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    Romeo and Juliet (version 2)
    Romeo and Juliet (version 2)
    Romeo and Juliet (version 2)
    Audiobook3 hours

    Romeo and Juliet (version 2)

    Written by William Shakespeare

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's famous tragedy of two "star-crossed lovers" from rival houses. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall instantly in love, realizing too late that their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are mortal enemies. Braving parental opposition, the teenage lovers marry in secret, with the aid of the well-intentioned Friar Lawrence. Yet, as Shakespeare has often observed, the course of true love does not run smoothly, and Romeo and Juliet must risk death to be together. (summary by Elizabeth Klett)

    Cast:
    Escalus: David Muncaster
    Paris: mb
    Montague: Chris Hughes
    Capulet: Andy Minter
    Old Man and Friar Lawrence: Alan Davis Drake
    Romeo: Simon Taylor
    Mercutio: Andrew Lebrun
    Benvolio: David Nicol
    Tybalt: Joshua B. Christensen
    Friar John: Sean McKinley
    Balthasar: Scott D. Farquar
    Sampson: Esther
    Gregory: David O'Connell
    Peter and Second Watchman: Gesine
    Abraham and First Watchman: Caliban
    Apothecary: Lucy Perry
    First Musician and Second Citizen: Laurie Anne Walden
    Second Musician: om123
    Third Musician: Aaron Walden
    Chorus: ancilla
    Page: C. J. Nowak
    Lady Montague: Christie Nowak
    Lady Capulet: Cori Samuel
    Juliet: Elizabeth Klett
    Nurse: Kristin Hughes
    First Servant: Abigail Bartels
    Second Servant: Lizzie Driver
    Third Watchman: bryfee
    First Citizen: Rhys Lawson
    Narrator: David Lawrence

    Audio Edited by: Elizabeth Klett
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Romeo and Juliet (version 2)
    Author

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an astonishing amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.

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      Having read several of Shakespeare's plays by now, it's amazing how the play stands out. Excellent, complex in plot, writing and rhetoric. The influence on culture cannot be understated. This reading is also excellent and permits you to lie back and let the play act out in your mind.

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