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William Shakespeare

1564–1616

Often called the greatest writer in the English language, this English playwright and poet created dramas and verses that still feel alive on the page and stage. His stories of ambition, love, jealousy, power, and loss continue to speak to readers centuries later.

324 Audiobooks

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of King Lear

by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

by William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

by E. (Edith) Nesbit, William Shakespeare

Much Ado about Nothing

by William Shakespeare

Othello, the Moor of Venice

by William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

As You Like It

by William Shakespeare

The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar

by William Shakespeare

The Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9]

by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

King Richard III

by William Shakespeare

Roméo et Juliette

by William Shakespeare

Othello

by William Shakespeare

Troilus and Cressida

by William Shakespeare

The Merry Wives of Windsor

by William Shakespeare

Hamlet: Drama em cinco Actos

by William Shakespeare

Hamlet: Drama en cinco actos

by William Shakespeare

Two Gentlemen of Verona

by William Shakespeare

The Life of King Henry V

by William Shakespeare

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

King Henry IV, the First Part

by William Shakespeare

Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

All's Well That Ends Well

by William Shakespeare

Dramas de Guillermo Shakspeare [vol. 1]

by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 130

by William Shakespeare

Much Ado about Nothing

by William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

Venus and Adonis

by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Julius Cæsar

by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

The Rape of Lucrece

by William Shakespeare

Hamleto, Reĝido de Danujo

by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

by William Shakespeare

King Richard II

by William Shakespeare

Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden: A Posy from the Plays

by William Shakespeare

King Richard III

by William Shakespeare

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

Romeo i Julia

by William Shakespeare

Henry V

by William Shakespeare

As You Like It

by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's First Folio

by William Shakespeare

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

The Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

Romeo ja Julia

by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus

by William Shakespeare

Romeo und Julia

by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 23

by William Shakespeare

King Henry IV, the Second Part

by William Shakespeare

Kesäyön unelma

by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of King Lear

by William Shakespeare

Romeo en Julia

by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus

by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Le songe d'une nuit d'été

by William Shakespeare

Αμλέτος

by William Shakespeare

King Henry IV, Part 2

by William Shakespeare

Richard II

by William Shakespeare

The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare

The Shakespeare Story-Book

by Mary Macleod, William Shakespeare

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

King John

by William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 1

by William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Prinz von Dännemark

by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

The Two Noble Kinsmen

by William Shakespeare

Othello

by Gustave Dubarry, William Shakespeare

King Henry VI, the third part

by William Shakespeare

Othello

by William Shakespeare

Othello

by William Shakespeare

Antoine et Cléopâtre

by William Shakespeare

King Henry VI, the second part

by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice

by William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

About the author

Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, he became an actor, playwright, and poet whose work helped define English literature. He wrote comedies, tragedies, and histories, and his best-known plays include Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear.

He was closely connected with London’s theater world and wrote for the company known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later the King’s Men. His work was admired in his own time, but its influence only grew after his death in 1616, shaping theater, storytelling, and even everyday English.

Even when details of his personal life remain uncertain, the writing itself has kept him endlessly present. His plays move easily from wit to heartbreak, from public spectacle to private doubt, which is one reason they still invite fresh performances and new readers around the world.