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Richard III: A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre Audiobook, by William Shakespeare Play Audiobook Sample

Richard III: A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre Audiobook

Richard III: A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre Audiobook, by William Shakespeare Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: a full cast Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 2.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 1.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: February 2015 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781442381551

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

25

Longest Chapter Length:

28:46 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

01:04 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

08:07 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

191

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Publisher Description

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Richard III to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

In Richard III, Shakespeare invites us on a moral holiday. The play draws us to identify with Richard and his fantasy of total control of self and domination of others. Not yet king at the start of the play, Richard presents himself as an enterprising villain as he successfully plans to dispose of his brother Clarence. Richard achieves similar success in conquering the woman he chooses to marry. He carves a way to the throne through assassination and executions.

But Richard also meets resistance, most threateningly from Queen Margaret, widow of King Henry VI, whom he killed before the play’s beginning. Margaret issues a stream of curses, including one on Richard.

Gradually, the curses are fulfilled, suggesting the curse on Richard may come true, too. Increasingly, the play directs our sympathies away from Richard. His supporters desert him; his victims pile up. We may begin to share in the desire for vengeance voiced by Margaret.

This new unabridged audio recording of the well-respected edition of Shakespeare’s classic—expertly produced by the Folger Theatre—is perfect for students, teachers, and the everyday listener.

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About William Shakespeare

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.

About a full cast

Pedro Pablo Sacristáwas born in Madrid and graduated with an MBA from a prestigious business school. His passion for education and writing led him to create Bedtime Stories, short stories that help teach kids values.