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Personal Anthology of Shakespeare

This personal anthology is my choice of speeches from Shakespeare that I enjoy reading (that I would like to have had by heart years ago!) and that seem to me to illustrate his unsurpassed use of language. He was a man who seemed to know everything about human nature and as Orson Welles said ‘he speaks to everyone and we all claim him’. I know that it has been said that ‘it is impossible to be a great Shakespearian actor without an idiosyncratic and extraordinary voice’ and this may be so, but that does not preclude ordinary mortals from reading, hearing and enjoying Shakespeare. (Summary by Martin Clifton)

Genres: Humorous Fiction , Romance

Running Time: 0 hour 33 minutes 33 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	As You Like It (Act 2, Scene 7) : All the World’s a Stage Martin Clifton	1:41
2	Hamlet (Act 1, Scene 3) : To Thine Own Self Be True Martin Clifton	1:36
3	Hamlet (Act 2, Scene 2) : What a Piece of Work Is Man Martin Clifton	1:24
4	Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1) : To Be or Not To Be Martin Clifton	2:01
5	Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 2) : Speak the Speech Martin Clifton	2:11
6	Julius Caesar (Act 1, Scene 2) : Bestrides the Narrow World Martin Clifton	1:47
7	Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 2) : If You Have Tears Prepare To Shed Them Now Martin Clifton	1:51
8	Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 2) : Friends, Romans, Countrymen Martin Clifton	2:01
9	Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 2) : Let Me Not Stir You Up Martin Clifton	1:22
10	Julius Caesar (Act 5, Scene 5) : This Was the Noblest Roman of Them All Martin Clifton	0:41
11	King Henry V (Act 3, Scene 1) : Once More Unto the Breach Martin Clifton	1:55
12	King Henry V (Act 4, Scene 3) : This Day is Called the Feast of Crispian Martin Clifton	1:43
13	King Richard III (Act 1, Scene 1) : Now is the Winter of Our Discontent Martin Clifton	2:18
14	Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 7) : If It Were Done Martin Clifton	1:47
15	Macbeth (Act 2, Scene 1) : Is This a Dagger Martin Clifton	2:06
16	The Merchant of Venice (Act 1, Scene 3) : Many a Time and Oft Martin Clifton	1:27
17	The Merchant of Venice (Act 3, Scene 1) : If You Prick Us Do We Not Bleed Martin Clifton	1:36
18	The Merchant of Venice (Act 4, Scene 1) : The Quality of Mercy Martin Clifton	1:26
19	Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2) : What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks Martin Clifton	1:28
20	Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2) : Romeo, Romeo Martin Clifton	1:10