As well as being being superb productions with no less than stellar acting, these abridged versions of some of Shakespeare's more famous plays are unsurpassed both as introductions and refreshers; made all the more convenient by their cut down length -- an advantage which many, with busy schedules and or otherwise little time (or patience) to spare to sit through a full production, can or will no little appreciate. Each of these plays runs about an hour long and has been divided into two .mp3 files; with a .txt file included in each folder (here zipped) that lists all the cast members. Although there are some scratch sounds on a couple of the recordings, these come up rarely and at most take up not much more than about 5% of the whole set counted together.
* "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with Stanley Holloway, @ 49 MBs
* "Hamlet" with Sir Michael Redgrave, @ 49 MBs
* "Henry V" with Richard Burton, @ 47 MBs
* "Julius Caesar" with Peter Finch, @ 49 MBs
* "King Lear" with Sir Donald Wolfit, @ 44 MBs
* "Macbeth" with Sir Michael Redgrave, @ 53 MBs
* "Merchant of Venice" with Dame Peggy Ashcroft, @ 49 MBs
* "Othello" with Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir John Gielgud, @ 49 MBs
* "Romeo and Juliet" with Dame Flora Robson, Keith Michell, Virginia McKenna, @ 50 MBs
* "Taming of the Shrew" with Sian Phillips, Peter O'Toole, @ 49 MBs
