TIMSON, D.: Stories From Shakespeare - Plantagenets (The) (Unabridged)

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Richard II (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Clare Corbett, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Benjamin Soames, reader
Hugh Ross, reader
David Timson, reader


1. Richard II - 04:34
2. 'This royal throne of kings, this scept'red isle…' - 01:32
3. Gaunt tried to warn King Richard… - 03:43
4. 'So when this thief, this traitor, Bolingbroke…' - 00:31
5. But Richard's confidence soon vanished… - 02:13
6. The young Duke of Aumerle bade Richard… - 02:18
7. And so Richard, with no power left to him… - 02:00
8. 'Here, cousin, seize the crown.' - 01:36
9. Richard's grief at his loss overwhelmed him… - 00:59
10. In despair Richard smashed the mirror… - 03:11
11. 'That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire…' - 00:33
12. In his dying moments… - 00:59


Henry V (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Clare Corbett, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Benjamin Soames, reader
David Timson, reader


13. Henry V - 01:25
14. Your Highness lately sending into France… - 02:43


Henry IV, Part I (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Clare Corbett, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Benjamin Soames, reader
David Timson, reader


15. Henry IV, Part I - 01:28
16. The son, who was the theme of honour's tongue… - 00:39
17. Prince Hal, although he was the Prince of Wales… - 02:16
18. Prince Hal had another friend… - 02:38
19. Hotspur had hoped to strike a deal… - 01:23
20. A plague of cowards still, say I… - 02:03
21. By the time Falstaff had finished his tale… - 01:27
22. But Falstaff's plans for their evening's entertainment… - 01:46
23. Then Hal and Falstaff swapped parts… - 02:29
24. Their play was interrupted by the arrival… - 00:30
25. That night at the palace… - 01:09
26. I will redeem all this on Percy's head. - 00:52
27. King Henry was moved by his son's… - 02:29
28. And such have I to fill up… - 00:59
29. King Henry made one final offer… - 01:33
30. The Battle of Shrewsbury raged. - 01:39
31. What? Old acquaintance? - 00:37
32. But as Hal left the battlefield, old Falstaff… - 01:09
33. And hoisting the body of Hotspur… - 01:46


Henry IV, Part II (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Clare Corbett, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Benjamin Soames, reader
David Timson, reader


34. Henry IV, Part II - 02:00
35. What is the gross sum that I owe thee? - 01:20
36. The cunning Falstaff talked very sweetly… - 02:24
37. You whoreson candlemine you… - 01:14
38. There was no time for any further questions. - 05:08
39. Why doth the crown lie there upon his pillow… - 01:10
40. Hal was sure his father was dead… - 00:26
41. Too full of sorrow for his father, Hal… - 04:21
42. God Save Thy Grace King Hal… - 02:30

Henry VI, Part II (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Clare Corbett, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Benjamin Soames, reader
David Timson, reader


1. Henry VI, Part II - 01:45
2. Brave Peers of England, pillars of the state… - 01:17
3. These counties were the keys of Normandy… - 00:33
4. So, there goes our Protector… - 00:59
5. Some Lords agreed with the Cardinal… - 00:39
6. A day will come when York shall… - 01:22
7. If the Protector, Gloucester, was ambitious… - 01:01
8. My Lord of Suffolk… - 01:17
9. To Margaret, the Court of England seemed… - 04:48
10. I know their complot is to have my life… - 01:33
11. The angry Lords had Gloucester dragged away. - 01:12
12. My brain, more busy than the labouring spider… - 01:03
13. That night, the Duke of Gloucester was… - 00:30
14. What, doth my Lord of Suffolk… - 00:54
15. Queen Margaret too, though really glad… - 01:00
16. But this speech was only pretence… - 01:13
17. Give me thy hand, that I may dew it… - 01:05


Henry V (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Clare Corbett, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Benjamin Soames, reader
David Timson, reader


18. Henry decided that it was time… - 01:32
19. He's in Arthur's bosom, if ever a man went… - 01:19
20. The first battle for Henry in France… - 01:58
21. Their courage renewed by their leader… - 01:03
22. My Lord High Constable, the English… - 01:28
23. King Henry, meanwhile, was wandering… - 02:53
24. But with the morning, Henry's spirits… - 01:51
25. And so the Battle of Agincourt began… - 00:36
26. Here comes the Herald of the French… - 01:45
27. And so the battle concluded… - 00:59
28. Fair Katherine, and most fair… - 02:20


