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BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies by William Shakespeare

BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies: Audiobook

by William Shakespeare · narrated by Sophie Dahl, Siân Phillips, Kenneth Cranham … · unabridged · 2020

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies audiobook runs 16.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Sophie Dahl and Siân Phillips and others (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.4listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2020released
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Based on 16.4 hours of listening.

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30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days
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What our data says

  • At 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 2,835 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

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Siân Phillips narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 40 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

119 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Sophie Dahl, Siân Phillips and Kenneth Cranham and others, released August 20, 2020, on the Theatre & Radio and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.4 hrs
Narrated by
Sophie Dahl, Siân Phillips, Kenneth Cranham, Ken Stott, Corin Redgrave, Juliet Stevenson
Released
August 20, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Theatre & Radio, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781529128055

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies audiobook?

BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.

Is the BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies audiobook free?

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Who narrates BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies?

BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies is narrated by Sophie Dahl, Siân Phillips, Kenneth Cranham and Ken Stott and others.

Is BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.