Michael Sheen plays Romeo and directs this full cast production, with Kate Beckinsale as Juliet and Fiona Shaw as the nurse. 3 CDs: 2hrs 50mins.

Othello, a Moor and a general in the service of Venice, is played here by Hugh Quarshie, with Emma Fielding as his wife, Desdemona and Anton Lesser as the villainous Iago. 3 CDs: 32hrs 01mins.

A distinguished cast for this Dream includes Warren Mitchell as Bottom, Michael Maloney as Oberon and Sarah Woodward as Titania. 3 CDs: 2hrs 19mins.

Sean Barrett as Caesar, Andrew Buchan as Mark Antony and a full cast perform Shakespeare’s classic study of political power and its effect on an individual life. 2 CDs: 2hrs 16mins.

Anton Lesser and Edward de Souza head the cast in this performance of Hamlet, with Emma Fielding as Ophelia. 4 CDs: 3hrs 22mins.

With its themes of identity, disguise and deception and youthful folly, Twelfth Night, or What You Will is now a favourite among Shakespeare’s comedies. It is performed here by Stella Gonet, Gerald Murphy and a full cast.

Shakespeare’s tragedy of betrayal and jealousy remains one of his most performed plays. This Olivier Award-winning Donmar production stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as the doomed war hero, Ewan McGregor as the manipulative Iago, Kelly Reilly as Desdemona, Michelle Fairley as Bianca, and Tom Hiddleston as Cassio.

Shakespeare’s words are ingrained in our language, culture and everyday lives. This collection includes his most memorable speeches, from Hamlet to Henry V, from Julius Caesar to The Tempest, performed by RSC stars Simon Russell Beale, Estelle Kohler, Clifford Rose and Sarah Woodward.

This collection brings to life the greatest Shakespearian performances of the 19th and 20th centuries, from Irving’s Richard III and Terry’s Ophelia to Gielgud’s Romeo and Olivier’s Henry V. The second disc’s miscellany includes Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell and a dialogue by Laurel and Hardy.

This edition of Othello, the great tragedy of 'the green-ey'd monster', is a pocket-sized, hardback volume containing the complete and unabridged text of the play, an introduction, a glossary of Shakespearean vocabulary and a bibliography. Published in the Collector's Library series, the book is linen-bound, with gilt-edged pages and a silk marker.

'Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.' This edition of Shakespeare's Henry V is a pocket-sized, hardback volume containing the complete and unabridged text of the play, an introduction, a glossary of Shakespearean vocabulary and a bibliography. Published in the Collector's Library series, the book is linen-bound, with gilt-edged pages and a silk marker.

This edition of the Scottish Play is a pocket-sized, hardback volume containing the complete and unabridged text of the play, an introduction, a glossary of Shakespearean vocabulary and a bibliography. Published in the Collector's Library series, the book is linen-bound, with gilt-edged pages and a silk marker.

This well-annotated text of Shakespeare’s Richard II includes a highly extensive series of introductory essays on the play’s history of performance, criticism and adaptation, studies of its key characters and a full, detailed textual analysis.

Shakespeare's plays have enthralled audiences since Elizabethan times, and his heroes and heroines, villains and jesters are among English literature's most enduring characters. Who can forget the reasoning of Portia, the scheming of Richard III, the wit of Beatrice and Benedick or the tragic vanity of King Lear? This compact, clearly presented one-volume edition includes all the comedies, histories and tragedies, along with his sonnets and longer poems such as Venus and Adonis. Archaic words are explained in a glossary.

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