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Tales from Shakespeare

By: Tina Packer, Shakespeare and Co.
Narrated by: Tina Packer
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Publisher's summary

Legendary actress and Shakespearean expert Tina Packer takes all the fear out of understanding Shakespeare by adapting 10 of the Bard’s most famous plays into easily understood short stories, retold in modern language. Her introduction provides the listener with easy-to-digest information about Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s life and work.

The stories: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, As You Like It, Macbeth, The Tempest, Othello, Twelfth Night, and Romeo and Juliet.

At the end of the recording, exclusively for Audible, Tina Packer performs three of her favorite Shakespearean monologues. After listening to the stories, it will be easy to guess which plays they are from!

Tina Packer is the internationally renowned founder of the premiere theater company Shakespeare and Co and has acted in and directed many productions of the tales retold here.

“We're passionate about bringing the classics to today’s listeners in fun, relevant and easy-to-listen-to audiobooks”, says co-producer Alison Larkin.

"As soon as I learned that Tina has turned 10 of Shakespeare’s most famous plays into short stories I knew they would make for an entertaining and important audiobook. We're thrilled to have partnered with Shakespeare & Company to help make this happen".

©2004 Tina Packer (P)2020 Alison Larkin Presents and Shakespeare and Company
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“Packer captures the essence of the playwright's words and ideas, placing them in concise and clearly told stories...A treasure trove of well-told tales.” (School Library Journal)

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Absolutely superb on every front!

A must listen for Shakespeare students, fans of theater and anyone who loves a great story! Tina Packer's narration here is utterly riveting and the audiobook delighted me from start to finish. The stories are accessible and Ms Packer's introduction and style is wonderful to listen to. Brings Shakespeare alive again. Really well written. A GREAT BUY!

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