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Shakespeare: The Complete Works

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Shakespeare: The Complete Works

By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, full cast
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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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The file does not work well and constantly crashes. I even tried to download it to my device, but that didn’t make a difference.

A great idea for an audiobook

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Just started listening. These are remastered old recordings. The sound thus is full of echoes of the soundstage. Annoyingly, King John, Act V is missing. And this is the first play I listened to, so hoping the rest of the plays are complete. The actors are exceptional and I wish a pdf of each play's list of actors was included. Nice to listen along while reading the Riverside Shakespeare.

Technical Issues

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very difficult to understand due to poor recording. sounds like sitting in the doorway of a high school auditorium.

poor quality

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Some of the entries are out of order on the track list. the main one I noticed Was Much Ado About Nothing. The first Act is labeled Chapter 4.

Good, but some files are out of Order.

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Very dull, flat acting. There are much better productions. Look elsewhere. Of course, the writing is fantastic. Duh. Shakespeare.

Very poor performances

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Others have detailed various matters missing, and sound echoes hissing. One credit for 99 hours is a great deal, worthy of tolerating by horn's blare an ear weal.

Author, Actors 5 star, technical 3 star

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Poor coalition and editing having left it less than what it could be. Not recommended until it is fixed.

Bad editing and missing sections.

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Most of the works in this recording are fine but much to do about nothing is completely out of order. It starts at the marriage scene that’s chapter 1 and continues to be out of order for the rest of the play.

Much ado is much out of order in this recording

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In Much Ado About Nothing, Chapter 4 is Act 1. Start there. Chapter 1 is Act 5.

complete works!

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This is a great collection of most of Shakespeare's works. The only play that is missing is 'The Two Noble Kinsmen', a collaboration attributed to Shakespeare and John Fletcher. However, there are a few missing section in this collection as of the date I'm writing this review (26 Feb. 2021). Act V of 'King John' is missing as are Acts IV and V of 'Pericles'. Hopefully this is just an oversight and will be corrected.

Great collection marred by a few missing sections

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