From Shakespeare with Love: the Best of the Sonnets
Written by William Shakespeare
Narrated by David Tennant and Various Narrators
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About this audiobook
Shakespeare’s Sonnets, one of the most remarkable collections of poetry, was first published in 1609, 400 years ago by Mr Thomas Thorpe.
Naxos AudioBooks marks the occasion with a selection of 80 of the finest, read by leading actors.
The selection includes famous ones such as ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ as well as lesser well-known sonnets though of equally fine stature.
©2009 Naxos Audiobooks; (P)2009 Naxos Audiobooks
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564. The date of his birth is not known but is traditionally 23 April, St George's Day. Aged 18, he married a Stratford farmer's daughter, Anne Hathaway. They had three children. Around 1585 William joined an acting troupe on tour in Stratford from London, and thereafter spent much of his life in the capital. A member of the leading theatre group in London, the Chamberlain's Men, which built the Globe Theatre and frequently performed in front of Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare wrote 36 plays and much poetry besides. He died in 1616.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great thinkers come along one or two a century - or less. This was a reminder of Shakespeare's amazing capacity for original thought - and his wonderful sense of humor. And the art was the perfect accompaniment. Lovely book.