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William Shakespeare Sonnets
The complete Shakespeare sonnets, read by New Zealanders.
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Producer Matthew Crawford’s epic project consists of all the Shakespeare sonnets, each read by a New Zealander, first broadcast in 2009.
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
Performer Michael Hurst and writer Ken Larsen explain to Matthew Crawford the timeless appeal of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. (RNZ). Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 154 : The little Love-god lying once asleep...
Read by Michael Hurst. Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 153: Cupid laid his brand, and fell asleep...
Read by Elizabeth McRae Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 152: In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn...
Read by Paul Barrett. Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 151: Love is too young to know what conscience is...
Read by Michael Neill. Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 150: O, from what power hast thou this powerful might
Read by Donogh Rees. Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 149: Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not...
Read by Stuart Devenie. Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 148: O me, what eyes hath Love put in my head...
Read by Keith Adams. Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 147: My love is as a fever, longing still...
Read by Helen Medlyn. Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 146: Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth...
Read by Raymond Hawthorne. Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 145: Those lips that Love's own hand did make...
Read by Charles Pierard. Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 144: Two loves I have of comfort and despair...
Read by George Henare. Read more Audio
William Shakespeare Sonnets
Image: Lotus Carroll
Shakespeare words. Calamity Meg (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Book cover design by Mary Jane Gorton for William Shakespeare Sonnets: A selection illustrated by Mary Jane Gorton. Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press. c1970. PR2848.A2 P47 1970. Flickr/Crossett Library