Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies. In writing this extraordinary play, Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy after an interval of roughly 2,000 years - you would have to go back to the Greek dramatists of fifth century Athens to find anything of comparable depth and maturity. This production features the voice of Anton Lesser as Hamlet along with a full cast.

Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats so that his friend Bassanio can afford to court his love, Portia. However, Shylock has one condition: Should the loan go unpaid, he will be entitled to a pound of Antonio's own flesh. Meanwhile in Belmont, according to the terms of her father's will, Portia's many suitors must choose correctly from three caskets. Bassanio arrives at Portia's estate and they declare their love for one another before he picks the correct casket.

読み聞かせでもなく、サウンドドラマでもない。オーディオブックならではの圧倒的な表現力と、必要最小限の演出。誰もが知っている"はず"のシェイクスピア作品をダイジェストにして続々お届けします。 覇権争う二名家が、ところは花のヴェローナにて、積もる恨みもまたも新たに、血で血を洗う内輪もめ。憎む両家の恋人同士、幸も薄くその身を滅ぼす。やがて悲しき恋の果て、その死をもって恨みを葬る。死の影まとう恋の道行き、両家の恨みのつのるさま、子らが果てねば解けはせぬ。今より話が小一時間、みなさま耳をしばし拝借、至らぬところはご容赦あれ。 ※本商品はラム姉弟『シェイクスピア物語』をもとに、シェイクスピアの原典にある詩を加え、再編集しています。 ・Charles and Mary Lamb's TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE: ROMEO AND JULIET

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Chaos and confusion mount to a crescendo in a wild and fast-paced comedy of mistaken identity, one of Shakespeare's earliest plays. Young Antipholus of Syracuse is searching the world for his identical twin brother, separated from him at birth. With him is his servant Dromio, who lost his twin brother at the same time. The pair arrive in Ephesus where, unbeknownst to them, their twins are living.

Young Claudio has fallen for the lovely heiress Hero, who also loves him. Their path to the altar looks smooth, until the evil Don John intervenes. All ends happily, thanks to his incompetent assassins and the lucky discoveries of the bungling constable Dogberry. Central to the play, one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies, are Beatrice and Benedick, masters of wit and sworn foes to marriage - until a plot is hatched to bring them together.

Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays. This play differs from its predecessors, being amore structured piece, examining the development and motivations of a single character, Richard Duke of Gloucester, who will stop at nothing to gain control of the throne occupied by his brother Edward IV.

Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian senator. But Iago, Othello's malignant ensign, is determined to destroy their happiness. Cunningly bending Othello to his own purposes, Iago persuades the Moor that Desdemona is unfaithful to him. Tormented in a hell of jealousy, Othello moves inexorably toward the destruction of his innocent wife and himself.

Rosalind, daughter of the deposed Duke Senior, is exiled from the court by her wicked uncle. Disguising herself as a young man and accompanied by her cousin Celia, she takes refuge in the Forest of Arden. In the forest Rosalind meets Orlando with whom she is in love, but her male disguise complicates matters, especially when Rosalind finds she has unwittingly attracted the shepherdess Phebe. But out of the confusion comes reconciliation and forgiveness, and all ends happily.

Here are 22 charming Japanese Fairy Tales, translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki, including "My Lord Bag of Rice", "The Tongue-Cut Sparrow", "The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad", "The Farmer and the Badger", "The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage", "The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy", "The Story of Princess Hase", "The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die", "The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moonchild", "The Mirror of Matsuyama", and more.

In the world's most celebrated and lyrical love story, the sublime devotion of two young lovers transcends their earthly fate. The noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter feud. When Romeo (a Montague) and Juliet (a Capulet) fall in love, they are swept up in a series of violent events and cruel twists of fortune. Despite the passion and innocence of their love, they fall victim to the enmity between their families, and their story ends in tragedy.

This widely studied play is one of the "best sellers" of the Shakespeare canon. This production is the sixth Shakespeare play in the series undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press.

This shattering drama of isolation and loss is one of the greatest tragedies in world literature. King Lear of Britain has three daughters: the hard-hearted Goneril and Regan, and the good and gentle Cordelia. He determines to divide his kingdom between them, giving the largest share to she who can say she loves him the best. Lear's tragic lack of judgment and self-knowledge is paralleled by the blindness of the loyal Gloucester who is persuaded to reject his virtuous son, Edgar, in favor of the villainous Edmund.

