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Written by William Shakespeare - Compiled by David Timson and Nicolas Soames - Performances are accompanied by classical music of the period - Abridged Fiction - 2 COMPACT DISCS - 2.6 hours

Publisher, Naxos Audiobooks (September 2000)

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This unique and unusual compilation contains some of the greatest recording from the beginning of the recording era. It includes a wide range of the works of Shakespeare, featuring Henry Irving, Ellen Tracy, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, John Barrymore, John Gielgud, Sybil Thorndike, Hugh Casson, Laurence Olivier and many more, with other memorable performances from Charles Laughton, Edith Evans, Laurel & Hardy, Bransby Williams, Dylan Thomas, Sarah Bernhardt, and others.