The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained: Audiobook
Part of DK Big Ideas
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained runs 16.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Roger May (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Roger May
Roger May narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 746 hours in all.
About as long, on the Theatre & Radio shelf
13 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
- BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies
- Les Misérables Vol. 4
- The The Neil Simon Collection
- Shakespeare: The Problem Plays: All’s Well That Ends Well, Measure For Measure, The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, Troilus and Cressida, The Winter’s Tale
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
The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained is an audiobook by DK: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Roger May, released December 3, 2019, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Roger May
- Released
- December 3, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Theatre & Radio
- Series
- DK Big Ideas
- ISBN
- 9780744023640
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained as an audiobook?
The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained?
The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained is narrated by Roger May.
Is The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.