Audiobooks Narrated by Tina Packer

Women of Will

""Dazzling and illuminating"-- Boston Globe "Brilliant! Fearlessly impassioned acting that you'll remember for as long as you live."-- Wall Street Journal A tour de force, in-studio performance for Shakespeare lovers, scholars, artists and anyone who thinks the lady doth protest too much! Join Master Shakespearean actor, Tina Packer as she deconstructs and conjures Shakespeare's most famous female characters. She is joined by multi-award-winning actor Nigel Gore who plays Romeo to Packer's Juliet and Petruchio to her Kate. Together they bring listeners on a unique journey for the ears as they explore love, loss and power through Shakespeare's heroines, combining the most beloved Shakespeare scenes with fascinating analysis. "The play explores Shakespeare's own enlightenment as he delves into the female psyche, and realizes if we don't deeply listen to what the women say, we are never going to solve the problems of the world!" Tina Packer Through this unique performance, listeners will discover the mastery of Tina Packer (founder of the world-renowned Shakespeare & Company) hailed "marvelous!" by The New York Times and "irresistible" by the Associated Press. And the steady brilliance of Nigel Gore (narrator of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, also from Alison Larkin Presents.)"

Nigel Gore, Tina Packer (Author), Nigel Gore, Tina Packer (Narrator)

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The Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

"Who better to interpret the version of the Bible read in Shakespeare's day than four Shakespearean actors?! The familiar chronicles of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John sparkle with new light. Timely and important, the four acclaimed narrators boldly showcase the historic text making the powerful King James Version of the Gospels truly accessible to the modern ear. Read by award-winning narrator Alison Larkin, James Warwick (star of the Partners in Crime TV series on Masterpiece Theater), plus the critically-acclaimed Shakespearean duo Tina Packer and Nigel Gore called "Marvelous!" by The New York Times."

King James Version (Author), Alison Larkin, James Warwick, Nigel Gore, Tina Packer (Narrator)

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Tales from Shakespeare

"Legendary actress and Shakespearean expert, Tina Packer takes all the fear out of understanding Shakespeare by adapting ten of The Bard's most famous plays into easily understood short stories, retold in modern language. Her introduction provides the listener with easy-to-digest information about Elizabethan England and Shakespeare's life and work. "Packer captures the essence of the playwright's words and ideas, placing them in concise and clearly told stories...A treasure trove of well-told tales." -School Library Journal A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, As You Like It, Macbeth, The Tempest, Othello, Twelfth Night, and Romeo and Juliet. "We're passionate about bringing the classics to today's listeners in fun, relevant and easy-to-listen-to audiobooks," says producer Alison Larkin. "As soon as I learned that Tina has turned ten of Shakespeare's most famous plays into short stories I knew they would make for an entertaining and important audiobook. I asked Tina to narrate them herself. Fortunately she said YES!""

Tina Packer (Author), Tina Packer (Narrator)

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