Stories from Shakespeare – The Plantagenets

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Naxos AudioBooks presents the history of the Plantaganets as seen through the eyes of Shakespeare. These easy-to-understand introductions feature key speeches and scenes from the plays themselves, and are very accessible for children approaching Shakespeare for the first time, as well as being an invaluable aid to the history of the Plantaganets, from Richard II to Richard III. This set covers: Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI parts 1, 2, and 3 and Richard III. Read by an outstanding cast of English classical actors, and introduced by Anton Lesser.

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Lesser leads an ensemble cast through eight Shakespeare plays, beginning with gloomy Richardu00a0II before moving on to Henryu00a0IV, Henryu00a0V, and Henryu00a0VI, concluding with the wicked but laughable Richardu00a0III. Elizabethan period music sets the dramatic scenes and provides a bridge between stories. In a mellow British accent and dignified pace, Lesser reads detailed prose versions of the plays. At strategic points, the ensemble actors create a sense of theater by declaiming the speeches word for word. Many of these interludes are famous monologues, but frequent dialogues add interest and variety. An accompanying booklet contains information about each play as well as a track-by-track guide (most helpful, as the back cover erroneously divides Henryu00a0V into three parts). This production, like four earlier Shakespeare recordings from Naxos, works both as a graceful pre-theater listening experience and a classroom resource.
Kristi Elle Jemtegaard, Booklist
Lesser leads an ensemble cast through eight Shakespeare plays, beginning with gloomy Richardu00a0II before moving on to Henryu00a0IV, Henryu00a0V, and Henryu00a0VI, concluding with the wicked but laughable Richardu00a0III. Elizabethan period music sets the dramatic scenes and provides a bridge between stories. In a mellow British accent and dignified pace, Lesser reads detailed prose versions of the plays. At strategic points, the ensemble actors create a sense of theater by declaiming the speeches word for word. Many of these interludes are famous monologues, but frequent dialogues add interest and variety. An accompanying booklet contains information about each play as well as a track-by-track guide (most helpful, as the back cover erroneously divides Henry V into three parts). This production, like four earlier Shakespeare recordings from Naxos, works both as a graceful pre-theater listening experience and a classroom resource.
Kristi Elle Jemtegaard, Booklist
At last, the baffling complexities of the Wars of the Roses unravelled, and a battle-by-battle guide to Shakespeareu2019s history plays. I need fret no longer whether it was in Henry IV Part 1 or Henry VI Part 3 that Suffolk betrayed Gloucester or Salisbury ratted on York. Junior versions of the classics are so much clearer.
Sue Arnold, The Guardian

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