Henry VIII: Audiobook
Part of The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Henry VIII audiobook runs 2.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Jesson and Jane Lapotaire and others (about 1.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 2.8 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jane Lapotaire
Jane Lapotaire narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 27 hours in all.
- The Maltese Falcon (BBC Radio Crimes)
- The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo & The Lady of the Camellias: Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations
- Arthur: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama Series
- Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon & other adventures: A BBC Radio Collection
- Peter Lovesey: A BBC Radio Crime Collection: Three Full-Cast Dramatisations
About as long, on the Theatre & Radio shelf
138 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2020 recording read by full cast and Donald Layne-Smith runs about the same length (2.8 hours).
- The 2016 recording read by LibriVox Volunteers runs 0.1 hours longer (2.9 hours).
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
Henry VIII is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 2.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Jesson, Jane Lapotaire and Timothy West and others, released January 7, 2006, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Jesson, Jane Lapotaire, Timothy West, Anton Lesser
- Released
- January 7, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Theatre & Radio
- Series
- The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
- ISBN
- 9781572708860
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Henry VIII audiobook?
Henry VIII runs 2.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.9 hours.
Is the Henry VIII audiobook free?
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Who narrates Henry VIII?
Henry VIII is narrated by Paul Jesson, Jane Lapotaire, Timothy West and Anton Lesser.