Stories from Shakespeare

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Henry V (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


1. Henry V - 1:26
2. Act I Scene 2: ‘Your Highness lately sending into France…’ - 2:31
3. Henry decided it was time… - 1:29
4. Act I Scene 3: ‘He’s in Arthur’s bosom…’ - 1:19
5. The first battle for Henry… - 1:58
6. Their courage renewed by their leader… - 1:02
7. Act III Scene 8: ‘My Lord High Constable…’ - 1:27
8. King Henry meanwhile… - 2:56


A Midsummer Night's Dream (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


9. A Midsummer Night’s Dream - 4:39
10. Act II Scene 1: ‘Why should Titania cross her Oberon…’ - 1:39
11. Then Oberon called his favourite fairy, Puck… - 3:22
12. Act I Scene 2: ‘Now is all our company met…’ - 2:04
13. Back in the fairies’ wood… - 2:09
14. Act IV Scene 1: ‘When thou wak’st…’ - 0:32
15. Meanwhile Oberon had found his queen, Titania, asleep - 0:43
16. Oberon stooped over her… - 0:35
17. When Titania awoke… - 1:00
18. Act IV Scene 1: ‘Come sit thee down…’ - 2:06
19. And so when Oberon came along… - 2:10


Hamlet (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


20. Hamlet - 3:10
21. Act I Scene 4: ‘Look my Lord it comes…’ - 1:38
22. Hamlet followed his father’s ghost… - 1:19
23. The wicked Claudius had indeed killed… - 2:25
24. Act III Scene 1: ‘To be or not to be…’ - 1:38
25. Seeing Ophelia sitting quietly… - 4:32
26. Act IV Scene 5: ‘Where is the beauteous Queen of Denmark…’ - 1:08
27. It was not long before… - 1:24
28. Hamlet had loved her… - 2:57
29. Act V Scene 2: ‘O I die Horatio…’ - 1:07


King Lear (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


30. King Lear - 1:14
31. Act I Scene 1: ‘Goneril our eldest born speak first…’ - 1:49
32. King Lear was very pleased with Goneril and Regan’s declarations… - 3:48
33. Act I Scene 4: ‘Hear Nature, hear…’ - 0:55
34. And with his curse of Goneril still ringing… - 1:16
35. Act III Scene 2: ‘Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!’ - 2:09
36. Before long his servant… - 1:45
37. Act IV Scene 6: ‘Dost thou know me…’ - 2:41
38. Edgar, still disguised… - 0:32
39. Act IV Scene 6: ‘Sir, do you know me?’ - 2:24
40. And now he knew at last… - 1:47
41. Act V Scene 3: ‘Howl, howl…’ - 2:27

Henry V (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


1. But with the morning Henry’s spirits had revived… - 1:53
2. And so the battle of Agincourt began - 0:35
3. Act IV Scene 7: ‘Here comes the herald of the French…’ - 1:45
4. And so the battle concluded… - 0:59
5. Act V Scene 2: ‘Fair Katherine…’ - 2:15


The Tempest (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


6. The Tempest - 5:07
7. Act I Scene 2: ‘This island’s mine…’ - 0:53
8. Prospero finished his story to Miranda… - 1:59
9. Act I Scene 2: ‘Full fathom five…’ - 0:59
10. And so singing, Ariel led the spell-bound prince… - 1:46
11. Scarcely had they exchanged half a dozen sentences… - 1:10
12. Act III Scene 1: ‘You look wearily…’ - 1:41
13. Now other members of King Alonso’s household… - 2:01
14. When Stephano appeared he had been drinking… - 2:37
15. Caliban thought these two examples… - 1:40


Twelfth Night (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


16. Twelfth Night - 1:10
17. Orsina, the Duke of Illyria… - 2:41
18. Act I Scene 5: ‘My Lord and master loves you…’ - 1:22
19. Listening to Viola speaking as the boy Cesario… - 2:20
20. Act II Scene 4: ‘Make no compare between that love…’ - 1:33
21. So Viola went… - 2:10
22. Act II Scene 5: ‘If this fall into thy hand…’ - 2:02
23. When Malvolio appeared before Olivia… - 0:51
24. Act III Scene 4: ‘Why man he’s a very devil…’ - 1:45
25. Happily for both Viola and Sir Andrew… - 4:25
26. Act V Scene 1: ‘Do I stand there…’ - 0:55
27. Then Viola told her brother all her adventures… - 1:39


