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Shakespeare, William

Summary: Rosalind, daughter of the deposed Duke Senior, is exiled from the court by her wicked uncle. Disguising herself as a young man and accompanied by her cousin Celia and their loyal fool Touchstone, she takes refuge in the Forest of Arden. In the forest Rosalind meets young Orlando with whom she is in love, but her male disguise complicates matters, especially when Rosalind finds she has...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Rebellion still simmers in England and King Henry's health is failing. Prince Hal has proved his courage but the king still fears that his son's pleasure-loving nature will bring the realm to ruin. Meanwhile Falstaff and his ribald companions waste the nights in revelry, anticipating the moment when Hal will ascend the throne.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Arkangel Productions 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents Shakespeare's play about Richard of Gloucester, a self-proclaimed villain who through family mechinations, political marriages and military coups, usurps the crown from King Edward IV.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2001

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 999 Sha

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Henry decides to invade France where he thinks he has a claim to the throne. At Agincourt he leads his army into battle against the powerful French forces and, against all the odds, wins a famous victory.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: "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" -- Publisher.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Henry V is dead and the throne is now occupied by the infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed Protector, however, a struggle for power soon develops between the young King's Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile, the French, led by Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, threaten to win back the territories lost...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Intending to divide his realm among his three daughters, King Lear commands each give a testimony of her love. But after the gushing of malevolent Goneril and Regan, loyal Cordelia states: "I love your majesty according to my bond: nor more nor less." She is banished, and Lear's descent into madness begins.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA
Call number: CD FIC Sha

Shakespeare, William

Summary: The young and virtuous physician's daughter Helena desperately loves Count Bertram, but he regards her as beneath his notice.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman World, has become the thrall of the fascinating Cleopatra. Affairs of state call him to Rome, but the attractions of the Queen of Egypt prove impossible to resist.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [BBC Audiobooks America] 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: SparkNotes 2004

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word PlayShakespeare

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spark Notes 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Troy is besieged by the invading Greeks, but the young Trojan prince Troilus can think only of his love for Cressida. Her uncle Pandarus brings the two together, but after only one night news comes that Cressida must be sent to the enemy camp. There, as Troilus looks on, she yeilds to the wooing of the Greek Diomedes.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audioboks America 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: The arrival of shipwrecked twins in the land of Illyria creates havoc in this comical story of love in disguise.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: BBC Audiobooks America and Arkangel Productions present a fully-dramatized production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, which explores the deep repercussions of political murder and betrayal on the human heart. Conspiracy swirls around Julius Caesar, a brilliant politician at the height of his power and popularity. As Caesar grows overly confident and ponders imperial rule, the Roman...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: The marriage of two strong-minded people provides the spark for a comic confrontation between the sexes: The "shrew," Kate, is so ill-tempered she seems unlikely to find a husband. Her father refuses to let her younger sister marry until Kate is off his hands. Petruchio appears, marries Kate, and "tames" her so well that he wins a bet with two other men on a test of their wives' obedience.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline, is persecuted by her wicked stepmother, the Queen, and by Cloten, the Queen's doltish son. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find her husband, the banished Posthumus.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Arkangel Productions 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: A satire directed against intellectual pride and pedantry. The comedy concerns a King and his three lords who take a vow to spend three years in study and not to see any women. The storyline becomes complicated when the Princess of France and her three ladies arrive on a mission and thus test the men's vow.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Proteus loves Julia in Verona, Valentine loves Silvia in Milan. But when Proteus meets Silvia he falls for her too, and the heartbroken Julia sets out in pursuit.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Cruel Angelo is left in charge of Vienna when the Duke pretends to leave town. He revives an old law against fornication and sentences Claudio to death for seducing Juliet, Claudio's betrothed. Claudio's sister, Isabella, pleads for his life and Angelo offers to spare him in exchange for her virginity. His corruption and severity are punished when the Duke reveals that he has witnessed it all.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: This definitive collection features all 38 of Shakespeare's plays in their entirety, presented by outstanding Shakespearean performers.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Arkangel Productions 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Shakespeare, William

Summary: Young antipholus of Syracuse is searching the world for his identical twin brother, seperated from him at birth.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

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