Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet audiobook runs 7.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Ian Mckellen and Paul Scofield and others (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.5 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ian Mckellen
Ian Mckellen narrates 13 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 167 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Theatre & Radio shelf
68 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ian Mckellen, Paul Scofield and Peggy Ashcroft, released March 3, 2016, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ian Mckellen, Paul Scofield, Peggy Ashcroft
- Released
- March 3, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Theatre & Radio
- ISBN
- 9781785293061
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet audiobook?
Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is the Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet audiobook free?
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Who narrates Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet?
Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet is narrated by Ian Mckellen, Paul Scofield and Peggy Ashcroft.