BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies
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The Sonnets
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance18
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Story17
Everyone knows something of Shakespeare's sonnets, even if only in memorable fragments like "the darling buds of May," or "remembrance of things past," or "the marriage of true minds"....
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20 May 1609 - 2009
- By B on 19-05-09
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The Sonnets
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 26-10-00
- Language: English
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Macbeth (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter
- Narrated by: Full-Cast featuring Joan Walker, Nick Murchie, Coralyn Sheldon
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall63
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Performance45
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Story43
The multi-award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options....
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Sure Pass with Smartpass
- By JesKimSea on 18-01-13
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Macbeth (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Full-Cast featuring Joan Walker, Nick Murchie, Coralyn Sheldon
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 14-06-06
- Language: English
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Great Nature Poems
- By: Robert Browning, William Shakespeare, Gerald Manley Hopkins
- Narrated by: Anthony Howell, Claire Rushbrook, David Schofield, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance44
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Story43
An anthology of over 40 classic nature poems, read by some of our finest actors....
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find your poem
- By Anne on 10-01-23
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Great Nature Poems
- Narrated by: Anthony Howell, Claire Rushbrook, David Schofield, Michael Maloney
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-04-12
- Language: English
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Hamlet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Josh Stamberg, Stephen Collins, JoBeth Williams, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murder is considered one of the greatest works in the English language....
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Americans
- By Anonymous on 23-10-25
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Hamlet
- Narrated by: Josh Stamberg, Stephen Collins, JoBeth Williams, Stacy Keach, Alan Mandell, Emily Swallow, Matthew Wolf
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 15-02-12
- Language: English
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King Richard III
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Geraldine McEwan, Nicholas Farrell, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance47
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Story48
Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays....
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All star performances
- By Anonymous on 27-04-23
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King Richard III
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Geraldine McEwan, Nicholas Farrell, Stella Gonet, Michael Maloney
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 31-12-00
- Language: English
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Macbeth
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Josh Cooke, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall213
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Performance189
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Story191
Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy....
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Yanks lack the passion of performance.
- By Luke on 27-06-17
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Macbeth
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Joanne Whalley, Josh Cooke, JD Cullum, Dan Donohue, Jeannie Elias, Chuma Gault
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Release date: 09-09-11
- Language: English
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The Tempest
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ehle, Adrian Lester, Bob Peck, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall17
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Performance14
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Story14
This haunting drama of vengeance and forgiveness crowns the group of tragicomic romances that Shakespeare composed at the end of his career....
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Shakespeare’s most profoundly beautiful play
- By R J Gower on 25-11-22
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The Tempest
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ehle, Adrian Lester, Bob Peck, Simon Russell Beale, Jamie Glover, Richard McCabe
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 09-05-14
- Language: English
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Hamlet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance30
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Story31
Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies....
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I can thoroughly recommend this performance
- By Peta on 02-10-15
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Hamlet
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 26-12-99
- Language: English
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Hamlet (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Stephen Elder, Paul Clayton
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance15
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Story15
A full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis....
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Loved it!
- By Eva Mashtaler on 02-01-18
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Hamlet (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Stephen Elder, Paul Clayton
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 28-10-09
- Language: English
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King Lear
- SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Mike Reeves
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Terrence Hardiman, Lucy Robinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance11
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Story10
This is a full-cast, unabridged performance, with comprehensive commentary and analysis, enabling students to fully understand and appreciate the play....
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Brilliant way of learning
- By Jayne on 22-09-12
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King Lear
- SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Terrence Hardiman, Lucy Robinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 05-02-08
- Language: English
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John Gielgud's Hamlet (Dramatised)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: John Gielgud
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall22
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Performance14
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Story14
This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever....
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Unsurpassible!
- By William Benham on 05-10-21
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John Gielgud's Hamlet (Dramatised)
- Narrated by: John Gielgud
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- Language: English
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Romeo and Juliet (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter
- Narrated by: Full-Cast featuring Joan Walker, Chris Kelham, Sara Bowes
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance16
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Story16
The multi-award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options....
