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Anthony and Cleopatra written by William Shakespeare performed by Kenneth Branagh, Alex Kingston and BBC Radio 3 Drama Team on Audio CD (Full)

Anthony and Cleopatra written by William Shakespeare performed by Kenneth Branagh, Alex Kingston and BBC Radio 3 Drama Team on Audio CD (Full)£39.99

Shakespeare's play is death-haunted from the start, and its self-glorifying lovers exist in a dream of passion' Guardian A battle-hardened soldier, Antony is one of the three leaders of the Roman world. But he is also a man in the grip of an all-consuming passion for the tempestuous and alluring queen of Egypt, Cleopatra. And when their life of pleasure together is threatened by encroaching politics, the conflict between...

Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold written by William Shakespeare and James Anthony performed by Stephen Fry, Paapa Essiedu and James Anthony on Audio CD (Unabridged)

Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold written by William Shakespeare and James Anthony performed by Stephen Fry, Paapa Essiedu and James Anthony on Audio CD (Unabridged)
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ISBN:  9781786142528
Genre - Main:  Fiction
Genre - Specific:  Poetry
Duration:  300 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  William Shakespeare and James Anthony
Performer 1:  Stephen Fry
Performer 2:  Paapa Essiedu
Performer 3:  James Anthony

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Retold by William Shakespeare and James Anthony, with a foreword by Stephen Fry. Read by Stephen Fry and Paapa Essiedu. Rediscover the greatest love poetry ever written. Shall I compare you to a summer’s day? You’re more delightful, always shining strong; High winds blow hard on flowering buds in May, And summer never seems to last that...

long.... Shakespeare’s sonnets are some of the nation’s favourite lines of verse, but the Elizabethan language can make it difficult to really understand them. Many guides offer to clarify the meaning but lose the magic of the words by explaining them away. James Anthony has done something boldly different.

He has rewritten the whole series of poems as sonnets using modern language while retaining the rhythm and rhyme patterns that gives them such power. In doing so he breathes new life into the original poems and opens them up for a modern readership, demystifying Shakespeare’s eternal poetry with provocative new translations and delightful new lines.

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