Shakespeares History Plays

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    • The Great Plays and the History of England in the Middle Ages: 1337-1485
    • By: John Julius Norwich
    • Narrated by: John Curran
    • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 02-11-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • William Shakespeare may have been the greatest playwright in the English language, but how does he measure up as a historian....

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    • What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future
    • By: James Shapiro
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 325 ratings
    • From leading scholar James Shapiro, a timely exploration of what Shakespeare's plays reveal about our divided land, from Revolutionary times to the present day....

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    • The World as Stage
    • By: Bill Bryson
    • Narrated by: Bill Bryson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 10-23-07
    • Language: English
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    • William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition....

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    • Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • By: DK
    • Narrated by: Roger May
    • Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • This is the perfect study guide to the complete works of Shakespeare, covering everything from the romantic comedy of Romeo and Juliet to the tragedy Macbeth, alongside his Elizabethan history plays, sonnets, and other poems....

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    • By: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
    • Narrated by: David McCallion
    • Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
    • Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb is a retelling of 20 of Shakespeare’s most beloved stories. Within the pages of this book, the 19th-century authors bring to life the Shakespearean plots and characters of another age in an easy-to-understand prose of a newer generation....

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    • The Man Who Pays the Rent
    • By: Judi Dench
    • Narrated by: Brendan O’Hea, Barbara Flynn, Judi Dench
    • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 10-26-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig. Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green. Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head. These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name of Shakespeare....

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    • Following the Feminine in Shakespeare's Plays
    • By: Tina Packer
    • Narrated by: Tina Packer, Nigel Gore
    • Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 04-07-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • Women of Will, a narrative combining trenchant analysis and riveting scenes, explores the themes of love, loss, freedom, control, violence, and power through the heroines....

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    • The Biography
    • By: Peter Ackroyd
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 19 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 282 ratings
    • Only Peter Ackroyd can combine narrative and unique observation with a sharp eye for the fascinating fact. His method is to position Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, he not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare’s life....

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    • By: Jan Kott
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 12-16-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Shakespeare, Our Contemporary is a provocative, original study of the major plays of Shakespeare....

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    • Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature
    • By: Stuart Kells
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 07-23-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 85 ratings
    • Millions of words of scholarship have been expended on the world's most famous author and his work. And yet a critical part of the puzzle, Shakespeare's library, is a mystery. For four centuries people have searched for it....

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    • By: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
    • Narrated by: Nadia May
    • Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 12-15-99
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • A fabulous way to experience twenty of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays, this retelling of the stories...

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    • By: Clare Asquith
    • Narrated by: Allan Corduner
    • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 08-21-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • In her enthralling new audiobook, the Shakespearean scholar Clare Asquith reveals the hidden contents of two largely misunderstood narrative poems: two politically charged allegories of Tudor tyranny that justified - and even urged - direct action against an unpopular regime....

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    • Famous People
    • By: iMinds
    • Narrated by: Todd MacDonald
    • Length: 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-24-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • Learn about the life and times of William Shakespear with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds.....

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    • His Life and Works
    • By: Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding
    • Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
    • Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Unravel the history, themes, and language of Shakespeare's plays, poems, and sonnets with this beautiful guide to his life and works. Comedy and romance, history, and tragedy, Shakespeare's canon has it all.

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