When Claudio breaks the new laws against vice in Vienna by getting his fiancee, Julietta, pregnant, a series of ethical issues is brought under scrutiny. His sister’s virtue is held to ransom by the deputy ruler of the city unti...

Distressed by his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is haunted by a ghostly courier bearing a grim message of murder and revenge. The young prince is driven to the edge of madness as he strug...

While King Henry IV rightly laments that his heir, the young Prince Hal, has not distinguished himself in battle, Hal is up to no good at the Boar’s Head Tavern with his rotund cohort, Falstaff. With a rebellion rising against t...

Lysander loves Hermia, but Hermia is to be married to Demetrius, who is still the apple of Helena's eye. Hermia and Lysander plan to elope so they tell Helena, who warns Demetrius. Demetrius follows Hermia into the woods, then Helena ...

These outstanding radio dramatizations of four of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies bustle with thwarted romance, sudden violence, and intense passions.Romeo and Juliet (3 CDs): with Douglas Henshall as Romeo; Sophie Dahl as Juliet, an...

Mix-ups and mayhem abound in this comedic romp featuring two sets of twins, both separated at birth, all of whom wind up in the same city. This wild and woolly early farce captures the great playwright at the height of his youthful ex...

Read by Simon Callow, Lindsay Duncan, Paul Rhys, and Harriet Walter Experience some of the most thrilling poetry and drama in world literature. This unique collection includes two sonnets and famous scenes from 11 of Shakespeare's pl...

Blackstone Audio is proud to present the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's brilliant production of Shakespeare's disturbing and psychologically rich masterpiece Hamlet. Whether you're a Hamlet scholar or being exposed to this work for th...

While King Henry IV rightly laments that his heir, the young Prince Hal, has not distinguished himself in battle, Hal is up to no good at the Boar's Head Tavern with his rotund cohort, Falstaff. With a rebellion rising against the thr...

Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian Senator. But Iago, Othello's malignant ensign, is determined to destroy their happiness. Cunningly bending the greatness of O...

Padua has many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister Kate is wed. Is any man up to the challenge? The witty adventurer Petruchio undertakes the task. His tough-love transformation...

Generally agreed to be Shakespeare’s last play, THE TEMPEST was most likely written in 1610. Twelve years before the action begins, Prospero--Duke of Milan--and his daughter, Miranda, were stranded by Prospero’s brother, A...

The eponymous 'two gentlemen' in question--Valentine and Proteus--are in love with, respectively, Silvia and Julia. Despite the promise of constancy made to Julia by Proteus, while he is away assisting his friend Valentine he also fal...