Romeo and Juliet (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


28. Romeo and Juliet - 2:06
29. Act I Scene 4: ‘O then I see Queen Mab…’ - 0:52
30. But nothing would stop Romeo… - 1:03
31. Act I Scene 5: ‘What lady’s that…’ - 0:48
32. As he was saying these words… - 0:46
33. Act I Scene 5: ‘If I profane…’ - 1:29
34. Just then the girl’s nurse… - 1:39
35. Act II Scene 2: ‘O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou…’ - 1:46
36. They spoke long together… - 1:57
37. The next morning, very early… - 2:23
38. Act III Scene 1: ‘Courage man the hurt cannot be much…’ - 1:12
39. So, on the very day of his wedding… - 1:13
40. Poor Juliet and her young husband… - 1:41
41. Now Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet… - 1:47
42. Act IV Scene 3: ‘What if it be poison…’ - 1:53
43. Early in the morning… - 1:56
44. Act V Scene 3: ‘Ah, dear Juliet why art thou…’ - 1:53
45. So Romeo died beside his wife, Juliet - 1:51

The Tempest (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


1. Prospero by his enchantments… - 2:12
2. So Prospero made heavenly music… - 2:01


Othello (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


3. Othello - 3:20
4. Act I Scene 3: ‘My story being done…’ - 0:47
5. Desdemona herself came to the Senate… - 2:28
6. Act II Scene 1: ‘O my fair warrior…’ - 1:11
7. Iago upon arrival began to put his plan… - 1:35
8. Act II Scene 3: ‘Two things are to be done…’ - 0:18
9. When Cassio and Iago were alone together… - 1:14
10. Act III Scene 3: ‘By heaven I’ll know…’ - 1:36
11. The seed of jealousy was well and truly sown - 1:11
12. That night, before dinner, Othello… - 2:33
13. Act IV Scene 1: ‘How shall I murder him Iago…’ - 1:30
14. Iago’s villainy now knew no bounds… - 1:36
15. Act IV Scene 3: ‘The poor soul sat sighing…’ - 2:09
16. Desdemona woke with her husband’s wild eyes… - 2:57
17. Act V Scene 2: ‘Soft you…’ - 2:19


Macbeth (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


18. Macbeth - 1:03
19. Act I Scene 3: ‘So foul and fair a day…’ - 2:13
20. Macbeth could not take his eyes… - 4:02
21. Act II Scene 1: ‘Is this a dagger…’ - 1:54
22. Not long afterwards, with red hands… - 0:53
23. The murderers heard a knocking at the castle gate… - 2:26
24. Act III Scene 4: ‘Which of you have done this…’ - 1:14
25. Macbeth decided he would find the witches… - 4:44
26. Act V Scene 1: ‘Yet here’s a spot…’ - 2:06
27. Not long after this, Macbeth heard… - 1:31
28. All this while, the English army… - 1:27
29. Act V Scene 8: ‘Turn hell-hound, turn…’ - 2:49


King Richard III (more info)
Composed by: Alice Mary Smith
Juliet Stevenson, reader


30. King Richard III - 1:46
31. Act I Scene 1: ‘Now is the winter…’ - 1:50
32. Nothing was going to stop Richard… - 0:40
33. Act I Scene 4: ‘Methought I had broken from the Tower…’ - 1:22
34. And his bad dreams… - 1:43
35. Act I Scene 2: ‘Was ever woman in this humour wooed…’ - 0:44
36. Meanwhile Edward IV’s illness… - 3:44
37. Act IV Scene 2: ‘Thus high…:’ - 1:35
38. The truth was that Richard… - 1:54
39. All the time that Richard had been planning… - 1:10
40. Act V Scene 3: ‘Dream on thy cousins…’ - 2:36
41. Next morning the sun was not shining… - 0:54
42. Act V Scene 4: ‘Rescue my Lord of Norfolk…’ - 1:43

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