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- Narrator
- Nigel Pilkington
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 30 September 2019
- Run Time
- 8 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Nine of the bard’s most tragic plays, from Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet, abridged and novelised for young listeners. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move!
Introduce your children to the world of Shakespearean tragedies with these abridged stories, written especially for children. Filled with atmospheric sound effects, your children will come away with a newfound love for these classic stories!
Playlist:
· Hamlet
· King Lear
· Othello
· Richard III
· Macbeth
· Antony and Cleopatra
· Julius Caesar
· Henry V
· Romeo and Juliet
Copyright: Hamlet © Jon Mayhew 2017, King Lear © Martin Howard 2017, Othello © Sally Prue 2017, Richard III © Chris Powling 2017, Macbeth © 2014 John Mayhew, Antony and Cleopatra © John Dougherty 2017, Julius Caesar © HarperCollinsPublishers 2015, Henry V © HarperCollinsPublishers 2017, Romeo and Juliet © Jon Mayhew 2015
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Details
- Author
- Original author William Shakespeare, Retold by Collins, Paul Panting and Harriet Carmichael
- Narrator
- Nigel Pilkington
- Duration
- 8 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 September 2019
- ISBN
- 9780008373382
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Picture storybooks
Synopsis
Nine of the bard’s most tragic plays, from Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet, abridged and novelised for young listeners. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! Introduce your children to the world of Shakespearean tragedies with these abridged stories, written especially for children. Filled with atmospheric sound effects, your children will come away with a newfound love for these classic stories! Playlist:· Hamlet· King Lear· Othello· Richard III· Macbeth· Antony and Cleopatra· Julius Caesar· Henry V· Romeo and Juliet Copyright: Hamlet © Jon Mayhew 2017, King Lear © Martin Howard 2017, Othello © Sally Prue 2017, Richard III © Chris Powling 2017, Macbeth © 2014 John Mayhew, Antony and Cleopatra © John Dougherty 2017, Julius Caesar © HarperCollinsPublishers 2015, Henry V © HarperCollinsPublishers 2017, Romeo and Juliet © Jon Mayhew 2015
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