Legendary actress and Shakespearean expert, Tina Packer takes all the fear out of understanding Shakespeare by adapting ten of The Bardâs 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 Shakespeareâs life and work.
âPacker captures the essence of the playwrightâs words and ideas, placing them in concise and clearly told stories...A treasure trove of well-told tales.â âSchool Library Journal
A Midsummer Nightâs Dream, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, As You Like It, Macbeth, The Tempest, Othello, Twelfth Night, and Romeo and Juliet.
âWeâre passionate about bringing the classics to todayâs listeners in fun, relevant and easy-to-listen-to audiobooks,â says producer Alison Larkin. âAs soon as I learned that Tina has turned ten of Shakespeareâs 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!â