All the World’s Your Stage Shakespeare for Today
- Author Farah Karim-Cooper
- Narrator Alex Waldmann
- Publisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Publish Date 6 November 2025
- Run Time 2 hours and 11 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage general interest: Drama and performing, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Literature, books and writers, Educational: Drama and performance arts.
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What to expect
Introduce your child to the work of Shakespeare in this gorgeous treasury for all the family to enjoy.??
By expertly reimagining eight of the bard’s most famous plays, Farah Karim-Cooper breathes new life into these well-loved works. With insightful and engaging storytelling combined with historical context and key themes for each play, listeners will discover how Shakespeare gives us tools to think about the world today – and realize that Shakespeare really is for everyone.
Including kid-friendly summaries of:
* Romeo and Juliet
* Macbeth
* The Tragedy of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark
* A Midsummer Night’s Dream
* As You Like It
* The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
* The Tempest
* The Merchant of Venice
Alex Waldmann is a theatre actor that has acted in the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe productions of Hamlet and The Duchess of Malfi. When he is not mesmerising us on stage you may recognise him from the Star Wars series Andor. Alex is perfect for this role as he brings his Shakespeare knowledge to bringing these plays to life.??
© 2025 Farah Karim-Cooper (P) 2025 DK Audio
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