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All The World's A Stage: Shakespeare's Speeches
Romeo & Juliet: "O Romeo, Romeo - wherefore art thou Romeo"
Hamlet: 'To be or not to be - that is the question….'
Henry V: 'This day is called the feast of Crispian….'
King Lear: 'I prithee, daughter, do not make me mad…'
Macbeth: 'If it were done when 'tis done…' and
Richard III: 'Now is the winter of our discontent….'
The Merchant Of Venice: 'The quality of mercy is not strained….'
As You Like It
As You Like It is quintessential Shakespearean comedy, complete with a loquacious clown, lovers, disguises, rifts and reconciliations, and all within the atmospheric confines of the enchanted Forest of Arden. As the title suggests, As You Like It is a play in which everyone gets their way, where sinners are redeemed and where love holds sway over all.
Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings
In this remarkable anthology of historical recordings are many of the great artists of the past. Early cylinder recordings of Sir Henry Irving preserve the voice and character of the greatest actor of the Victorian period as well as Ellen Terry, his stage partner for many years.
Great Moments in History: "Shakespeare at the Globe"
The Bard gets a jolly lesson in ye olde show biz.
Hamlet
The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.
Romeo and Juliet
The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (first published in 1597) is a play concerning the fate of two young star-crossed lovers. Perhaps the most famous of his plays, it is one of his earliest theatrical triumphs and is considered the archetypal love story of the Renaissance.
Sonnets
Every bit as dazzling as the best of his dramas and comedies, Shakespeare's sonnets represent one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned.
William Shakespeare: Great Speeches and Soliloquies
- Action is eloquence.
- And since you know you cannot see yourself,
so well as by reflection, I, your glass,
will modestly discover to yourself,
that of yourself which you yet know not of.
- And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
- Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
- Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
- Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind,
As man's ingratitude.
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