William Shakespeare Sonnets

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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.

Sonnet No 143: Lo! as a careful housewife runs to catch...

20 Dec 2014

Read by Cameron Rhodes Read more Audio
Sonnet No 142: Love is my sin and thy dear virtue hate...

19 Dec 2014

Read by Jennifer Ward-Lealand Music details: Dowland: What If A Day (Glossa GCD 920 109). Read more Audio
Sonnet No 141: In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes...

18 Dec 2014

Read by Michael Neill. Music details: John Johnson: Passing measures Pavan (Naxos 8.550776). Read more Audio
Sonnet No 140: Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press...

17 Dec 2014

Read Elizabeth McRae. Music details: Dowland: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Glossa GCD 920 109). Read more Audio
Sonnet No 139: O, call not me to justify the wrong...

16 Dec 2014

Read by Michael Hurst Music details: Dowland: Pavan (P16) (Naxos 8.557862). Read more Audio
Sonnet No 138: When my love swears that she is made of truth...

15 Dec 2014

Read by Elrich Hooper. Music details: John Johnson: Delight Galliard (Virgin VC 7 91216). Read more Audio
Sonnet No 137: Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes...

14 Dec 2014

Read by Linda Cartwright . Music details: Dowland: Lachrimae (Glossa GCD 920 109). Read more Audio
Sonnet No 136: If thy soul cheque thee that I come so near...

13 Dec 2014

Read by Charles Pierard. Music details: Tobias Hume: A Souldiers Resolution (AliaVox AV 9837). Read more Audio
Sonnet No 135: Whoever hath thy wish, thou hast thy Will...

12 Dec 2014

Read by Stuart Devenie Music details: Dowland: Can She Excuse (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 134: So, now I have confess'd that he is thine

11 Dec 2014

Read by Raymond Hawthorne. Music details: Dowland: Farewell "In Nomine" (Fantasy No 4) (Naxos 8.557586) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 133: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan

10 Dec 2014

Read George Henare. Music details: Dowland: Fortune (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 132: Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me

9 Dec 2014

Read by Keith Adams Music details: Dowland: Lady Laiton's Almain (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio

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William Shakespeare Sonnets

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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

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Sonnet No 143: Lo! as a careful housewife runs to catch...

Sonnet No 142: Love is my sin and thy dear virtue hate...

Sonnet No 141: In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes...

Sonnet No 140: Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press...

Sonnet No 139: O, call not me to justify the wrong...

Sonnet No 138: When my love swears that she is made of truth...

Sonnet No 137: Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes...

Sonnet No 136: If thy soul cheque thee that I come so near...

Sonnet No 135: Whoever hath thy wish, thou hast thy Will...

Sonnet No 134: So, now I have confess'd that he is thine

Sonnet No 133: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan

Sonnet No 132: Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me

William Shakespeare Sonnets

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