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Featured Article: We’re Booked—The Best Literature Podcasts for Every Bibliophile
Love everything books and literature? Of course, you do—that’s why you're here! Don’t worry, you’re in good company. If you're a book aficionado who loves chatting about literature with like-minded people, literature podcasts are the perfect addition to your listening lifestyle. There’s no shortage of great book podcast options to choose from. Here are just a few of the best literature podcasts, covering many different genres and styles of podcasting.
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- Argo Classics
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, and others
- Length: 100 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall117
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Performance86
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Story83
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...
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Great collection marred by a few missing sections
- By J. T. Woosley on 02-27-21
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- Argo Classics
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, full cast
- Length: 100 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 12-28-20
- Language: English
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Solo Folio
- By: William Shakespeare, Luke Daniels
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
WARNING!! Check your surroundings before listening to this book as you may fall over from laughing. As part of his new Solo Folio Series; Author, audiobook narrator and ardent Shakespeare lover Luke Daniels takes on The Merry Wives of Windsor, as only he can.
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Outstanding Performance
- By Amanda on 02-08-26
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Solo Folio
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Series: Comedies
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 02-06-26
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
- The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall815
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Performance671
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Story677
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Romeo and Juliet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition. In Romeo...
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Great Dramatization!
- By Karen Mitchell Smith on 04-26-16
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Romeo and Juliet
- The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-05-14
- Language: English
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Classic Love Poems
- By: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,506
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Performance4,968
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Story4,809
With 13 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day....
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Wonderful recitation by Richard Armitage
- By knowledge seeker on 02-09-15
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Classic Love Poems
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 19 mins
- Release date: 02-09-15
- Language: English
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to King Lear (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- 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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Overall70
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Performance55
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Story54
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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Excellent guide to a Great Play
- By Philip on 12-17-08
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to King Lear (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- 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: 02-05-08
- Language: English
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Julius Caesar
- By: William Shakespeare, Carl Bowen, Eduardo Garcia
- Narrated by: Anonymous
- Length: 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance53
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Story51
The epic tale of Julius Caesar’s rule over Rome. Brutus and Cassius, friends and supporters of Julius Caesar, brood and worry over his increasing ambitions....
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Ripoff
- By Martin J Dunleavy on 11-18-23
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Julius Caesar
- Narrated by: Anonymous
- Length: 25 mins
- Release date: 03-23-22
- Language: English
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Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,210
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Performance1,012
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Story1,003
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Hamlet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition...
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Loved the voice actors
- By Kenni on 11-25-15
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Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 08-05-14
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare Appreciated: (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Christopher Kelham, Sara Bowes
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall94
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Performance67
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Story65
Experience Romeo and Juliet 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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If a child must read R&J, get this recording
- By Marshall I. Cohen on 10-14-11
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Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare Appreciated: (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Christopher Kelham, Sara Bowes
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 10-28-08
- 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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Overall87
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Performance66
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Story65
The multi-award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options....
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Very Helpful
- By Cheryl on 10-10-09
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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: 06-14-06
- Language: English
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Othello (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Jonathan Lomas
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Jude Akuwudike, Nick Murchie
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance30
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Story28
Here is a full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play....
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Passion Gone Awry
- By Andre on 07-16-16
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Othello (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Jude Akuwudike, Nick Murchie
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 01-30-08
- Language: English
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Twelfth Night
- A BBC Radio 3 full-cast drama
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Full Cast, Naomi Frederick
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall94
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Performance81
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Story83
David Tennant stars as Malvolio in Shakespeare's comedy of disguise, madness and love. One of Shakespeare's happiest plays, Twelfth Night is both a comedy of misrule and a trenchant attack on puritanism. Disguise and deceit leads to misadventure, madness and mistaken love. Orsino loves Olivia...
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Abridged
- By Melissa on 09-26-16
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Twelfth Night
- A BBC Radio 3 full-cast drama
- Narrated by: David Tennant, Full Cast, Naomi Frederick
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-16-15
- Language: English
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Julius Caesar (Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, David Cottis
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Gregory Cox, Colin Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall68
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Performance54
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Story52
The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. A full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis....
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Three Cheers for Julius Caesar and SmartPass
- By Richard on 05-24-11
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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Julius Caesar (Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Gregory Cox, Colin Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 10-28-09
- Language: English
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The Taming of the Shrew
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-15-09
- Language: English
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Romeo y Julieta (Dramatizado) [Romeo and Juliet (Dramatized)]
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: FonoLibro Inc.
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Abridged
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Overall209
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Performance175
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Story176
Romeo y Julieta es un cuento sencillo y dramático acerca del amor imposible entre una pareja de jóvenes descendientes de dos familias enemigas....
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una historia de amor que terminó sembrando paz
- By Anonymous on 07-26-24
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Romeo y Julieta (Dramatizado) [Romeo and Juliet (Dramatized)]
- Narrated by: FonoLibro Inc.
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-06-08
- Language: Spanish
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The Taming of the Shrew
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Frances Barber, Roger Allam, Alan Cox
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall251
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Performance221
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Story221
Love and wit conquer all in Shakespeare's sparkling comedy of self-delusion and disguise....
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Problem play
- By Tad Davis on 01-24-15
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The Taming of the Shrew
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Frances Barber, Roger Allam, Alan Cox
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-09-14
- Language: English
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Pericles
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud, Nigel Terry, Stella Gonet, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall55
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Performance47
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Story48
Pericles, Prince of Tyre, undergoes a tyrant's fury, storm, and shipwreck. He wins love and suffers loss, but what is lost may also be found....
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Scan the outward habit by the inward man
- By Darwin8u on 11-23-17
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Pericles
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud, Nigel Terry, Stella Gonet, Julie Cox
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-09-14
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Joseph Fiennes, Maria Miles, Elizabeth Spriggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall182
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Performance147
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Story146
In the world's most celebrated and lyrical love story, the sublime devotion of two young lovers transcends their earthly fate....
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Well played!
- By April M. on 09-01-17
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Romeo and Juliet
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Joseph Fiennes, Maria Miles, Elizabeth Spriggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 05-09-14
- Language: English
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King Lear
- Shakespeare Appreciated: (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Mike Reeves, Phil Viner
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Terrence Hardiman, Lucy Robinson
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall166
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Performance120
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Story117
Experience King Lear 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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Great way to understand Shakespeare
- By Irishclover on 04-23-10
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King Lear
- Shakespeare Appreciated: (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Terrence Hardiman, Lucy Robinson
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 10-28-08
- Language: English
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Othello
- Shakespeare Appreciated: (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Jonathan Lomas, Phil Viner
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Jude Akuwudike, Nick Murchie
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall163
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Performance116
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Story116
Experience Othello 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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Excellent Listen
- By Cody on 08-27-09
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Othello
- Shakespeare Appreciated: (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Jude Akuwudike, Nick Murchie
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 10-28-08
- Language: English
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As You Like It
- A BBC Radio Shakespeare production
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: David Morrissey, Full Cast, Helena Bonham Carter, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall115
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Performance89
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Story90
In this BBC full-cast production of As You Like It, Rosalind is banished from the Royal court, heartbroken over Orlando. Will the two find a way to reunite? A comedy of wit, disguise and love, Shakespeare's tale about the enchanted world of the Forest of Arden remains as moving as it is funny...
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Loved it!
- By Donald on 05-21-11
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As You Like It
- A BBC Radio Shakespeare production
- Narrated by: David Morrissey, Full Cast, Helena Bonham Carter, Natasha Little
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-06-05
- Language: English
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