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Shakespeare: The Complete Works

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William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.

For the first time, the complete works of Shakespeare are available to download as one. This collection includes all 37 plays, 4 narrative poems, and the sonnets.

Performed by an incredible array of the 20th century’s greatest actors, Ian McKellen, Timothy West, Diana Rigg, Derek Jacobi, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales, and many others can be heard in these recordings.

All of the Shakespeare plays within the ARGO Classics catalogue are performed by the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. The Marlowe was founded in 1907 with a mission to focus on effective delivery of verse, respect the integrity of texts, and rescue neglected plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and the less performed plays of Shakespeare himself. The Marlowe has performed annually at Cambridge Arts Theatre since its opening in 1936 and continues to produce some of the finest actors of their generations.

This collection brings together all of Shakespeare’s works, including:
A Lover's Complaint
A Midsummer Night's Dream
All's Well That Ends Well
Antony And Cleopatra
As You Like It
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Henry IV, Pt. 1
Henry IV, Pt. 2
Henry V
Henry VI, Pt. 1
Henry VI, Pt. 2
Henry VI, Pt. 3
Henry VIII
Julius Caesar
King John
King Lear
Love's Labour's Lost
Macbeth
Measure For Measure
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Pericles, Prince Of Tyre
Richard II
Richard III
Romeo And Juliet
Sonnets
The Comedy Of Errors
The Merchant Of Venice
The Merry Wives Of Windsor
The Phoenix and the Turtle
The Rape Of Lucrece
The Taming Of The Shrew
The Tempest
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
The Winter's Tale
Timon Of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus And Cressida
Twelfth Night
Venus And Adonis

Public Domain (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Classics Drama & Plays Shakespeare
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I have always found Shakespeare’s work very good, though mostly the more famous works, so I thought, I’d take the plunge and get the whole works, and while I did enjoy the play like presentation, some of the Sonnets didn’t seem to sync with the listings, but the way the players presented the plays was excellent, I’m not a great reader, reading a physical book is not my forte, Dyslexia makes it quite a challenge, and the Tudor era language, is not exactly easy to get your head around, but having the audio of real Shakespeare players feed your brain the lines through the ears, and having the ability to stop, to check meanings when needed, or even replay a passage, to clear up your understanding, as well as the not losing your place on the page, every time you finish a line, as I am prone to do with physical books, making the reading a painfully slow experience, incredibly annoying, and off putting, this way is much more enjoyable, though I found some of the works we not particularly enjoyable, many were a pleasure, well done to all who took part.

Easy Going Shakespeare

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technical issues. much ado about nothing. chapter 4 is the start of the play..... chapter 1 is half way through! good job i knew the play or would have got very confused! hope I don't come across any more problems!

some chapters not in right order.

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I can't understand the negative reviews. I have all of the BBC Shakespeare on DVD which they did years ago, and was expecting from the role call that these were those in audio format, they aren't but from what I've listened to so far they are clearly works performed; whereas I think the negative reviews were expecting some kind of straight reading format to which you can only reply they're plays. Absolutely incredible VFM

Shakespeare

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Generally the performance is very good, but Act 5 Scene 2 of Love’s Labour’s Lost is missing!

Missing Part

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I used an old and latest Android, and on both screens I could see the title of the plays, and they were further broken down into different chapters which I could also see on screen. I could listen to just the works I haven't seen or read.
On my very old iPod Touch I couldn't see the title of the plays but I don't have the latest Apple devices so I don't know what their screens show now.

Able to view title of the plays on Android

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