William ShakespeareNarrated by a full cast, Sir John Gielgud, Eileen Atkins, Paul Jesson, Sinead Cusack, Ciaran Hinds
Length2h 52m
About this audiobook
King Leontes of Sicilia is seized by sudden and terrible jealousy of his wife Hermione, whom he accuses of adultery. He believes the child Hermione is bearing was fathered by his friend Polixenes, and when the baby girl is born he orders her to be taken to some wild place and left to die. Though Hermione's child escapes death, Leontes' cruelty has terrible consequences. Loss paves the way for reunion, and life and hope are born out of desolation and despair.
One of the late romances in Shakespeare's canon, this complex work is at times tragic, at times humorous, but always entertaining and enlightening.
Sinead Cusack plays Hermione, and Ciaran Hinda plays Leontes. Eileen Atkins is Paulina and Paul Jesson is Polixenes. Time the Chorus is played by Sir John Gielgud.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Other
Length2 hrs 52 mins
Narrated bya full cast, Sir John Gielgud, Eileen Atkins, Paul Jesson, Sinead Cusack, Ciaran Hinds
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 15, 2006
LanguageEnglish
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About the author
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today.View all by William Shakespeare
