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“This is a delightful encapsulation of 10 Shakespearian plays that is not only fun to hear, but also very useful for parents currently homeschooling their children. Expect a nicely varied selection of the Bard’s major comedies and tragedies. Packer, a Brit who spent most of her life performing and presenting these plays, does an excellent job of encapsulating them and bringing each story to life with a performance that is discernibly dramatic but never over the top. The stories, followed by four of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches, are energetically read by Packer, who really lets her inner actress out, leaving us wanting more.” —Rochelle O’Gorman, The Berkshire Edge

Tina Packer talks about Tales from Shakespeare

Legendary actress and Shakespearean expert, Tina Packer takes all the fear out of understanding Shakespeare by adapting ten of The Bard’s most famous plays into easily understood short stories, retold in modern language. Her introduction provides the listener with easy-to-digest information about Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s life and work.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, As You Like It, Macbeth, The Tempest, Othello, Twelfth Night, and Romeo and Juliet.

“We’re passionate about bringing the classics to today’s listeners in fun, relevant and easy-to-listen-to audiobooks,” says producer Alison Larkin. “As soon as I learned that Tina has turned ten of Shakespeare’s most famous plays into short stories I knew they would make for an entertaining and important audiobook. I asked Tina to narrate them herself. Fortunately she said YES!”

Tina Packer is the internationally renowned founder of the premiere theater company Shakespeare & Company and has acted in and directed many productions of the tales retold here.

Production ℗ Copyright 2020 by Alison Larkin Presents. All rights reserved.
Cover design by Lisa Cavender.