

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