King Lear is ready to turn his realm over to his three daughters. His plan is simple: Give the biggest piece to the daughter who loves him most. But honeyed words and hubris blind Lear to the true motives of those around him, plunging king and kingdom into a hell of treachery, madness, and unspeakable acts - with consequences that reveal the worst and best in human nature.

A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love and vanishing illusions.

At the heart of this tragic history is one of Shakespeare's most noble characters, the statesman Brutus, who is caught in a devastating conflict between private affection and public duty.

Julius Caesar has become the most powerful man in the Rome. Does his power now threaten the very existence of the Republic itself? A conspiracy is hatched, one that will have fatal consequences not only for Caesar and the conspirators but for the future history of the ancient world.

England, 1914. The world is at war. Captain Hastings, injured and shaken, is invited to Styles Court to recover. It’s a grand old country house - the family home of his old friend - and a perfect haven. Or so it seems. But in the blistering summer heat, trouble is afoot. Simmering tensions are tearing the family apart, and it all comes to a head in the most horrifying way.

銭形の親分。ガラッ八。聞いたことないという日本人はおられまいと思えます。貴顕紳士も夢中になった銭形を、絶品の語り口でお楽しみください―。平次とお静が仲良くひだまりにいるところに飛び込んできた八五郎。悶死した物貰いの懐から二十五両包が四つ出てきたというのです。調べると物貰いは米屋の越後屋の手代であったことがわかりましたが・・・　　監督/吉田純子・編集/三好達也_林岳史

Here is the full-cast production of Shakespeare's classic love story, fully dramatized from the complete text, and starring Michael Sheen as Romeo and Kate Beckinsale as Juliet.

日本最古の物語が誘うロマンあふれる古代世界古典文学の主要作品をセレクトし、現代語訳と原文とで構成した「日本の古典をよむ」（全20冊）シリーズの1冊です。

23 stories, all unabridged, from a diverse group of star writers and readers. A truly memorable collection with a wide appeal. Includes "The Years Midnight" by Helen Simpson, read by Harriet Walter; "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful Morning" by Haruki Marukami, read by Walter Lewis; "Bablady" by A. S. Byatt, read by Roslaind Eyres; "Hotel des Vaoyaguerus" by William Boyd, read by Martin Jarvis; and "Who?" by Fay Weldon, read by Julie Christie.

銭形の親分。ガラッ八。TVで映画でパチンコで、聞いたことないという日本人はおられまいと思えます。 けれども意外と原作は知らない方のほうが多いのでは。なにせ第１作が発表されたのは昭和６年、第二次大戦より前のこと。 しかしご存じないはモッタイナイ。 司馬遼太郎が「叙述がすずやかで、すだれごしに上等な夏の料理をたべているような気がした」と評し、“大”政治家吉田茂も夢中になった、おもしろくも品格のある、テンポのよい語り口をお楽しみください。 銭形平次初登場の作品。岡っ引きの平次には大きすぎる、三代将軍・徳川家光を狙った暗殺者の捕物。老中の問題を平次得意の投げ銭で解決できるか？

銭形の親分。ガラッ八。聞いたことないという日本人はおられまいと思えます。貴顕紳士も夢中になった銭形を、絶品の語り口でお楽しみください。——「親分、近頃金の要るようなことはありませんか」目を丸くする平次の前に、財布から、小判・小粒・青銭をゾロリと出してみせるガラッ八。驚く平次が問いただすと、拾って使っていた根付と恐ろしく錆びた無銘の脇差が数寄物に十両で売れたというのです。　　監督/吉田純子・編集/三好達也_林岳史

銭形の親分。ガラッ八。聞いたことないという日本人はおられまいと思えます。貴顕紳士も夢中になった銭形を、絶品の語り口でお楽しみください。
徳川家康直々の御朱印を頂いて日本全国の秤の管理専売を掌握する秤座は、金座・銀座・銭座・朱座にならぶ重要な機構。その秤座の守随家の跡継ぎ兵太郎が命を狙われる騒ぎが起き、八五郎が見張りに入りましたが、ただの悪戯だったのか何事も起こらずじまいでした･･･　　監督/吉田純子・編集/三好達也_林岳史