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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.

Shakespeare's plays - whether a comedy like A Midsummer Night's Dream, a history like Henry IV, or a tragedy like Hamlet - are treasure troves of insight into our very humanity. These 36 lectures introduce you to Shakespeare's major plays from each of these three genres and explain the achievement that makes him the leading playwright in Western civilization.

Adopting the methodology of the music charts, The Classic Hundred Poems presents the "top 100" poems of all time. The selections are illuminated by the informative notes of editor William Harmon and read by an ensemble of contemporary poets including Alfred Corn and Rita Dove.

Lenny Henry used to hate Shakespeare. For over 35 years he avoided anything to do with the Bard – until, in 2006, he decided to find out just what the rest of the world saw in him. In this enthralling collection, we hear how Lenny’s late-flowering passion for the legendary playwright’s works set him on the path that led to his sell-out stage debut as Othello. Bringing together this behind-the-scenes journey with the final result, this collection culminates in Lenny’s standout performance in a dynamic full-cast radio production of Othello.

Трагедия Макбет — одно из самых известных произведений английского драматурга Уильяма Шекспира (англ. William Shakespeare, 1564–1616). Это знаменитая история о том, как шотландский король Макбет, соблазняемый ведьмами и женой, жаждал безмерной власти. Однако его падение было неизбежным... Уильям Шекспир — автор всемирно известных сонетов, пьес "Ромео и Джульетта", "Гамлет", Макбет и "Отелло", а также великолепных комедий "Двенадцатая ночь, или Что угодно?", "Сон в летнюю ночь", "Бесплодные усилия любви", "Виндзорские насмешницы", "Два веронца» и «Как вам это понравится".

Трагедия Отелло английского классика Уильяма Шекспира — поистине величайшая драма всех времен и народов. Великая трагедия о страстной любви и губительной силе ее извечного спутника — ревности. Подозрительный и ревнивый военачальник Отелло по злостному навету своего тайного завистника Яго подозревает свою красавицу- жену Дездемону в измене. Пылкая натура мавра не может вынести позора и в порыве гнева он убивает невинную Дездемону.

Пьеса Ромео и Джульетта стала символом любви, для которой нет преград. Легендарное произведение Шекспира продолжает завоевывать сердца все новых поколений читателей, являясь наиболее известным, трогательным и трагичным произведением о любви. Сюжет пьесы первоначально возник в новеллистике итальянского Возрождения, а Шекспир его узнал в обработке английского поэта Артура Брука в поэме Ромеус и Джульетта (1562). Главные герои трагедии — двадцатилетний Ромео и Джульетта, которой нет еще и четырнадцати лет. Действие пьесы охватывает пять дней и происходит в начале XIV века в городе Вероне.

Уильям Шекспир — английский драматург и поэт, один из самых знаменитых драматургов мира, автор по крайней мере 17 комедий, 10 хроник, 11 трагедий, 5 поэм и цикла из 154 сонетов. Богатейшее литературное наследие, созданное Уильямом Шекспиром - величайшим из английских поэтов, собрано в одном томе. Оно представлено в переводах лучших мастеров слова. Содержание: Гамлет, Ромео и Джульетта, Макбет, Король Лир, Отелло, Сонеты, Уильям Шекспир. Его жизнь и литературная деятельность (И.И.Иванов).

Трагедия Король Лир является вершиной мировой драматургии. На основе древнейшего сказания Британии о короле Лире и его дочерях Шекспир создал гениальную пьесу, в которой искренние чувства и человечность противостоят лицемерию и корысти. Старый король Лир, решает разделить своё королевство между тремя дочерьми в зависимости от их любви к нему. Доверившись лживым и коварным старшим дочерям, Гонерилье и Регане, и отвергнув искреннюю младшую дочь Корделию, Лир вскоре сталкивается с предательством и жестокостью. Постепенно погружаясь в безумие, он осознаёт свои ошибки, но уже слишком поздно.

Сонеты — замечательные стихотворения непревзойденного поэта Уильяма Шекспира (англ. William Shakespeare, 1564–1616). Цикл сонетов состоит из 154 стихотворений, различных по своей тематике (любовь, разлука, дружба, ревность и другие). Исследователи творческого наследия Шекспира досих пор спорят о подлинности авторства. Уильям Шекспир — автор всемирно известных сонетов, пьес "Ромео и Джульетта", "Гамлет", "Макбет" и "Отелло", а также великолепных комедий "Двенадцатая ночь, или Что угодно?", "Сон в летнюю ночь", "Бесплодные усилия любви", "Виндзорские насмешницы", "Два веронца' и "Как вам это понравится".

A collection of BBC Radio 3's iconic Shakespeare productions: eight comedies with all-star casts including David Tennant, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Martin Jarvis, Siân Phillips and Miriam Margolyes. The plays included in this collection are: Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, and All's Well That Ends Well.

Hamlet, Shakespeare's most popular, and perhaps most puzzling play, follows the form of a "revenge tragedy", in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father’s murderer, his uncle Claudius, now the king of Denmark. Much of its fascination, however, lies in its uncertainties. This new full-cast recording - based on the most respected edition of Shakespeare's classic - expertly produced by the Folger Theatre, is perfect for students, teachers, and the everyday listener.

Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare's more brilliantly populated plays and remains among the most widely read. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom investigates Macbeth's interiority and unthinkable actions with razor-sharp insight, agility, and compassion. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character. The book also becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for literature as a path to and a measure of our humanity.

With more than 80 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language, this collection is one of the most comprehensive anthologies of its kind. It covers a remarkable range, from the striking visions of Blake and Shelley and the insights of Keats to lighter but equally memorable verse by Tennyson.

Drawing on her knowledge as director, actor, and teacher, Packer traces the chronological evolution of Shakespeare's female characters and examines Shakespeare's own journey and growth as a writer from feckless misogynist in his youth to committed lover in his middle years to unrepentant feminist in his final years.

King Henry is married to Katherine of Aragon, but he has been smitten by the charms of the queen's maid of honor, Anne Bullen, and is tempted to divorce his dignified and noble wife. Meanwhile, the lords of England resent the influence of Henry's trusted advisor, Cardinal Wolsey, who is gradually drawing power into his own hands. As Katherine and Wolsey suffer their tragic falls, new figures rise to fill their places, but they, too, will be brought low by the inexorable sweep of time and fortune.

The sonnets are a collection numbering 154 poems dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty, and mortality. They were probably written over a long period of Shakespeare's life up until 1609, when they were first printed. The first 17 poems, traditionally referred to as the "procreation sonnets", are addressed to a young man urging him to marry and have children in order to immortalize his beauty by passing it on to his descendants.

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love in unexpected ways. In the woods outside Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves into couples - but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. The king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy. Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, in an effort to distract Titania from the custody battle.

Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies. In writing this extraordinary play, Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy after an interval of roughly 2,000 years - you would have to go back to the Greek dramatists of fifth century Athens to find anything of comparable depth and maturity. This production features the voice of Anton Lesser as Hamlet along with a full cast.

Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play. The wronged duke raises a tempest to shipwreck his old opponents on his island so that he can ensure justice is done. With Emilia Fox as Miranda, Scott Handy in the pivotal role of the sprite Ariel, and Ben Owukwe as Caliban.