Twelfth Night (version 3): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Twelfth Night (version 3), 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 Twelfth Night (version 3) by William Shakespeare. Read in English by Sonia; Tony Addison; John Burlinson; LindaB; John Farrell 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 Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as a boy) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio. - Summary by Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: Twelfth Night (version 3)
• Author credits: William Shakespeare
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 3:06:53

Track guide

1. 01 - Act One — 45:09
2. 02 - Act Two — 46:19
3. 03 - Act Three — 46:50
4. 04 - Act Four — 18:12
5. 05 - Act Five — 30:23

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