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William Shakespeare
1564–1616
A playwright, poet, and actor whose stories have traveled far beyond the Elizabethan stage, shaping the way generations think about love, ambition, jealousy, power, and loss. His plays and poems remain lively, surprising, and deeply human more than four centuries after his death.
320 Audiobooks
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
by E. (Edith) Nesbit, William Shakespeare
Mesure pour mesure
by William Shakespeare
Cymbeline
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Le songe d'une nuit d'été
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
King Henry V
by William Shakespeare
Romeo und Julia
by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet, Prinz von Dännemark
by William Shakespeare
La Comédie des Méprises
by William Shakespeare
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Romeo und Juliette
by William Shakespeare
Ein Sommernachtstraum
by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet The First ('Bad') Quarto
by William Shakespeare
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VIII
by William Shakespeare
Der Sturm, oder Die bezauberte Insel
by William Shakespeare
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
![The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]](https://listenly.io/api/img/6637fdb8829d50c265d7cffc/cover.jpg)
The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
by William Shakespeare
Othello
by William Shakespeare
Verta verrasta
by William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet: Drama em cinco Actos
by William Shakespeare
The Two Noble Kinsmen
by John Fletcher, William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
All's Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
Le roi Lear
by William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Romeo en Julia
by William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
Coriolanus
by William Shakespeare
Coriolanus
by William Shakespeare
Les alegres comares de Windsor
by William Shakespeare
Roméo et Juliette Tragédie
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Sonnets
by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet: Drama en cinco actos
by William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
Coriolanus
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
King Henry V
by William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 2
by William Shakespeare
A Lover's Complaint
by William Shakespeare
Le conte d'hiver
by William Shakespeare
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Othello
by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 2
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Part 2
by William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
Leben und Tod Königs Richard des zweyten
by William Shakespeare
Othello
by William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
King Richard II
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Part 3
by William Shakespeare
Antoine et Cléopâtre
by William Shakespeare
La ventego de Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
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The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
by William Shakespeare
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 1
by William Shakespeare
The Shakespeare Story-Book
by Mary Macleod, William Shakespeare
Peines d'amour perdues Comédie
by William Shakespeare
King John
by William Shakespeare
![The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]](https://listenly.io/api/img/6637fdb8829d50c265d7cff4/cover.jpg)
The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
King Richard II
by William Shakespeare
The Sonnets
by William Shakespeare
Timon of Athens
by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare
Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Part 2
by William Shakespeare
Troïlus et Cressida
by William Shakespeare
Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien
by William Shakespeare
Der Kaufmann von Venedig
by William Shakespeare
Maaß für Maaß Wie einer mißt, so wird ihm wieder gemessen
by William Shakespeare
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
About the author
Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, he grew up in a market town before building a career in London as an actor, playwright, and shareholder in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the playing company that later became the King’s Men. He died in 1616, but his work never slipped into the past.
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language. His surviving works include about 39 plays, 154 sonnets, and several longer poems, ranging from comedies such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night to tragedies like Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.
What makes his writing last is not just the famous lines, but the emotional range behind them. He could be playful, cruel, tender, philosophical, and sharply funny, often all at once, and his characters still feel recognizably real on the page and on the stage.