TIMSON: Stories from Shakespeare, Vol. 2

$22.98 (CD)

Add to del.icio.us
digg this
StumbleUpon
Link to this CD

As You Like It (more info)
Alex Jennings, reader
Juliet Stevenson, reader


1. As You Like It - 4:41
2. Act 1 Scene 2 ‘Gentleman, [Giving him a chain from her neck] wear this for me; one out of suits with fortune...’ - 1:04
3. But while Rosalind was telling Celia... - 5:59
4. Act 2 Scene 7 ‘All the world's a stage...’ - 1:57
5. Orlando and Adam fed well... - 0:53
6. Act 3 Scene 2 'From the east to western Ind...’ - 0:28
7. Celia too had found some verses... (Act 3 Scene 2) - 0:55
8. Just at that moment who should appear... (Act 3 Scene 2) - 2:14
9. So Rosalind was pretending to be a boy... - 0:46
10. Act 3 Scene 5 ‘Who might be your mother...’ - 0:47
11. Things were getting complicated - 0:27
12. Act 3 Scene 5 ‘Think not I love him, though I ask for him...’ - 1:38
13. When Orlando made his appearance... (Act 4 Scene 1) - 2:08
14. When Orlando left to dine... - 5:56


Julius Caesar (more info)
Alex Jennings, reader
Juliet Stevenson, reader


15. Julius Caesar - 2:20
16. Act 1 Scene 2 ‘I cannot tell what you and other men...’ - 1:42
17. At the games the people were pressing Caesar... - 3:31
18. Act 2 Scene 1 ‘Is Brutus sick, and is it physical...’ - 1:56
19. Nor was Caesar's wife Calpurnia... - 3:53
20. Act 3 Scene 1 ‘O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low?’ - 1:02
21. Brutus assured him... - 0:47
22. Act 3 Scene 1 ‘O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth...’ - 1:15
23. The confused people of Rome... (Act 3 Scene 2) - 1:22
24. The crowd was silent... - 0:19
25. Act 3 Scene 2 Friends, Romans, Countrymen... - 1:50
26. The crowd was moved by Mark Antony's grief... - 3:48


The Merchant of Venice (more info)
Alex Jennings, reader
Juliet Stevenson, reader


27. The Merchant of Venice - 1:30
28. Act 1 Scene 1 ‘In Belmont is a lady richly left...’ - 0:43
29. Antonio hadn't enough money... - 3:47
30. Act 1 Scene 3 ‘Go with me to a notary, seal me there...’ - 0:30
31. Antonio thought this was a good joke... - 3:23
32. Act 2 Scene 7 ‘O hell! What have we here?’ - 1:06
33. Next it was the Prince of Aragon's turn... (Act 2 Scene 9) - 1:20
34. Portia sighed once more... (Act 3 Scene 1) - 2:45
35. With each tide more bad news... (Act 3 Scene 2) - 3:44
36. There was further joy... - 1:33

The Taming of the Shrew (more info)
Alex Jennings, reader
Juliet Stevenson, reader


1. The Taming of the Shrew - 5:44
2. Act 2 Scene 1 ‘I'll attend her here...’ - 2:46
3. Baptista nervously put his head... (Act 2 Scene 1) - 1:40
4. Meanwhile, a more gentle wooing was taking place... - 4:35
5. Act 4 Scene 1 ‘Last night she slept not, nor to-night she shall not...’ - 0:50
6. Back at Baptista's house, young Lucentio... - 4:13
7. Act 5 Scene 1 ‘Husband, let's follow to see the end of this ado.’ - 0:34
8. A feast was given by Baptista... - 2:11
9. Act 5 Scene 2 ‘I am asham'd that women are so simple...’ - 1:23


Richard II (more info)
Alex Jennings, reader
Juliet Stevenson, reader


10. Richard II - 4:33
11. Act 2 Scene 1 ‘This royal throne of kings, this scept'red isle...’ - 1:31
12. Gaunt tried to warn King Richard... - 3:43
13. Act 3 Scene 2 ‘So when this thief, this traitor, Bolingbroke...’ - 0:31
14. But Richard's confidence soon vanished... (Act 3 Scene 2) - 2:13
15. The young Duke of Aumerle bade Richard... (Act 3 Scene 3) - 2:18
16. And so Richard, with no power left to him... - 2:00
17. Act 4 Scene 1 ‘Here, cousin, seize the crown.’ - 1:36
18. Richard's grief at his loss overwhelmed him... (Act 4 Scene 1) - 1:00
19. In despair Richard smashed the mirror... - 3:11
20. Act 5 Scene 5 ‘That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire...’ - 0:32
21. In his dying moments... (Act 5 Scene 6) - 0:57


