AuthorWilliam Shakespeare, Smartpass
NarratorVarious
Duration11h 26m
CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, Drama and Theatre Studies
Key StageKS4
PublisherSmartpass
VersionUnabridged
Explore 'King Lear' at your own pace. This audiobook contains comprehensive analysis, commentary, historical and social background, study and exam strategies.
The Mayor of Casterbridge - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 55m
Travel back to Hardy's 19th Century Wessex. This audiobook analyses the society, characters and themes of the novel. It also suggests essay questions and useful quotations to help you through your coursework and exam.
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Romeo and Juliet - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Various
Duration 5h
A study guide to 'Romeo and Juliet'. The play's commentary focuses on themes, language, imagery and Shakespeare's most beautiful use of poetry to express the fated teenagers' love and tragic end.
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An Inspector Calls - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 5h 15m
Peel away the layers of J. B. Priestley's complex drama (book number 8120) to appreciate this powerful play, wrapped up in the genre of a gripping detective story, to truly understand that 'We don't live alone, we are members of one body.' This audiobook contains comprehensive analysis, commentary, historical and social background, study and exam s...
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Henry V - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 6h 55m
A study guide to Henry V with expert analysis, commentary, historical and social background, study and exam strategies.
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Twelfth Night - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 50m
The full text is presented as an accessible, rip-roaring, full-cast drama that really brings the comedy to life. The comprehensive commentary and analysis opens the doorways into Shakespeare's world.
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Author: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 1m
Foretold he will become King of Scotland and spurred on by his wife, Macbeth commits deadly treason to seize the throne. Once crowned, guilt and mistrust of all around him leads Macbeth to embark on a trail of bloodshed and murder to stay in power. But under the yoke of his brutal reign, civil war breaks out and a rebellious army gathers to overthr...
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War Poetry 1914-1918 - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 4h 30m
Experience the carnage and camaraderie of the First World War, first hand. Hear the poems and meet the men who created such art from chaos.
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Author: William Shakespeare
Author William Shakespeare
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 50m
As Romeo and Juliet come from opposing families, their love must be concealed until after their marriage. But having slain Juliet's cousin Tybalt, Romeo is banished and despite the well-meaning intervention of Friar Laurence, fate ensures that the marriage is never truly celebrated. Dramatisation of the New Cambridge version of the text.
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Animal Farm - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 3h 20m
Through exhilarating full-cast drama, interviews with the main characters and Orwell's own words, the novel's relationship to Russia and its revolution is revealed.
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Great Expectations - Smartpass Study Guide
Author: Smartpass
Author Smartpass
Narrator Various
Duration 3h
A cast of actors bring Victorian London to life. A running commentary discusses themes, characterisation and the structure of the novel. The tape also points out the aims of the examiners, sets exercises and recommends quotations to use.
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