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Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare
Featured Article: The Best Black Audiobook Narrators to Listen to Right Now
A skilled performer has the ability to take the written word to new heights, infusing an author’s work with empathy, warmth, and excitement. And representation matters just as much for audio as it does for any visual medium: listeners should feel and hear themselves in art driven by powerful performers and authentic deliveries. We’ve gathered a few of the best Black audiobook narrators in the business and their can't-miss performances.
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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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Overall120
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Performance87
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Story84
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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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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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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Overall69
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Performance55
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Story53
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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Julius Caesar
- Shakespeare Appreciated (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, David Cottis, and others
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Gregory Cox, Colin Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall107
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Performance77
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Story79
Experience Julius Caesar 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 young scholar's intro to Shakespeare
- By Laura Quave on 10-28-10
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Julius Caesar
- Shakespeare Appreciated (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Gregory Cox, Colin Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 10-26-09
- 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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Overall10
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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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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- A BBC Radio Shakespeare production
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Becky Simpson, David Threlfall, Full Cast, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance60
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Story61
In this BBC full-cast production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena run to the woods and stumble into a life separate from time itself. Fairy magic wreaks havoc and midsummer madness takes over as lovers tread the delicate line between fantasy and reality...
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At least it's Shakespeare
- By Ry on 11-21-09
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
- A BBC Radio Shakespeare production
- Narrated by: Becky Simpson, David Threlfall, Full Cast, Samuel West, Sylvestra Le Touzel
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 07-05-07
- Language: English
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Macbeth: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall952
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Performance768
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Story764
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Macbeth to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition. Macbeth, one of...
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excellent
- By Laura W. on 05-25-18
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Macbeth: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Fully Dramatized Audio Edition
- Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-05-14
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Kate Beckinsale, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall256
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Performance153
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Story157
Here is the full-cast production of Shakespeare's classic love story, fully dramatized from the complete text....
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Great Language
- By Michael on 09-15-03
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Romeo and Juliet
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Kate Beckinsale, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 12-30-01
- Language: English
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Hamlet
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 12-26-99
- Language: English
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All's Well That Ends Well
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Emily Woof
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall65
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Performance57
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Story57
The young and virtuous physician's daughter Helena desperately loves Count Bertram, but he regards her as beneath his notice....
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“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-17
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All's Well That Ends Well
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Emily Woof
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 05-09-14
- 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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Overall212
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Performance178
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Story179
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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Romeo y Julieta
- By Anonymous on 06-17-26
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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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John Gielgud's Hamlet (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: John Gielgud
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall119
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Performance88
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Story87
This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever....
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Gielgud's Hamlet - A Study in Perfection
- By Chris on 01-13-09
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John Gielgud's Hamlet (Dramatized)
- Narrated by: John Gielgud
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 01-01-06
- 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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The Sonnets
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance29
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Story29
Everyone knows something of Shakespeare's sonnets, even if only in memorable fragments like "the darling buds of May", or "remembrance of things past", or "the marriage of true minds"....
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Good reading, great music
- By Michael on 11-02-06
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The Sonnets
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 10-26-00
- Language: English
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Cymbeline: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sophie Thompson, Ben Porter, Jack Shepherd, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall83
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Performance70
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Story68
This strange, dark romance includes two songs composed by Shakespeare that are amongst the most beautiful in the English language....
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Has its moments but it has a lot less than I hoped
- By Darwin8u on 12-21-17
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Cymbeline: The Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Sophie Thompson, Ben Porter, Jack Shepherd, Suzanne Bertish, Stephen Mangan, Ron Cook
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 05-13-14
- Language: English
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Simon Helberg, Glenne Headly, Hector Elizondo, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall70
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Performance59
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Story59
Shakespeare combined his love of theater with Greek mythology and the supernatural to create what is arguably his most playfully imaginative work....
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great narration!
- By Rose K on 09-06-18
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Narrated by: Simon Helberg, Glenne Headly, Hector Elizondo, Stacy Keach, David Krumholtz, Tara Barr, Jamie Bamber
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Release date: 02-12-14
- Language: English
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Troilus and Cressida
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian Pepperell, Julia Ford
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall62
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Performance54
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Story54
Lust poses as love and ambition as patriotism in this dark and brilliant play depicting the heroic action of the Trojan War....
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Wounds Heal Ill That Men Do Give Themselves
- By Darwin8u on 08-30-17
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Troilus and Cressida
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ian Pepperell, Julia Ford
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 05-09-14
- Language: English
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The Merchant of Venice
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Antony Sher
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall147
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Performance113
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Story113
Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats so that his friend Bassanio can afford to court his love, Portia....
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Great production, difficult play
- By Tad Davis on 08-31-09
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The Merchant of Venice
- Narrated by: Antony Sher
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 10-30-08
- Language: English
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Seven Ages
- An Anthology of Poetry with Music
- By: William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Ted Hughes
- Narrated by: Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall217
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Performance181
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Story175
This highly entertaining anthology of verse is the comic, tragic, tender, and telling story of life's seven ages, from childhood to old age. Within the framework of Shakespeare's speech....
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The Anthology of 'Music-Makers'
- By ESK on 12-26-12
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Seven Ages
- An Anthology of Poetry with Music
- Narrated by: Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 07-07-00
- 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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