Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare By E. Nesbit

created by Empathetic Seahorse
Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works. She set about to retell his plays in a language that children would not only understand, but delight in. This is a marvelous introduction to the works of Shakespeare that ALL will enjoy. (Summary by Laura)
1. 00 - Preface and A Brief Life of Shakespeare12:18
2. 01 - A Midsummer Night's Dream13:23
3. 02 - The Tempest11:25
4. 03 - As You Like It09:20
5. 04 - Winter's Tale12:17
6. 05 - King Lear05:58
7. 06 - Twelfth Night14:00
8. 07 - Much Ado About Nothing19:38
9. 08 - Romeo and Juliet18:10
10. 09 - Pericles10:16
11. 10 - Hamlet16:04
12. 11 - Cymbeline11:45
13. 12 - Macbeth18:04
14. 13 - The Comedy of Errors15:37
15. 14 - The Merchant of Venice15:02
16. 15 - Timon of Athens17:38
17. 16 - Othello21:18
18. 17 - The Taming of the Shrew11:58
19. 18 - Measure for Measure18:12
20. 19 - Two Gentlemen of Verona16:27
21. 20 - All's Well That Ends Well13:33