Henry IV Part I (more info)
Alex Jennings, reader
Juliet Stevenson, reader


22. Henry IV Part I - 1:27
23. Act 1 Scene 1 ‘A Son, who is the Theme of Honour’s tongue...’ - 0:38
24. Prince Hal, although he was the Prince... (Act 1 Scene 2) - 2:16
25. Prince Hal had another friend called Poins... (Act 1 Scene 3) - 2:38
26. Hotspur had hoped to strike a deal with the King... - 1:22
27. Act 2 Scene 4 ‘A plague of all Cowards still, say I.’ - 2:02
28. By the time Falstaff had finished... (Act 2 Scene 4) - 1:26
29. But Falstaff's plans for their evening's... (Act 2 Scene 4) - 1:46
30. Then Hal and Falstaff swapped parts. (Act 2 Scene 4) - 2:28
31. Their play was interrupted by the Sheriff of London... - 0:42


The Merchant of Venice (more info)
Alex Jennings, reader
Juliet Stevenson, reader


32. Portia’s cousin was a learned man of law, Dr. Bellario... - 1:57
33. Act 4 Scene 1 ‘The quality of mercy is not strain'd...’ - 1:12
34. But Shylock was deaf... (Act 5 Scene 1) - 1:57
35. Shylock having denied mercy to Antonio... (Act 5 Scene 1) - 2:47
36. Portia and Nerissa arrived home just before their husbands... - 1:48

Henry IV Part II (more info)
Alex Jennings, reader
Juliet Stevenson, reader


1. Henry IV Part II - 1:59
2. Act 2 Scene 1 ‘What is the gross sum that I owe thee?’ - 1:19
3. The cunning Falstaff talked very sweetly... - 2:23
4. Act 2 Scene 4 ‘You whoreson Candle-mine you...’ - 1:14
5. There was no time for any further questions... - 5:08
6. Act 4 Scene 5 ‘Why doth the Crown lie there, upon his Pillow...’ - 1:37
7. Too full of sorrow for his father, Hal quietly left... - 4:20
8. Act 5 Scene 5 ‘God save thy Grace, King Hal...’ - 2:30


The Merry Wives of Windsor (more info)
Alex Jennings, reader
Juliet Stevenson, reader


9. The Merry Wives of Windsor - 3:27
10. Act 1 Scene 3 ‘... Briefly, I do mean to make love to Ford's wife...’ - 1:17
11. So Falstaff planned to get close to both wives... - 1:35
12. Act 1 Scene 4 ‘You jack'nape; give – a this letter to Sir Hugh...’ - 0:29
13. Mistress Quickly calmed the fiery Frenchman... (Act 2 Scene 1) - 2:01
14. Mistress Page was shocked to get such a letter... (Act 2 Scene 1) - 1:09
15. Now Master Ford was by nature a very jealous... (Act 2 Scene 2) - 2:33
16. Falstaff could hardly believe his luck... - 1:28
17. In the middle of a field on this... (Act 2 Scene 3) - 2:11
18. It was nearly eleven o'clock... (Act 3 Scene 3) - 1:13
19. But Falstaff's amorous words... (Act 3 Scene 3) - 1:54
20. Falstaff disappeared into the basket... (Act 3 Scene 5) - 2:34
21. Nevertheless, when Mistress Quickly came to Falstaff... - 1:30
22. Act 4 Scene 2 ‘Shall I put him into the basket again?’ - 1:31
23. The merry wives decided to play a trick on Ford too... - 2:25
24. Act 4 Scene 4 ‘There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter...’ - 2:45
25. That night, at the stroke of twelve... (Act 5 Scene 5) - 2:30
26. All the 'fairies' danced round Falstaff... - 2:42


Henry IV Part I (more info)
Alex Jennings, reader
Juliet Stevenson, reader


27. That night at the palace, Hal got a strong telling-off from his father... - 1:09
28. Act 3 Scene 2 ‘I will redeem all this on Percy’s head...’ - 0:52
29. King Henry was moved by his son's strong words... - 2:28
30. Act 4 Scene 2 ‘...and such have I to fill up the room of them...’ - 0:59
31. King Henry made one final offer... (Act 5 Scene 1) - 1:33
32. The Battle of Shrewsbury raged - 1:39
33. Act 5 Scene 4 ‘What? Old Acquaintance? Could not all this flesh...’ - 0:37
34. But as Hal left the battlefield.... (Act 5 Scene 4) - 1:08
35. And hoisting the body of Hotspur... (Act 5 Scene 4) - 1:41

Reviews