Henry VI, Part I (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Clare Corbett, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Benjamin Soames, reader
David Timson, reader


29. Henry VI, Part I - 04:17
30. Dauphin, I am by birth a shepherd's daughter… - 01:19
31. She was Joan of Arc, called Joan… - 02:30
32. 'Tis Joan, not we, by whom the day is won… - 00:46
33. But old Lord Talbot was an experienced… - 02:35
34. Tut tut, here is a mannerly forbearance… - 02:21
35. And so the noble Lords of England divided… - 04:25
36. Who craves a parlay with the Burgundy? - 01:55
37. Unaware that he had been deserted… - 01:22
38. Come hither, you that would be… - 01:08
39. With Burgundy on their side… - 01:00
40. A heavy battle followed… - 00:55
41. …thou art come unto a feast… - 01:48
42. So father and son fought valiantly… - 01:20
43. The French could hardly believe… - 01:13
44. Now, ye familiar spirits… - 01:32
45. Left alone, and weak without her spirits… - 00:49
46. Be what thou wilt… - 03:01
47. Margaret's father, the Earl of Anjou… - 00:53
48. Is all our travail turn'd to… - 00:38
49. Charles the Dauphin was arrogant… - 01:08
50. I feel such sharp dissension… - 00:29
51. Peace had been declared… - 00:47

Henry VI, Part II (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Clare Corbett, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Benjamin Soames, reader
David Timson, reader


1. While Suffolk boarded a ship for France… - 02:15
2. Be brave, then, for your captain… - 01:00
3. The force the city of London sent… - 03:04
4. How now! Is Somerset at liberty? - 01:09
5. There was uproar in the Court. - 02:40


Henry VI, Part III (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Clare Corbett, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Benjamin Soames, reader


6. Henry VI, Part III - 01:49
7. The factious Duke of York, descend my throne… - 01:27
8. Who was to be King? - 01:20
9. O timorous wretch! - 01:27
10. And so, joining the Northern Lords… - 01:04
11. The army of the Queen hath… - 01:04
12. York was surrounded by his worst enemies. - 04:38
13. And Clifford and Queen Margaret… - 00:36
14. Dazzle mine eyes… - 01:02
15. And Edward took his heraldic sign… - 03:14
16. Oh God, methinks 'twould be a happy life… - 01:30
17. As he dreamed, King Henry imagined… - 00:46
18. Likewise, Henry saw a father… - 01:21
19. The tide of battle at Toughton turned… - 01:34
20. Ay, Edward will use women honourably… - 02:02
21. When Warwick arrived in France to arrange… - 00:48
22. No more my king… - 01:21
23. And to prove his change of heart… - 01:29
24. Here is the Duke. Why, Warwick… - 01:19
25. While Edward was imprisoned… - 01:31
26. Now Warwick, wilt thou ope the city gates? - 02:19
27. A fierce battle was fought at Barnet… - 01:33
28. While King Henry remained locked in his cell… - 01:44
29. Butchers and villains. Bloody cannibals… - 00:32
30. But her ravings had no effect… - 01:07
31. Good day my Lord. What? At your books… - 03:46
32. So England returned to peace… - 00:50


Richard III (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Clare Corbett, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Benjamin Soames, reader


33. Richard III - 01:46
34. Now is the winter of our discontent… - 01:50
35. Nothing was going to stop Richard… - 00:40
36. Methoughts I had broken from the Tower… - 01:22
37. And his bad dreams weren't for nothing… - 01:43
38. Was ever woman in this humour wooed? - 00:44
39. Meanwhile, Edward IV's illness… - 03:44
40. Thus high, by thy advice and thy assistance. - 01:35
41. The truth was that Richard could not… - 01:55
42. All the time that Richard had been planning… - 01:10
43. Dream on thy cousins smothered in the Tower. - 02:35
44. Next morning, the sun was not shining… - 00:54
45. Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue… - 01:43

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