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This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright by Emma Smith

This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright audiobook runs 9.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Smith (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.9listening hrs
Theatre & Radiostore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.

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

This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright is an audiobook by Emma Smith: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Smith, released May 2, 2019, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.9 hrs
Narrated by
Emma Smith
Released
May 2, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Theatre & Radio
ISBN
9780241405901

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright audiobook?

This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is the This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright?

This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright is narrated by Emma Smith.