Welcome to iShakespeare

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iShakespeare is divided into just five sections:

Plays & Poems: each play or poem has a 5-minute audio summary of the plot and a 10-minute summary of its central themes. Further audios investigate character, Shakespeare's sources, text and context.

Shakespeare's Life & Times: audios on everything to do with Shakespeare's biography, the times and places he lived in, his friends, family and contemporaries

Understanding Shakespeare: audios on how Shakespeare's work has been interpreted through history. It also features sections for teachers and students

Performing Shakespeare: audios looking at how Shakespeare has been brought to the stage over the last 400 years - actors, directors and theatres

Shakespeare Now: features news, reviews and interviews about recent Shakespeare-related TV, movies, audio, books, internet and theatrical performances.