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Dame Judi Dench and Timothy West perform extracts from all of Shakespeare's plays; from Hamlet to Cymbeline, and Romeo and Juliet to Pericles. This truly comprehensive selection includes many of the bard's most famous and familiar speeches, together with other lesser-known revelations and some music, songs and sonnets too. Richard Hampton and David Weston provide an ideal introduction to Shakespeare's plays beautifully performed, and a glimpse of the man himself with many fascinating facts and little-known information. ... Read more

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This is a recording of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Oscar Wilde and Hans Christian Andersen, read by Joss Ackland, Simon Callow and Judi Dench. ... Read more

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This is an audio recording of stories by Hans Christian Andersen, read by Judi Dench. ... Read more

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Great Tales
The book is indeed great, but our generation might not be able to get its full insight as time goes on.

Look Elsewhere... Careless Kindle Adaptation
I bought this for my Kindle and removed it within minutes. The table of contents does NOT link to the stories. The book title on my Kindle home page even has gibberish characters. This is a careless and sloppy adaptation. Stay away from this offering until at least someone fixes the issues mentioned. Even at $.99 this is overpriced.

A good choice for 5-6 year olds
An impressive version of beloved fairy tales. Easy to comprehend for children, and beautifully illustrated.
The only regret is that some of the well known fairly tales are missing in this selection. Otherwise, I do recommend it.
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2 CASSETTES AND PAMPHLET IN 6.5 X 9 BOX ... Read more

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Chapters: Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret Rutherford, Julie Andrews, Judi Dench, Wendy Hiller, Flora Robson, Maggie Smith, Thora Hird, Dorothy Tutin, Celia Johnson, Gladys Cooper, Ellen Terry, Helen Mirren, Anna Neagle, Marie Tempest, Judith Anderson, Diana Rigg, Gracie Fields, Eileen Atkins, Peggy Ashcroft, Madge Kendal, Edith Evans, Joan Plowright, Sybil Thorndike, Cicely Courtneidge, May Whitty, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Lilian Braithwaite, Pat Evison. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 218. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932), also known as Liz Taylor, is an English-American actress. She is known for her acting talent and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages. Taylor is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden age. The American Film Institute named Taylor seventh on its Female Legends list. Taylor was born in Hampstead, a wealthy district of north-west London, the second child of Francis Lenn Taylor (1897-1968) and Sara Viola Warmbrodt (1895-1994), who were Americans residing in England. Taylor's older brother, Howard Taylor, was born in 1929. Both of her parents were originally from Arkansas City, Kansas. Her father was an art dealer and her mother a former actress whose stage name was 'Sara Sothern'. Sothern retired from the stage when she and Francis Taylor married in 1926 in New York City. Taylor's two first names are in honour of her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Mary (Rosemond) Taylor. A dual citizen of the UK and the U.S., Taylor was born a British subject through her birth on British soil and an American citizen through her parents. At the age of three, Taylor began taking ballet lessons with Vaccani. Shortly before the beginning of World War II, her parents decided to retu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=78239 ... Read more

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Penguin English Verse is an original collectin of teh six volumes which contain the essence of English poetry from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. Each volume incorporates the most representative and popular verse of its period and is accompanied by a special booklet containing the entire text. All the recordings are newly produced and employ the voices of a distinguished cast of readers. ... Read more

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This production of "King Lear" is released to celebrate Sir John Gielgud's 90th birthday. The cast includes John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Emma Thompson, Robert Stephens, Keith Michell, Richard Briers, Kenneth Branagh, Bob Hoskins, Michael Williams, Dennis Quilley and Sir Peter Hall. ... Read more

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King Lear Easy Version
This is a good book if you need to have a quick review and understanding of King Lear.If you are hard up of time (exams due soon or deadline for assignment..) and you haven't even got to reading the actual shakespearean verson, then I suggest you read the Easy version for a quick understanding of the play and it might just help you to get through the assignment or the exams.For real desperate students, this is a great help. But if you can, don't just read the easy version as you will miss out the beauty of Shakespeare use of language.....

King Lear
The book I ordered was for a World Lit class. I was afraid it wouldn't make it to me in time, but I received it a considerable amount of time before it was due. The condition of it was better than expected and it was a good read.

One of the Finest Plays Ever Written
I read King Lear after a long gap since my last reading of Shakespeare--in college.It was recommended by a former professor, David Allen White, as his favorite of Shakespeare's plays.I was not disappointed and found the play to be very compelling.For a novice, the play was a quick read, probably because the action and the characters were so interesting.This is one I'll probably have to read again in order to truly grasp its meaning and beauty.Since most high school and college students don't go beyond Macbeth, Hamlet, or Romeo and Juliet, I would highly recommend King Lear as a continuation of that introduction to Shakespeare.

His greatest triumph!
King Lear is the most devastating, and most powerful, piece in the cannon of Shakespeare. The characters in this play span the spectrum of human behavior and yet Shakespeare creates in each of them a reality that is hard to reject, even when their actions are most disturbing.
Despite the nihilism of the piece I never feel that Shakespeare is negating human existence, but rather, encouraging his audience to embrace the human experience in all its splendor and squalor. He has the blinded (and formerly suicidal) Gloucester say "You ever-gentle gods, take my breath from me; let not my worser spirit tempt me again to die before you please." Gloucester has realized there are forces larger then us that "shape our ends" and that being fully human means to absorb the good and the bad.
In the characters of Edgar and Cordelia Shakespeare creates the stereotypical "good child." However, he also endows both creations with an otherworldly kindness towards their fathers that speaks to our better natures. The way that both children nurse their disturbed fathers back to health is a lesson in humility and forgiveness.
The villains in this text are the classical villains, from which all other villains flow, and the many subplots combine in a delicious web of deceit and destruction that ensnares in its web the very spiders that spun it.
However, the ultimate beauty in King Lear is in the power of redemption. When Lear begs the forgiveness of the daughter he has truly wronged, she responds with "No cause." We have all hurt someone we love, and who among us would not like to be absolved by those powerful words, "No cause"?
Lear's redemption and forgiveness is our own.

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The Cambridge School Shakespeare series offers great classroom activities for teachers.They are useful to both theatre and English classes, as they really help students to understand and enjoy the material.King Lear is always my favorite, but the entire series is equally useful. ... Read more

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These CDs contain ten seasonal stories from BBC Radio 4's "Book at Bedtime". Each has a Christmas theme, and range from the intriguing to the funny to the poignant. They are written by an array of literature's best-known names. ... Read more

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A collection of over 70 love poems, including the top ten chosen in a BBC listeners' poll. The poets range from John Donne, William Shakespeare and Andrew Marvell to John Betjeman, Ted Hughes and John Fuller. ... Read more

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A selection of fairy tales, read by Joss Ackland, Simon Callow and Judi Dench. It includes "Rumpelstiltskin", "Cinderella", "Little Mermaid" and "The Happy Prince". ... Read more

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Two CDs packed full of fun and adventure with Winnie-the-Pooh and all his friends in the Hundred Acre Forest. Each CD forms part of a wonderful dramatisation of The House at Pooh Corner by David Benedictus with music composed, directed and played by John Gould. With a cast of carefully-chosen actors, this adaptation conveys all the magic of Milne's classic stories. The cast includes the following stars: Pooh - Stephen Fry Piglet - Jane Horrocks Eeyore - Geoffrey Palmer Kanga - Judi Dench Roo - Finty Williams Rabbit - Robert Daws Owl - Michael Williams Tigger - Sandi Toksvig Christopher Robin - Steven Webb ... Read more