DescriptionThe ceremony itself is just two words: "I do". But lots more has been written about the anticipation, the event, and the aftermath, and The Voices of Marriage gathers the best poems ever written on this most extraordinary moment, at once the most private and the most public, in a person's life. From Shakespeare to our own day, here are poets whose lines sparkle with wit, or hush with mystery. Seven gifted actors bring to life an exceptional range of emotions that present marriage in all its profundity and exhilaration. This collection includes poems by William Shakespeare, Edna St. Vincent Millay, John Milton, William Carlos Williams, Linda Pastan, Wendell Berry, Ogden Nash, and Raymond Carver.
DescriptionLove: it is the single human emotion that has inspired the most passionate and despairing poems in the language. Words sprung from the heart, this collection of our greatest love poems speaks to our deepest memories, our most ardent longings. In The Voices of Love, 10 talented actors read the enthralling testimony of poets over the centuries, who write of the heart's desires, the soul's choice. Here is life at its most intense. Listen, and be changed forever. This collection includes poems by William Shakespeare, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson, A.E. Housman, William Butler Yeats, Andrew Marvell, and W.H. Auden.
DescriptionBecause the strength of the anglo-saxon expletive has sadly weakened and because insulting your fellow friends, Romans, and countrymen is a pastime as old as speaking, Francis K. Denuit and Michael Viner compiled Barbs from the Bard . This collection of some of the most cutting jeers and outrageous affronts ever spoken is a testament to William Shakespeare's verbal prowess. Try them out on the publisher that sticks those little cards in your magazines, or that guy who stole your parking spot, or any time you want to shout out about the nasty unfairness of it all.
DescriptionAn amateur production of The Tempest provides a colorful backdrop for a hilarious look at unrequited love. Mathematics teacher Hector Mackilwraith, stirred and troubled by Shakespeare's play, falls in love with the beautiful Griselda Webster. When Griselda shows she has plans of her own, Hector despairs on the play's opening night.
DescriptionNow, for the first time in audio, Blackstone presents seven great plays in one volume: Euripides' Medea, Shakespeare's The Tempest, Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid, Dumas' Camille, Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, Shaw's…
DescriptionAward-winning author Stephen Greenblatt is one of the most influential literary thinkers in the world. An acclaimed interpreter of Shakespeare's works, his ideas have changed the way countless people approach the classics. Now Greenblatt's uniquely brilliant voice delivers a magnificent biography of the Bard himself. It is impossible to have any understanding of literature and not be familiar with William Shakepeare. He has influenced Western culture more than any other author. But how were Shakespeare's remarkable accomplishments even possible? How could a man without wealth, connections, or a university education move to London and quickly become the greatest playwright of all time? In this emerging narrative, Elizabethan England is reawakened, and we at last understand how Shakespeare became a legendary figure.
