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 119: What potions have I drunk of Siren tears

26 Nov 2014

Read Raymond Hawthorne. Music details: Dowland: Untitled (lossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 118: Like as, to make our appetites more keen

25 Nov 2014

Read by Frank Whitten. Music details: Dowland: Mrs Vaux's Galliard (Naxos 8.557586) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 117: Accuse me thus, that I have scanted all

24 Nov 2014

Read by Donogh Rees. Music details: Dowland: Mr Langton's Galliard (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

23 Nov 2014

Read by Noelle Macarthy. Music details: Dowland: Mrs Winter's Jump (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 115: Those lines that I before have writ do lie

22 Nov 2014

Read by Linda Cartwright. Music details: Dowland: Lady Clifton's Spirit (Naxos 8.557586) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 114: Or whether doth my mind, being crown'd with you

21 Nov 2014

Read by Michael Hurst Music details: Dowland: My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 113: Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind

20 Nov 2014

Read by Charles Pierard. Music details: Dowland: Almain, P51 (Naxos 8.570449 ) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 112: Your love and pity doth the impression fill

19 Nov 2014

Read Paul Barrett. Music details: Tobias Hume: A Question (AliaVox AV 9837) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 111: O, for my sake do you with fortune chide

18 Nov 2014

Read by George Henare. Music details: Dowland: Pavana Doulant (Naxos 8.570449) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 110: Alas, 'tis true I have gone here and there

17 Nov 2014

Read by Robyn Malcolm. Music details: Dowland: A Fancy (Fantasie No 5) (Naxos 8.557586) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 109: O, never say that I was false of heart

16 Nov 2014

Read by Keith Adams. Music details: John Johnson: A Ground (Naxos 8.550776 ) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 108: What's in the brain that ink may character

15 Nov 2014

Read by Michael Neill Music details: Tobias Hume: Good againe (AliaVox AV 9837) 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 119: What potions have I drunk of Siren tears

Sonnet No 118: Like as, to make our appetites more keen

Sonnet No 117: Accuse me thus, that I have scanted all

Sonnet No 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Sonnet No 115: Those lines that I before have writ do lie

Sonnet No 114: Or whether doth my mind, being crown'd with you

Sonnet No 113: Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind

Sonnet No 112: Your love and pity doth the impression fill

Sonnet No 111: O, for my sake do you with fortune chide

Sonnet No 110: Alas, 'tis true I have gone here and there

Sonnet No 109: O, never say that I was false of heart

Sonnet No 108: What's in the brain that ink may character

William Shakespeare Sonnets

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