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Amazingly helpful !
- By Meg F on 06-04-17
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Romeo and Juliet (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Full-Cast featuring Joan Walker, Chris Kelham, Sara Bowes
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 14-06-06
- Language: English
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Hamlet
- Shakespeare Appreciated (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, and others
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Stephen Elder, Paul Clayton
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall71
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Performance44
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Story46
Experience Hamlet as a powerful full-cast drama with entertaining and enlightening commentary that explains what's what and who's who as the plot unfolds....
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Education and Entertainment
- By Andrew on 01-04-17
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Hamlet
- Shakespeare Appreciated (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Stephen Elder, Paul Clayton
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 26-10-09
- Language: English
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As You Like It
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Stephen Mangan, Victoria Hamilton, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall38
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Performance34
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Story34
This pastoral comedy is one of Shakespeare's best loved, owing to its delightful heroine - the wise, witty, and virtuous Rosalind....
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A magical performance
- By Amazon Customer on 05-06-23
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As You Like It
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack, Stephen Mangan, Victoria Hamilton, Gerard Murphy
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-05-14
- Language: English
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Henry V
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover, Brian Cox, Elizabeth Spriggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall30
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Performance29
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Story28
Henry V is a study of kingship, patriotism, and heroic determination tempered by tender comedy as Henry courts Katherine, princess of France....
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Great cast for Great play.
- By Shades of Blue Q on 26-11-19
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Henry V
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover, Brian Cox, Elizabeth Spriggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-05-14
- Language: English
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Macbeth
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Stephen Dillane, Fiona Shaw, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance22
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Story20
By the time Shakespeare came to write Macbeth - almost certainly in 1605/1606 - he had already completed three of the great tragedies with which modern audiences are so familiar....
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A great play, poorly performed/recorded
- By Jklaw on 31-12-17
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Macbeth
- Narrated by: Stephen Dillane, Fiona Shaw, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 31-12-00
- Language: English
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Hamlet: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Lapotaire, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall74
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Performance64
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Story63
Distressed by his father's death and his mother's over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is faced by a specter from beyond the grave bearing a grim message....
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Excellent
- By Anthony on 02-05-20
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Hamlet: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Lapotaire, Bob Peck, Norman Rodway
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 13-05-14
- Language: English
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Henry IV, Part 1
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover, Julian Glover, Richard Griffiths
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall36
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Performance31
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Story31
This play introduces Shakespeare's greatest comedic character, the dissolute knight Sir John Falstaff....
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Ark Angel Shakespeare plays - SUPERB
- By Easy6 on 11-03-23
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Henry IV, Part 1
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover, Julian Glover, Richard Griffiths
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 09-05-14
- Language: English
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Macbeth (Dramatised)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anthony Quayle, Robert Hardy, Ian Holm, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance35
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Story35
A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife - and a trio of witches....
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Boring read but this made it bareable
- By Malchichi121 on 07-01-23
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Macbeth (Dramatised)
- Narrated by: Anthony Quayle, Robert Hardy, Ian Holm, Jill Balcon
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 29-12-10
- Language: English
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Amanda Root, David Harewood, Roy Hudd
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall28
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Performance25
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Story25
Shakespeare's most imaginative and merry play is set in an enchanted wood amidst fairies and sprites....
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Very good!
- By Richard Fairley on 18-11-23
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Amanda Root, David Harewood, Roy Hudd
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 09-05-14
- Language: English
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Featured article: 50+ timeless Shakespeare quotes
Immerse yourself in these Shakespeare quotes to dive into the comedies and tragedies penned by the Bard of Avon. From knock-knock jokes to the wild goose chase, we owe many of our most-used and best-loved phrases to the talent of the Bard. His words are timeless in their direct wisdom, their witty humour, and their surprising applicability to modern life. We’ve collected some of our favourite William Shakespeare quotes for when you want to think about life’s big questions, wax poetic on the nature of love, or just need a good laugh.