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Shakespeare’s Lovers by William Shakespeare

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Shakespeare’s Lovers

Author
William Shakespeare
Narrator
Estelle Kohler, Bill Homewood
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Publish Date
1 September 2006
Run Time
2 hours 33 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Classic and pre-20th century plays
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Many of the greatest lovers, and the greatest love scenes in Western literature are to be found in Shakespeare. The fresh but impassioned Romeo and Juliet, the resilient wit of Petruchio and Kate, the ardent exchanges of Lorenzo and Jessica and the anguished tragedies of Othello and Desdemona, and Antony and Cleopatra – they all show love and courtship in its many forms. The darker side of love is here too – the spine-chilling wooing of Lady Anne by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the control maintained by Lady Macbeth over her husband. But it is balanced by the buffoonery of Falstaff and Mistress Ford, and Pyramus and Thisbe. In their lively and imaginative selection, Bill Homewood and Estelle Kohler perform the finest love scenes from nearly twenty plays.

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Details
Author
William Shakespeare
Narrator
Estelle Kohler, Bill Homewood
Duration
2 hours 33 minutes
Release Date
1 September 2006
ISBN
9781843798347
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Genre
Classic and pre-20th century plays

Synopsis

Many of the greatest lovers, and the greatest love scenes in Western literature are to be found in Shakespeare. The fresh but impassioned Romeo and Juliet, the resilient wit of Petruchio and Kate, the ardent exchanges of Lorenzo and Jessica and the anguished tragedies of Othello and Desdemona, and Antony and Cleopatra – they all show love and courtship in its many forms. The darker side of love is here too – the spine-chilling wooing of Lady Anne by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the control maintained by Lady Macbeth over her husband. But it is balanced by the buffoonery of Falstaff and Mistress Ford, and Pyramus and Thisbe. In their lively and imaginative selection, Bill Homewood and Estelle Kohler perform the finest love scenes from nearly twenty plays.

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