BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.
The tradition of excellence continues in this fast and funny production of Twelfth Night when all the world is turned on its head and all authority usurped, when by civil misrule girls become boys and women lust after women.
Revitalised, original, and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.
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"Perhaps my favorite Shakespeare play. The subject of many papers, Hamlet is one of the most complex characters in all of literature. He is tragic, funny, and lovable. The characters, plot, and writing are all magnificent. " — Heather (5 out of 5 stars)
"Perhaps my favorite Shakespeare play. The subject of many papers, Hamlet is one of the most complex characters in all of literature. He is tragic, funny, and lovable. The characters, plot, and writing are all magnificent. "
" Didn't start loving it, but after teaching the play numerous times, it rocks. "
" The ORIGINAL hard-boiled hero! I always put this in my list of favorite mysteries. It's got everything; murder, money, madness and a crazy dame! I read this every few years or months or when ever I spot a copy. "
" You can't see/read this play enough. "
" <sub> while i do find shakespear engaging, that is once the teacher translates of course (god bless sparknotes). However i find it rushed, and lengthy. I much preferred Othello. "
" This edition is really great for teaching Hamlet. "
" Well since it is Shakespeare I knew it was going to be pretty good, but I ended up enjoying it very much. There's nothing else really to say except that I wouldn't expect anything less from shakespeare. "
" not nearly as good as Macbeth. i was disappointed with it after all the hipe ive heard. "
" INSECT what are the school thinking? "
" Another of the few overhyped plays of Shakespeare. Didn't really live up to the hype, but overall, it was a satisfactory read. Good to finally understand the much referenced "To be" speech. "
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today.
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